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News International brief ~ Big Five agree to send Iran to Security Council
International brief ~ Big Five agree to send Iran to Security Council
D. Wes Rist
January 31, 2006 04:36:00 am

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council have agreed to present the issue of Iran's nuclear enrichment program to the Council following a report by International Atomic...

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News International brief ~ Sudan criticizes UN report on human rights in Darfur
International brief ~ Sudan criticizes UN report on human rights in Darfur
D. Wes Rist
January 30, 2006 09:56:00 am

Leading Monday's international brief, the Sudanese government has criticized a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report released last Friday which sharply condemned the human rights condition in Darfur . Jamal Mohamed Ibrahim,...

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News International brief ~ UN Security Council considering Cote d’Ivoire sanctions
International brief ~ UN Security Council considering Cote d’Ivoire sanctions
D. Wes Rist
January 27, 2006 05:07:00 am

Leading Friday's international brief, the UN Security Council is considering sanctions against both rebel and government elements in Cote d'Ivoire that are accused of purposefully delaying and sabotaging fragile peace negotiations in the nation, which has been...

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News Kyrgyz PM asks parliament for control of police agencies after death threat
Kyrgyz PM asks parliament for control of police agencies after death threat
D. Wes Rist
January 26, 2006 07:37:00 am

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Felix Kulov has appealed to the Kyrgyzstan Parliament to grant him control of parts of the Interior Ministry that govern the nation's police agencies. Kulov alleges that a recent crime wave, including the...

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News Moscow court to hear Adamov detention appeal
Moscow court to hear Adamov detention appeal
D. Wes Rist
January 26, 2006 07:26:00 am

The Moscow City Court has announced that it will hear an appeal from former Russian nuclear minister Yevgeny Adamov concerning a lower court decision to extend his custody until April 12. Adamov's lawyer...

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News International brief ~ UN to help Lebanon set up Hariri assassination tribunal
International brief ~ UN to help Lebanon set up Hariri assassination tribunal
D. Wes Rist
January 26, 2006 05:22:00 am

Leading Thursday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that he's sending UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel to Lebanon to assist government officials there in identifying the "nature and scope of the international assistance"...

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News International brief ~ UN refugees chief calls for special Darfur peace force
International brief ~ UN refugees chief calls for special Darfur peace force
D. Wes Rist
January 25, 2006 05:31:00 am

Leading Wednesday's international brief, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has called on the UN Security Council to create a UN peacekeeping force for the Darfur region of Sudan ....

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News International brief ~ Congo to hold AU chair instead of Sudan
International brief ~ Congo to hold AU chair instead of Sudan
D. Wes Rist
January 24, 2006 05:04:00 am

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Democratic Republic of Congo will hold the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) for 2006 under an agreement reached by a five-nation panel assigned to develop a compromise to the tense standoff...

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News Europe report claims secret CIA prisons existed
Europe report claims secret CIA prisons existed
D. Wes Rist
January 24, 2006 03:45:00 am

A Council of Europe report released Tuesday argues that not only did alleged secret prisons run by the CIA in Europe exist, but that many European governments knew of the prisons and 'turned a blind eye'....

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News Russian court orders Khodorkovsky accounts seized for Yukos back taxes
Russian court orders Khodorkovsky accounts seized for Yukos back taxes
D. Wes Rist
January 24, 2006 03:26:00 am

A Russian court in Moscow has ordered that the financial assets of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev be seized to pay alleged back taxes and fines for the Yukos oil company. Yukos [corporate...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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