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News Federal appeals court rejects Ryan bail request pending corruption appeal
Federal appeals court rejects Ryan bail request pending corruption appeal
Dennis Zawacki II
October 31, 2007 07:04:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that former Illinois Governor George Ryan could not remain free on bail while he appeals his sentence of corruption and fraud...

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News Federal jury orders military funeral protesters to pay $11M to father of Marine
Federal jury orders military funeral protesters to pay $11M to father of Marine
Deirdre Jurand
October 31, 2007 07:02:00 pm

A federal jury awarded the father of a fallen Marine almost $11 million in damages Wednesday for harm caused by a Kansas Christian fundamentalist church's protests at his son's funeral. Albert Snyder filed a lawsuit last year...

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News US House panel demands White House turn over Abramoff documents
US House panel demands White House turn over Abramoff documents
Mike Rosen-Molina
October 31, 2007 06:59:00 pm

US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) Wednesday called on the White House to disclose hundreds of documents relating to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff . In a letter ...

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News Ex-DOJ prosecutor found not guilty of obstruction in botched Detroit terror case
Ex-DOJ prosecutor found not guilty of obstruction in botched Detroit terror case
Mike Rosen-Molina
October 31, 2007 06:38:00 pm

Former Assistant US Attorney Richard Convertino was acquitted Wednesday on charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and making false declarations in connection with a botched 2003 terrorism trial. Convertino was the lead prosecutor in...

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News Myanmar monks resume protests ahead of UN rights envoy visit
Myanmar monks resume protests ahead of UN rights envoy visit
Deirdre Jurand
October 31, 2007 06:27:00 pm

Some 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully in a town in central Myanmar Wednesday, marking a resumption of the pro-democratic protests that stopped after September's violent government crackdown. The monks carried no protest signs and shouted no pro-democracy slogans and...

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News Italy judge suspends CIA rendition trial again pending Constitutional Court ruling
Italy judge suspends CIA rendition trial again pending Constitutional Court ruling
Andrew Gilmore
October 31, 2007 06:10:00 pm

The Italian judge presiding over the trial of 26 US CIA agents and two former Italian intelligence officials in the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr [JURIST news...

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News ICTY affirms 15-year rape sentence of Bosnian Serb ex-paramilitary leader
ICTY affirms 15-year rape sentence of Bosnian Serb ex-paramilitary leader
Dennis Zawacki II
October 31, 2007 06:05:00 pm

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday rejected the appeal of former Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader Dragan Zelenovic contesting his 15-year sentence...

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News Canada security service violated terror suspect’s rights: federal watchdog
Canada security service violated terror suspect’s rights: federal watchdog
Mike Rosen-Molina
October 31, 2007 05:56:00 pm

The Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS) violated a confessed al-Qaeda operative's civil rights, according to the Security Intelligence Review Committee in an oversight report to the Canadian parliament Wednesday. Canadian citizen Mohammed Mansour Jabarah...

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News Federal appeals court rehears case of ‘enemy combatant’ held in US
Federal appeals court rehears case of ‘enemy combatant’ held in US
Caitlin Price
October 31, 2007 03:47:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments Wednesday in an en banc rehearing of its earlier ruling that the military cannot seize and imprison civilians lawfully residing in...

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Senate Judiciary Committee schedules vote on Mukasey nomination for Nov. 6
Caitlin Price
October 31, 2007 02:50:00 pm

The chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday that an executive business meeting will be held November 6 to consider the nomination of Michael Mukasey as US attorney...

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Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.

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