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News UK parliament pushes EU referendum bill forward
UK parliament pushes EU referendum bill forward
Christina Gheen
February 9, 2005 08:03:00 pm

UK lawmakers Wednesday backed a government bill to put the new EU constitution to a national referendum. The European Union Bill will now go to a House of Commons committee for further study. While signed last November,...

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News Milosevic trial adjourned again due to illness
Milosevic trial adjourned again due to illness
Christina Gheen
February 9, 2005 07:37:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced late Wednesday that the trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been postponed again until Monday, February 14. Milosevic is still recovering from a...

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News WorldCom director restitution agreement breaks down
WorldCom director restitution agreement breaks down
Christina Gheen
February 2, 2005 09:07:00 pm

The plaintiffs in a major lawsuit against former directors of WorldCom announced Wednesday that a proposed settlement under which the directors would have personally repaid company investors $18 million of a $54 million total has broken down....

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News Congress urges appeal in on-campus military recruiting case
Congress urges appeal in on-campus military recruiting case
Christina Gheen
February 2, 2005 08:11:00 pm

The US House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday urging the federal government to appeal a recent 3rd Circuit opinion that struck down a law that prohibited colleges and universities to limit on-campus military recruiting because...

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News Campaign finance reform gains momentum
Campaign finance reform gains momentum
Christina Gheen
February 2, 2005 07:42:00 pm

Senator John McCain announced Wednesday that he was launching a new initiative to tighten campaign finance laws to curb big interest-group donations to congressional and presidential campaigns. McCain appears to have gained an ally...

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News Hollywood files more lawsuits against illegal movie downloading
Hollywood files more lawsuits against illegal movie downloading
Christina Gheen
January 26, 2005 08:09:00 pm

The Motion Picture Association of America launched a second round of lawsuits on Wednesday against online movie downloaders. The latest lawsuits follow up a round of November actions and will target individuals as well as websites...

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News Iraqi security officials to set decoy polls
Iraqi security officials to set decoy polls
Christina Gheen
January 26, 2005 07:13:00 pm

In an effort to weed out insurgents and increase voter safety, Iraqi security officials have said they will use decoy polling stations during Sunday's national election. Iraqi Army Major Hamid Al Jubarah said, "We will have decoy voter centres,...

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News Federal law authorizing state same-sex marriage bans upheld
Federal law authorizing state same-sex marriage bans upheld
Christina Gheen
January 19, 2005 09:15:00 pm

The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida Wednesday upheld a federal law allowing states to ban same-sex marriages. The ruling is believed to be the first to formally uphold the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act [THOMAS...

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News Guantanamo detainees tell lawyers of abusive conditions
Guantanamo detainees tell lawyers of abusive conditions
Christina Gheen
January 19, 2005 09:04:00 pm

Defense lawyers representing 12 Kuwaiti nationals detained in Guantanamo Bay said Wednesday that their clients looked emaciated and had complained of abuse, including physical abuse, torture and humiliation. The attorneys, Kristine Huskey and Thomas Wilner,...

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Federal court dismisses Gitmo prisoners’ claims of habeas
Christina Gheen
January 19, 2005 07:29:00 pm

US District Judge Richard Leon Wednesday dismissed the claims of seven Guantanamo Bay prisoners who had contested the fairness of their continued detention. Judge Leon said in his opinion : "To the extent that these non-resident detainees...

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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers.

American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to twenty-two member states.

Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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