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News German justice minister balks at draft constitutional amendment on hijack shoot-downs
German justice minister balks at draft constitutional amendment on hijack shoot-downs
Michael Sung
January 7, 2007 11:42:00 am

A proposed German constitutional amendment supported by Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble that would grant the military the legal authority to shoot down a hijacked aircraft drew opposition Sunday from Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries ....

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News US, Iraqis at legal loggerheads before Saddam execution: NYT
US, Iraqis at legal loggerheads before Saddam execution: NYT
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 7, 2007 09:59:00 am

US and Iraqi officials disagreed strongly over legal procedures and interpretations in the run-up to the December 30 hanging of Saddam Hussein , the New York Times reported Sunday. Disagreements were reported very soon after...

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News Cambodia ruling party denounces critics of Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal
Cambodia ruling party denounces critics of Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal
Michael Sung
January 7, 2007 09:06:00 am

The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) , the ruling party of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen , urged critics of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) Sunday to...

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News Rehnquist confirmation records [FBI]
Rehnquist confirmation records [FBI]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 6, 2007 10:32:00 pm

Background checks and records on William J. Rehnquist, US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), released January 4, 2007 [revealing that he was prescribed a powerful sleeping aid when he was an associate justice, which he took for over a decade,...

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News Iraqi PM threatens to ‘reconsider relations’ with countries criticizing Saddam hanging
Iraqi PM threatens to ‘reconsider relations’ with countries criticizing Saddam hanging
Natalie Hrubos
January 6, 2007 11:33:00 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his government might have to review relations with countries that criticized Saddam Hussein's execution , calling last Friday's hanging a domestic affair. In a speech in Baghdad celebrating the anniversary of...

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News US Marines squad leader shot unarmed Iraqi civilians at Haditha after attack: NCIS
US Marines squad leader shot unarmed Iraqi civilians at Haditha after attack: NCIS
Natalie Hrubos
January 6, 2007 10:25:00 am

US Marines Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich shot five unarmed Iraqi civilians ordered out of a white taxi after his unit took casualties in a roadside bombing in Haditha last November, according to a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)...

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News Supreme Court to hear capital, labor, endangered species cases
Supreme Court to hear capital, labor, endangered species cases
Natalie Hrubos
January 6, 2007 10:13:00 am

The US Supreme Court Friday granted certiorari in seven cases , including a capital case, an endangered species case, and two labor-related cases among others. In the Texas death row case Panetti...

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News UK cartoons protester convicted of inciting murder, race hatred
UK cartoons protester convicted of inciting murder, race hatred
jstaff
January 6, 2007 09:39:00 am

Umran Javed, a British Muslim, was convicted of incitement to murder and race hatred Friday after leading a February 2006 protest against the publication of satirical Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad outside the...

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News Guantanamo prosecutor expects new charges against detainees by February
Guantanamo prosecutor expects new charges against detainees by February
jstaff
January 6, 2007 09:22:00 am

Revised charges against a group of Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be drawn up by the US military by February, with first evidence to be presented by this summer according to the chief prosecutor for the commissions...

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News FBI records document history of Rehnquist drug dependency
FBI records document history of Rehnquist drug dependency
jstaff
January 6, 2007 08:59:00 am

FBI records released Thursday shed light upon late US Chief Justice William Rehnquist's public battle with prescription drug dependency in the early 1980s. The...

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Eritrean independence referendum begins

Eritrea's referendum for independence from Ethiopia began on April 23, 1993. The effort would later be successful, with over 99 percent of voters choosing independence. The referendum followed an independence war that lasted over thirty years. Learn more about the Eritrea/Ethiopia Conflict and Eritrea's independence.

Charles II of England crowned in restoration of monarchy

Charles II was crowned King of England on April 23, 1661, officially marking the restoration of the monarchy following a period of republican rule under Oliver and Richard Cromwell. The king's coronation took place 12 years after his father, Charles I, was executed for treason. Charles II was already recognized as King of Scotland more than 10 years prior. Learn more about Charles II.

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On April 23, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt created the U.S. Army Reserve.

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