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News US House committee approves personal online data protection bill
US House committee approves personal online data protection bill
Brett Murphy
October 24, 2007 10:19:00 am

The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs voted Tuesday in favor of the Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 , a bill aimed at preventing US Internet companies from turning over users' personal information to...

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News Spain indicts 22 connected to terrorist recruiting group
Spain indicts 22 connected to terrorist recruiting group
Brett Murphy
October 24, 2007 09:51:00 am

Spanish anti-terror judge Baltasar Garzon issued indictments for 22 people on charges of participating in or collaborating with a terrorist organization that recruits fighters to aid al Qaeda in Iraq, the Spanish National Court...

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News New York appeals court upholds unconstitutionality of state death penalty
New York appeals court upholds unconstitutionality of state death penalty
Brett Murphy
October 24, 2007 09:13:00 am

The highest court in New York state Tuesday narrowly ruled against overturning state precedent holding the state's death penalty law unconstitutional. Urged to create an exception for a man who murdered five people at a Queens Wendy's...

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News Federal judge declares mistrial in Muslim charity terrorism financing case
Federal judge declares mistrial in Muslim charity terrorism financing case
Brett Murphy
October 22, 2007 01:05:00 pm

A Dallas federal judge declared a mistrial Monday on nearly all 197 counts in a controversial case against the Islamic Holy Land Foundation charity and five of its leaders. Judge A. Joe Fish took...

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News Pakistan high court judge says threat of martial law still ‘haunting’ country
Pakistan high court judge says threat of martial law still ‘haunting’ country
Brett Murphy
October 22, 2007 12:36:00 pm

A Supreme Court of Pakistan justice said at a hearing Monday on the results of the recent presidential election ostensibly re-electing President Pervez Musharraf that the spectre of martial law continues "haunting" the country, despite efforts to...

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News Reversing Roe ruling on abortion would harm poor women: Ginsburg
Reversing Roe ruling on abortion would harm poor women: Ginsburg
Brett Murphy
October 22, 2007 12:03:00 pm

Reversing the US Supreme Court's abortion decision in Roe v. Wade would not prevent wealthy women from getting abortions, but would have a "devastating" effect on underprivileged females, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said...

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News US moves up in annual world press freedom index
US moves up in annual world press freedom index
Brett Murphy
October 17, 2007 12:01:00 pm

The United States has gained ground as a country protecting press freedom, according to the sixth annual Worldwide Index of Freedom issued Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) . RWB listed Eritrea, North Korea, and Turkmenistan...

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News Mukasey pledges to balance security and liberty as AG confirmation hearing begins
Mukasey pledges to balance security and liberty as AG confirmation hearing begins
Brett Murphy
October 17, 2007 11:28:00 am

US Attorney General nominee Michael B. Mukasey told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that he will work to balance national security and civil liberties if confirmed as the next attorney general. During...

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News Pakistan martial law possible if high court denies Musharraf re-election bid: official
Pakistan martial law possible if high court denies Musharraf re-election bid: official
Brett Murphy
October 17, 2007 10:07:00 am

Pakistani Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sher Afgan Niazi said Tuesday that martial law may be declared in the country if the Supreme Court of Pakistan rules against President Pervez Musharraf's bid for re-election. Niazi said that his...

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News Armenian genocide resolution losing ground in US House
Armenian genocide resolution losing ground in US House
Brett Murphy
October 17, 2007 09:54:00 am

Representatives in the US House have begun to pull back support for a resolution labeling as genocide the World War I-era killings of over one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers [ANCA backgrounder; Turkish DC Embassy...

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France signed armistice agreement with Nazi Germany

On June 22, 1940, France signed an armistice agreement with Nazi Germany, ending hostilities between the two states after Germany's invasion of France and recognizing the German occupation of northern France and continuing French jurisdiction in the south under the collaborative Vichy government. Read the armistice agreement here.

Supreme Court rules suspects have right to attorney during questioning

On June 22, 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Escobedo v. Illinois that suspects have the right to an attorney while they are questioned by police. Danny Escobedo eventually confessed to the murder of his brother-in-law after being detained for hours without access to his lawyer. Over the course of the interrogation, police denied Escobedo's repeated requests to speak with his lawyer and denied the lawyer's requests to speak with his client. The Supreme Court overturned Escobedo's confession on the ground that it violated his "absolute right to remain silent".

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