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News Two charged for leaking UK government memo to paper
Two charged for leaking UK government memo to paper
Chris Buell
November 22, 2005 08:15:00 pm

Two men have been charged for leaking a UK government memo that led to a newspaper report Tuesday that said UK Prime Minister Tony Blair had talked President Bush out of bombing the Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera...

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News Polish gay rights parade organizers sue city mayor over ban
Polish gay rights parade organizers sue city mayor over ban
Chris Buell
November 22, 2005 07:49:00 pm

Organizers of a gay rights parade in Poland on Tuesday sued the mayor of Poznan for banning the event. The group has alleged that the ban violated their right to freedom of assembly...

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News US threatens UN budget delay without progress on reforms
US threatens UN budget delay without progress on reforms
Chris Buell
November 22, 2005 07:25:00 pm

The US on Tuesday threatened to hold up approval of a two-year UN budget unless reforms agreed to in September were acted on by the end of the year. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the reform proposals...

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News Mexico human rights commission warns of continuing torture
Mexico human rights commission warns of continuing torture
Chris Buell
November 22, 2005 06:58:00 pm

Mexico's National Commission for Human Rights on Tuesday said that the country's police and prosecutors continue to use torture despite pledges by President Vicente Fox to halt such...

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News UN rights official calls for investigation into Saddam lawyer killings
UN rights official calls for investigation into Saddam lawyer killings
Chris Buell
November 17, 2005 08:30:00 am

A UN human rights official has called for an investigation into the killings of two defense lawyers representing co-defendants of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein . The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions [official...

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News Torture allegations overblown, Iraqi minister says
Torture allegations overblown, Iraqi minister says
Chris Buell
November 17, 2005 08:11:00 am

Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr said Thursday that reports of abuse of detainees by Iraqi security forces were exaggerated. Jabr said that only five people discovered at a prison in an Interior Ministry building...

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Sudan war crimes court sentences two to death
Chris Buell
November 17, 2005 07:57:00 am

A court created by Sudan to try war-crimes suspects for atrocities committed in the Darfur region of the country has sentenced two soldiers to death for the killing of a Sudanese citizen. The...

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American faces bribery charges in Iraqi reconstruction
Chris Buell
November 17, 2005 07:37:00 am

An American businessman has been charged with paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to US authorities in charge of the reconstruction in Iraq to obtain millions in contracts, the New York Times reported Thursday. According...

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Federal judge holds reporter in contempt in nuclear scientist case
Chris Buell
November 17, 2005 07:03:00 am

US District Judge Rosemary Collyer on Wednesday held Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus in contempt after he failed to reveal confidential sources from a story he reported about an investigation into nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee [advocacy...

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Italian parliament OKs constitutional amendment
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November 16, 2005 08:44:00 pm

The Italian Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment that grants increased powers to both the prime minister and to regional governments within Italy . Legislators approved the changes by a 170-132 vote,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Anita Hill testifies about Clarence Thomas sexual harassment

Attorney Anita Hill testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11, 1991 about sexual harassment she suffered from her former supervisor Clarence Thomas, who was nominated by President Ronald Regan for a seat on the US Supreme Court. The US Senate would later confirm Thomas by a vote of 52–48 despite Hill's testimony. Watch the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings on CSPAN.

Vatican II opens

On October 11, 1962, the Second Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church convened in Rome, Italy. Over the next three years, the conference modernized Church Law for the modern era. The most noticeable changes included the celebration of mass in the vernacular, a new emphasis on the role of laypersons, and a greater acceptance of other faiths. Read documents from Vatican II from Church archives.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire.

As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

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