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News FBI agents witnessed ‘borderline torture’ of detainees: DOJ report
FBI agents witnessed ‘borderline torture’ of detainees: DOJ report
Devin Montgomery
May 21, 2008 09:49:00 am

US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents were present during interrogations of terrorism suspects in which Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or Department of Defense (DOD) officers used "borderline torture" interrogation tactics, but they...

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News House panel hears torture allegations by ex-Guantanamo detainee
House panel hears torture allegations by ex-Guantanamo detainee
Patrick Porter
May 21, 2008 09:18:00 am

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz , a Turkish citizen born in Germany, testified Tuesday before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight regarding torture he allegedly suffered...

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News Former Khmer Rouge minister makes first appearance before Cambodian tribunal
Former Khmer Rouge minister makes first appearance before Cambodian tribunal
Andrew Gilmore
May 21, 2008 08:54:00 am

Former Khmer Rouge minister for social affairs Ieng Thirith made her first appearance in court Tuesday at a bail hearing before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official...

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News Federal appeals court strikes down Virginia ‘partial birth’ abortion ban
Federal appeals court strikes down Virginia ‘partial birth’ abortion ban
Devin Montgomery
May 21, 2008 08:25:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a Virginia law banning certain types of late-term abortions is unconstitutional. In 2005, a panel of judges on the same court declared...

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News Guantanamo closure blocked by legal, logistical concerns: Gates
Guantanamo closure blocked by legal, logistical concerns: Gates
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 20, 2008 07:51:00 pm

The US has been unable to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay because it has been stymied by legal and practical questions about what to do with the center's detainees, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates...

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News Guantanamo detainee attempted suicide over DOD charges later dropped: lawyer
Guantanamo detainee attempted suicide over DOD charges later dropped: lawyer
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 20, 2008 05:30:00 pm

A Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of involvement in the September 11 attacks attempted to commit suicide last month, his lawyer said Tuesday. Mohammad al-Qahtani , a Saudi Arabian citizen known as the "20th hijacker"...

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News White House influenced EPA in emission waiver rejection: US House panel report
White House influenced EPA in emission waiver rejection: US House panel report
Devin Montgomery
May 20, 2008 04:57:00 pm

The White House played a "significant role" in a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject California's request for a waiver allowing the state to impose stricter greenhouse gas emissions standards on...

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News ICTY indicts journalist for exposing witness in ex-Kosovo PM war crimes trial
ICTY indicts journalist for exposing witness in ex-Kosovo PM war crimes trial
Abigail Salisbury
May 20, 2008 04:44:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Tuesday indicted a Kosovar journalist on contempt of court charges for allegedly revealing the identity of a witness in the war crimes trial of former Kosovar...

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News US House passes bill to subject OPEC nations to US antitrust law
US House passes bill to subject OPEC nations to US antitrust law
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 20, 2008 04:25:00 pm

The US House of Representatives Tuesday voted 324-84 to pass a bill which would subject members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to US antitrust law. The...

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News Noriega challenges France extradition bid in US appeals court
Noriega challenges France extradition bid in US appeals court
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 20, 2008 03:46:00 pm

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega Monday asked the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to block his extradition to France, arguing in court filings that extradition would violate his prisoner of war (POW) status....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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