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Washington high court rules inmate has no right to starve himself
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The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Washington state constitution does not provide a right for prison inmates to starve themselves to death. Convicted arsonist Charles R. McNabb sued the Washington State Department of...

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US Vice President Dick Cheney and other top White House officials approved controversial interrogation methods, including waterboarding , in secret meetings, AP reported Friday. An unnamed former senior intelligence official confirmed an earlier ABC News report ...

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The Supreme Court of India Thursday upheld a governmental program reserving seats at India's top state schools for members of lower castes , but ruled that wealthy lower caste families should not be permitted to...

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Ohio resident David Tuason was indicted Wednesday for allegedly threatening to blow up the US Supreme Court building and attack black men, including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas . Tuason was charged with six...

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The investigating officer for the Multi-National Force-Iraq Wednesday granted a postponement of the Article 32 hearing for civilian contractor Alaa "Alex" Mohammad Ali. Ali, who holds dual Iraqi-Canadian citizenship, is charged with aggravated assault for...

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A Peruvian court Tuesday convicted four former Peruvian military officers of kidnapping and murder for their roles in the 1992 La Cantuta massacre , which left one professor and nine students at Lima's La Cantuta University dead. The...

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Dutch East India Company established

On March 20, 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands established the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The creation edict granted VOC a monopoly over Dutch colonial activities in Asia for twenty-one years. During that time, VOC became the world's first multinational company and the first to issue stock. Read a history of the VOC and view the world's oldest share of stock, as issued by the VOC.

First woman executed by electric chair

On March 20, 1899, Martha Place, convicted of the murder of her stepdaughter, became the first woman to die in the electric chair. The execution was carried out at New York's Auburn Prison.

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