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News Indonesia high court rejects appeal by Bali nightclub bombers
Indonesia high court rejects appeal by Bali nightclub bombers
Mike Rosen-Molina
September 7, 2007 03:03:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Indonesia will not consider an appeal by three men convicted and sentenced to death in the 2002 bombings of two Bali nightclubs , a judge said Friday. Lawyers for Amrozi Ghufron , Ali...

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News Canada elections body allows women wearing Muslim garb to vote
Canada elections body allows women wearing Muslim garb to vote
Mike Rosen-Molina
September 7, 2007 11:59:00 am

Muslim women will be allowed to wear traditional Muslim niqabs or burqas and not be required to show their faces to vote in Quebec by-elections this month, an Elections Canada spokesperson announced Thursday. The...

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News DOJ official who led government case against Guantanamo habeas rights resigns
DOJ official who led government case against Guantanamo habeas rights resigns
Jaime Jansen
September 7, 2007 11:41:00 am

Assistant US Attorney General Peter D. Keisler announced his resignation as head of the US Department of Justice's Civil Division Thursday, effective September 21. During his tenure at the Justice Department, Keisler was...

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News Guantanamo tent complex under construction for trials
Guantanamo tent complex under construction for trials
Jaime Jansen
September 7, 2007 11:09:00 am

The US government has begun setting up a "tent city" at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, where the US military plans to hold military tribunals for Guantanamo detainees, officials said...

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News Federal judge reinstates Georgia voter ID law
Federal judge reinstates Georgia voter ID law
Jaime Jansen
September 7, 2007 10:07:00 am

US District Judge Harold Murphy of the Northern District of Georgia lifted a stay of the controversial Georgia voter ID law Thursday, enabling the law to go into effect during Special Elections...

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News France will treat Noriega as POW after extradition: US State Department
France will treat Noriega as POW after extradition: US State Department
Jaime Jansen
September 7, 2007 09:29:00 am

The US Department of State is satisfied that France will treat former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega as a prisoner of war if extradited to France upon his release from prison [BOP materials;...

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News Iraq names new anti-corruption commission chief
Iraq names new anti-corruption commission chief
Jaime Jansen
September 7, 2007 08:54:00 am

The Iraqi government named Moussa Faraj as chair of the Commission on Public Integrity (CPI) Thursday. Farag will replace Radhi al-Radhi , who has retired in light of corruption accusations brought by the Iraqi...

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News Doctors attack ‘unethical’ medical practices at Guantanamo Bay
Doctors attack ‘unethical’ medical practices at Guantanamo Bay
Jaime Jansen
September 7, 2007 07:59:00 am

Doctors from 16 countries have chided the US military for its medical care of detainees at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba in a letter Friday to the UK medical journal...

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News Zimbabwe police charge opposition leader with disorderly conduct
Zimbabwe police charge opposition leader with disorderly conduct
Michael Sung
September 6, 2007 07:47:00 pm

Zimbabwe police charged opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai with disorderly conduct Thursday for allegedly causing a disturbance in early August by touring markets, according to a spokesperson for Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change ....

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News Pakistan lawyers rally, boycott courts in push for Musharraf resignation
Pakistan lawyers rally, boycott courts in push for Musharraf resignation
Leslie Schulman
September 6, 2007 06:40:00 pm

A Pakistani lawyers group Thursday pressed its campaign to defeat an expected re-election bid by President Pervez Musharraf , holding planned protest rallies and boycotting courts nationwide. Speaking on behalf of the lawyers, Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association...

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Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board

On May 17, 1954, the US Supreme Court held in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racially segregated public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Pay a virtual visit to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site.

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On May 17, 1814, the Constitution of Norway was signed. Today, the anniversary is celebrated as Constitution Day in Norway.

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