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News Libby asks federal judge to dismiss indictment in CIA leak case
Libby asks federal judge to dismiss indictment in CIA leak case
Asha Puttaiah
February 24, 2006 09:12:00 am

Defense lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , former chief of staff for Vice President Cheney, have asked a federal judge to dismiss the case against him, arguing that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was improperly appointed...

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News Federal judge orders DOD release of Guantanamo detainee names by March 3
Federal judge orders DOD release of Guantanamo detainee names by March 3
Asha Puttaiah
February 24, 2006 08:33:00 am

US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York on Thursday ordered the Defense Department to release uncensored transcripts, including detainee names, of 317 Combatant Status Review Tribunal hearings held at...

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News Moussaoui defense says potential jurors tainted by Sept. 11 links
Moussaoui defense says potential jurors tainted by Sept. 11 links
Asha Puttaiah
February 24, 2006 07:41:00 am

As questioning of potential jurors winds down, defense lawyers for al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui have expressed concern about the possibility of a jury stacked with individuals connected to Sept. 11 victims. Moussaoui pleaded guilty [JURIST...

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News US soldier not guilty in Afghan prisoner abuse case
US soldier not guilty in Afghan prisoner abuse case
Asha Puttaiah
February 24, 2006 07:03:00 am

A military jury acquitted US Army Sgt. Alan J. Driver Thursday on charges of prisoner abuse at Bagram Control Point in Afghanistan . Driver was the last of 11...

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News Pakistan puts Islamic leader under house arrest to prevent cartoons agitation
Pakistan puts Islamic leader under house arrest to prevent cartoons agitation
Asha Puttaiah
February 17, 2006 08:09:00 am

As ongoing unrest stemming from the controversy over the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad continues, Pakistani police on Friday placed radical Islamic leader Hafiz Mohammad Saeed under house arrest to prevent him from giving his usual...

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News Inmates in Los Angeles prison riots to face criminal charges
Inmates in Los Angeles prison riots to face criminal charges
Asha Puttaiah
February 17, 2006 07:39:00 am

Sheriff's officials in Los Angeles have said they intend to pursue criminal charges against at least two dozen inmates who participated in a series of racially motivated riots in early February at the North County Correctional Facility...

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News EEOC reports decrease in employment discrimination complaints
EEOC reports decrease in employment discrimination complaints
Asha Puttaiah
February 10, 2006 09:27:00 am

The number of discrimination charges against private employers filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission declined by five percent in 2005 , the third straight year the number of complaints fell. EEOC officials point to...

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News Air Force relaxes guidelines on religious expression
Air Force relaxes guidelines on religious expression
Asha Puttaiah
February 10, 2006 08:36:00 am

The US Air Force on Thursday released revised interim guidelines concerning the free exercise of religion in the Air Force which remove several restrictions on the promotion of religious beliefs. The revised guidelines,...

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News Cambodian opposition leader returns from exile after royal pardon
Cambodian opposition leader returns from exile after royal pardon
Asha Puttaiah
February 10, 2006 08:06:00 am

After receiving a royal pardon, Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy returned home to Cambodia Friday after a year of self-imposed exile in France. Sam Rainsy had fled to France after his parliamentary immunity was revoked...

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News Libby to grand jury: ‘superiors’ authorized leaks of classified information
Libby to grand jury: ‘superiors’ authorized leaks of classified information
Asha Puttaiah
February 10, 2006 07:22:00 am

Court documents filed by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald in the CIA leak case show that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, testified to a federal grand jury...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Dutch leader Johan de Witt killed by mob

The Grand Pensionary of Holland, Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt were lynched on August 20, 1672, after an angry mob took the two from a prison, where Cornelis was being held on charges of treason, and killed them both. William of Orange (later William III of England & Scotland) became Stadtholder of Holland a month before the killings and remained in the position until his death in 1702. Learn more about Johan de Witt from the Rijksmuseum.

UN Security Council resolution condemned Israeli declaration of all Jerusalem as capital

On August 20, 1980, the UN Security Council passed by 14-0 a resolution condemning an Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital. The US abstained.

Economic Opportunity Act signed into law

On August 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Economic Opportunity Act. The bill approved $1 billion for social programs to combat poverty. It was central to President Johnson's Great Society legislation program. Learn more about President Johnson's War on Poverty from NPR.

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