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News Thailand eases Internet censorship
Thailand eases Internet censorship
Melissa Bancroft
July 3, 2007 08:12:00 pm

The government of Thailand announced Tuesday it was abandoning a law that allowed the cabinet to censor political or controversial Internet sites based solely on the Minister of Communication's discretion. Now Internet websites can now only...

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News Afghanistan justice system to get $360M boost from international donors
Afghanistan justice system to get $360M boost from international donors
Melissa Bancroft
July 3, 2007 07:14:00 pm

International participants promised more than $360 million in aid to help build up Afghanistan's ailing judicial system at a conference of UN members and Afghan leaders that concluded in Rome Tuesday. Despite the pledge, judiciary problems were overshadowed by...

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News Prosecutors seeking death penalty for former US soldier in Mahmudiya case
Prosecutors seeking death penalty for former US soldier in Mahmudiya case
Gabriel Haboubi
July 3, 2007 04:28:00 pm

Federal prosecutors disclosed Tuesday that they will seek the death penalty if a conviction is secured against former US soldier Steven D. Green , the alleged key player in the Mahmudiya rape-murder case...

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News Bush leaves open possibility of Libby pardon
Bush leaves open possibility of Libby pardon
Gabriel Haboubi
July 3, 2007 03:22:00 pm

President George W. Bush said Tuesday afternoon that, although he believed the jury verdict in the perjury case against former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby should stand, it was conceivable that he could...

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News Estate of executed inmate sues Ohio prison chief over botched injection process
Estate of executed inmate sues Ohio prison chief over botched injection process
Gabriel Haboubi
July 3, 2007 01:55:00 pm

The mother of Joseph Lewis Clark, a convicted murderer whose 2006 execution took approximately 90 minutes , Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against Director Terry Collins of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction ...

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News ICC fifth anniversary hailed by chief prosecutor, UN Secretary General
ICC fifth anniversary hailed by chief prosecutor, UN Secretary General
Gabriel Haboubi
July 3, 2007 01:22:00 pm

The International Criminal Court marked the fifth anniversary of its establishment Monday. Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo noted that in that time the court has substantially raised local awareness of the right to...

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News ICTY enters not guilty plea for accused Bosnian Serb war criminal
ICTY enters not guilty plea for accused Bosnian Serb war criminal
Michael Sung
July 3, 2007 01:05:00 pm

Judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) entered pleas of not guilty on behalf of Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir Tuesday, after Tolimir refused...

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News East Timor president asks court for advisory opinion on amnesty law
East Timor president asks court for advisory opinion on amnesty law
Michael Sung
July 3, 2007 12:26:00 pm

East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta has said that he will ask the Court of Appeal to issue an advisory opinion on whether an amnesty law passed by East Timor's National Parliament last month is...

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News Federal judge in KPMG case may not dismiss charges
Federal judge in KPMG case may not dismiss charges
Michael Sung
July 3, 2007 11:40:00 am

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan indicated Monday that he may reconsider a 2006 ruling in which he threatened to dismiss all charges in an ongoing criminal tax shelters case against former employees of the accounting...

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News Missouri governor signs law keeping identities of executioners confidential
Missouri governor signs law keeping identities of executioners confidential
Michael Sung
July 3, 2007 10:58:00 am

Missouri Governor Matt Blunt Monday announced the signing of a bill intended to protect the identities of individuals who provide direct support for the administration of the death penalty, formally prohibiting the...

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Memphis Massacre of 1866 breaks out

The Memphis Massacre of 1866 broke out on May 1 of that year after Black Union veterans and police were involved in an altercation surrounding the arrest of a Black soldier. The ensuing skirmish spiralled out of control due to the racial tensions that followed the end of the US Civil War, lasting for two days and claiming the lives of 46 Black people and six whites.  The riot later cemented support for what would become the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Consitution, ensuring equal protection under the law. Learn more about the Memphis Massacre.  

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States. Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.

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