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News Democrats refuse to advance date of Gonzales testimony on US Attorney firings
Democrats refuse to advance date of Gonzales testimony on US Attorney firings
Holly Manges Jones
April 2, 2007 07:54:00 am

US Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Sunday rejected attempts by the Bush administration to move up the date that US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is scheduled to testify regarding his role in the...

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News Hicks could face Australian control order after Guantanamo release
Hicks could face Australian control order after Guantanamo release
Caitlin Price
April 1, 2007 04:39:00 pm

The Australian Federal Police will determine whether Guantanamo Bay military prison detainee David Hicks will be subject to a control order when released from prison later this year,...

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UK resident released from Guantanamo
Caitlin Price
April 1, 2007 03:55:00 pm

British resident and Iraqi citizen Bisher al-Rawi was released this weekend from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay after nearly five years in custody as an enemy combatant. Officials have not confirmed the...

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Israel president may face second set of rape charges
Melissa Bancroft
April 1, 2007 03:53:00 pm

Israeli Attorney General Meni Mazuz notified lawyers for Israeli President Moshe Katsav that a second rape charge may be added to Katsav's indictment for alleged sex crimes. The additional charges were made by the...

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News Bush defends Gonzales’ role in US Attorney firings
Bush defends Gonzales’ role in US Attorney firings
Caitlin Price
April 1, 2007 03:21:00 pm

US President George W. Bush again defended US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over his role in the firings of federal prosecutors in a press conference Saturday, saying that Gonzales has his...

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Iraqi Arabs angered over Kirkuk relocation proposal
Melissa Bancroft
April 1, 2007 02:48:00 pm

Arab residents of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk expressed anger Sunday at the government's plan to encourage relocation of the city's Arab population. Most of the city's current residents were forced to move to the...

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Russia law banning foreigners from retail industry takes effect
Melissa Bancroft
April 1, 2007 01:50:00 pm

A Russian law banning all foreigners from the country's retail industry took effect Sunday. The new law, passed by the Russian assembly last year, is expected to affect tens of thousands of workers from the former Soviet Republics. The...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Pennsylvania police killed 19 miners during strike

The Luzerne County Sheriff and deputies opened fire on a group of 400 striking miners in the town of Lattimer, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1897. Around 19 strikers were killed, and 39 were injured as a result. Luzerne County Sheriff James Martin and his deputies were later acquitted by a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania jury after claiming that the strikers advanced upon the police. Learn more about the Lattimer Massacre from the Zinn Education Project and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book.

Sewing machine patented

On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines. Learn more about Elias Howe from the University of Rochester.

Last French execution by guillotine

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine in France. The French death penalty was formally abolished by President Francois Mitterand in 1981. Learn more about the history of the guillotine.

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