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News Ukraine president spars with parliament as constitutional crisis deepens
Ukraine president spars with parliament as constitutional crisis deepens
Joshua Pantesco
April 4, 2007 11:38:00 am

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has refused to rescind Monday's decree ordering parliament to dissolve and new elections to be held in May as the constitutional crisis in Ukraine continues. On Tuesday, Yushchenko met with...

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News Hicks won’t violate gag order: lawyer
Hicks won’t violate gag order: lawyer
Brett Murphy
April 4, 2007 07:59:00 am

Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks will not speak to the media in violation of a court order, Hicks' lawyer said Wednesday. Despite statements by Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock that Australia cannot...

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News Rights groups press EU to put Rwanda genocide suspects on trial
Rights groups press EU to put Rwanda genocide suspects on trial
Brett Murphy
April 4, 2007 07:43:00 am

Human Rights groups REDRESS and the International Federation for Human Rights said Tuesday that the European Union should hold trials for the 37 Rwandan genocide suspects known to be living in European countries. The suspects have been...

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News Gonzales aide to stay silent on US Attorney firings
Gonzales aide to stay silent on US Attorney firings
Brett Murphy
April 4, 2007 07:13:00 am

Monica M. Goodling, on leave from her post as special counsel to the US Attorney General, told the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that she will not speak to the committee about her role in last year's...

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News Hicks Guantanamo plea agreement [US OMC]
Hicks Guantanamo plea agreement [US OMC]
April 3, 2007 09:28:00 pm

US v. David Matthew Hicks, Offer for a Pretrial Agreement, US Office of Military Commissions, March 26, 2007 . Read the full text of the plea agreement]. Reported...

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New Mexico governor vetoes cervical cancer vaccine bill
Joe Shaulis
April 3, 2007 08:46:00 pm

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) on Tuesday unexpectedly vetoed a bill that would have required girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. AP reported that Richardson, who last...

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News UK bomb plotter accused of planning to attack US targets appeals life sentence
UK bomb plotter accused of planning to attack US targets appeals life sentence
Alexis Unkovic
April 3, 2007 08:34:00 pm

Dhiren Barot , a British man who pleaded guilty in October to planning a series of bombs on US and British targets, filed an appeal in London’s Court of Appeal Criminal Division Tuesday. Barot...

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News Lebanon parliament petitions UN to mandate Hariri tribunal
Lebanon parliament petitions UN to mandate Hariri tribunal
Ryan Olden
April 3, 2007 08:17:00 pm

The anti-Syrian majority in the Lebanon parliament on Tuesday approved a petition asking UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to create a tribunal to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri...

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Bush calls on Congress to promote new fuels after Supreme Court emissions ruling
Joe Shaulis
April 3, 2007 08:08:00 pm

President Bush urged Congress on Tuesday to adopt his proposed targets for alternative fuel use as a way of combating greenhouse gas emissions a day after the US Supreme...

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News Federal judge frees journalist after record imprisonment for refusing to testify
Federal judge frees journalist after record imprisonment for refusing to testify
Alexis Unkovic
April 3, 2007 07:31:00 pm

US District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California approved the release Tuesday of jailed video journalist and blogger Josh Wolf , who was imprisoned for 226 days, longer than any other...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Treaty of Fort Pitt signed between US and Lenape Nation

The newly independent United States and the Lenape Nation signed a treaty of alliance called the Treaty of Fort Pitt on September 17, 1778. The treaty aimed to unite both parties in a fight against the British who still claimed the 13 American colonies. However, the treaty would not last as its terms were subsequently violated by the US, including the establishment of a 14th state for Native Americans. Learn more about the Treaty of Fort Pitt and the history of the Lenape (Delaware) people.

US Constitution adopted by delegates in Philadelphia

On September 17, 1787, the United States Constitution was adopted by the 39 delegates to the federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

Learn more about the Constitution from the National Constitution Center.

Saudi Arabia and USSR reopen diplomatic ties

On September 17, 1990, Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union reopened diplomatic ties.

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