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News US Army soldiers charged with premeditated murder of Iraqi nationals
US Army soldiers charged with premeditated murder of Iraqi nationals
Michael Sung
June 30, 2007 11:06:00 am

The Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) announced charges Saturday of premeditated murder and wrongfully placing weapons with the remains of deceased Iraqis against US Army Staff Sergeant Michael A. Hensley and Specialist Jorge G. Sandoval, Jr. The...

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News Leahy, Conyers seek legal basis for US Attorney firings executive privilege claim
Leahy, Conyers seek legal basis for US Attorney firings executive privilege claim
Michael Sung
June 30, 2007 10:54:00 am

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) Friday asked the White House to provide a legal basis for its assertion of executive privilege in rejecting congressional...

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News New Hampshire governor signs repeal of abortion parental notification law
New Hampshire governor signs repeal of abortion parental notification law
Michael Sung
June 30, 2007 09:57:00 am

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a bill Friday repealing a 2003 law requiring parental notification for minors seeking an abortion . New Hampshire is the first state to repeal the...

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News Guantanamo military judge refuses to reinstate case against Khadr
Guantanamo military judge refuses to reinstate case against Khadr
Mike Rosen-Molina
June 29, 2007 06:48:00 pm

A military judge at Guantanamo Bay Friday declined to revive charges against Guantanamo detainee Omar Ahmed Khadr . Judge Peter E. Brownback, III reiterated his June ruling that since the Combatant Status Review...

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News EU overhauls terror blacklist procedures after court annulled asset freeze
EU overhauls terror blacklist procedures after court annulled asset freeze
Gabriel Haboubi
June 29, 2007 03:10:00 pm

The Council of the European Union Friday released changes made to the procedure used in establishing and maintaining its list of terrorist entities. The revisions include a plan to send "letters of notification" to...

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News Iraq Sunni ministers boycott cabinet to protest arrest warrant against minister
Iraq Sunni ministers boycott cabinet to protest arrest warrant against minister
Michael Sung
June 29, 2007 02:23:00 pm

Four Sunni members of the Iraqi cabinet will boycott cabinet meetings to protest the arrest warrant issued for Culture Minister Asad Kamal al-Hashimi, a Sunni politician said Friday. Ayad Al-Samarraie, a leading figure in Sunni parliamentary coalition...

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News UN urges continued donations for Sierra Leone war crimes court
UN urges continued donations for Sierra Leone war crimes court
Gabriel Haboubi
June 29, 2007 02:11:00 pm

The United Nations Security Council called for continued international financial support of the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Thursday. The 15-member group also welcomed the start of the...

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News Sudan urged to overhaul rape laws
Sudan urged to overhaul rape laws
Gabriel Haboubi
June 29, 2007 02:02:00 pm

Humanitarian group Refugees International Friday released a report documenting flaws in Sudanese law that leaves rapists unpunished and allows the prosecution of rape victims for sex outside marriage. According to the report, government...

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News Arizona court allows suit against governor over implementation of Proposition 200
Arizona court allows suit against governor over implementation of Proposition 200
Gabriel Haboubi
June 29, 2007 01:16:00 pm

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that immigration reform groups can pursue a lawsuit against Governor Janet Napolitano alleging her administration improperly limited Proposition 200 , a voter-approved ballot initiative that...

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News Poland, EU leaders disagree over landmark EU reform deal
Poland, EU leaders disagree over landmark EU reform deal
Michael Sung
June 29, 2007 01:12:00 pm

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski vowed Friday to reopen debate on the EU Council of Minister's voting mechanisms, insisting on a different interpretation of the EU reform agreement reached last Saturday by EU leaders. Kaczynski,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

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