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News Bin Laden tape claims Moussaoui, Guantanamo prisoners had no role in Sept.11
Bin Laden tape claims Moussaoui, Guantanamo prisoners had no role in Sept.11
Angela A. Onikepe
May 24, 2006 04:59:00 am

In a newly released five minute audio tape found on an Islamist website Tuesday, a man claiming to be Osama bin Laden said that convicted September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui [JURIST news...

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News EU constitution architect asks for new vote on treaty
EU constitution architect asks for new vote on treaty
Angela A. Onikepe
May 24, 2006 03:32:00 am

Former French president and author of the beleaguered European Constitution , Valery Giscard d'Estaing is calling for the EU constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005 to...

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News Rights groups says Mexico record good but needs improvement
Rights groups says Mexico record good but needs improvement
Angela A. Onikepe
May 18, 2006 04:46:00 am

Human Rights Watch lauded Mexican President Vicente Fox Wednesday for advances made in increasing the transparency of the Mexican government, but warned in a new report on human rights in the country...

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News Syria arrests leading human rights lawyer in apparent crackdown on dissidents
Syria arrests leading human rights lawyer in apparent crackdown on dissidents
Angela A. Onikepe
May 18, 2006 02:38:00 am

Syrian authorities have arrested leading human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni just days after Sunday's arrest of prominent writer Michel Kilo , prompting speculation that a large government crackdown on dissidents is underway....

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News Texas court lifts execution stay, rejects lethal injection appeal
Texas court lifts execution stay, rejects lethal injection appeal
Angela A. Onikepe
May 18, 2006 01:27:00 am

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Wednesday lifted its stay of execution for Derrick S. O'Brien , citing insufficient factual or scientific evidence proving that lethal injection causes suffering and...

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News ECJ says patients must be reimbursed for necessary surgery abroad
ECJ says patients must be reimbursed for necessary surgery abroad
Angela A. Onikepe
May 17, 2006 06:32:00 am

In a decision that some observers have hailed as a victory for "health tourism", the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday that domestic health service programs must pay for patients who go abroad to...

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News Madrid bombing suspect released after procedural mixup
Madrid bombing suspect released after procedural mixup
Angela A. Onikepe
May 11, 2006 02:03:00 am

A Spanish High Court judge was forced to order the release of Moroccan citizen Saed El Harrak , a suspect alleged to be involved in the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings , due to...

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News US dismisses UK call to close Guantanamo Bay
US dismisses UK call to close Guantanamo Bay
Angela A. Onikepe
May 11, 2006 01:07:00 am

US officials have dismissed a call from UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith to close the facility at Guantanamo Bay used to detain terror suspects, saying that the US is working to release...

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News ICTY sentences Bosnian Croat militia leader to 12 years for war crimes
ICTY sentences Bosnian Croat militia leader to 12 years for war crimes
Angela A. Onikepe
May 9, 2006 05:01:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Monday sentenced former Bosnia Croat militia commander Ivica Rajic to twelve years in prison for leading an October 1993 attack against...

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News US, UK, France circulate draft Security Council resolution on Iran
US, UK, France circulate draft Security Council resolution on Iran
Angela A. Onikepe
May 4, 2006 06:10:00 am

Russia and China have expressed doubts about a draft UN Security Council resolution introduced Wednesday by France, Britain, and the United States. The resolution, invoking Chapter 7 of the UN Charter , mandates that Iran abandon uranium enrichment...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

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