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News 500,000 protest immigration legislation in Los Angeles
500,000 protest immigration legislation in Los Angeles
Elizabeth Schultz
March 26, 2006 10:28:00 am

More than 500,000 pro-immigration activists took to the streets in Los Angeles on Saturday to protest Congressional efforts to crack down on illegal immigration . The protest came in anticipation of Senate debate on a reform...

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News Belarus presidential election followed by fraud protest
Belarus presidential election followed by fraud protest
Elizabeth Schultz
March 19, 2006 04:23:00 pm

Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Minsk Sunday to protest what they claimed were the rigged results of the Belarus presidential election, defying threats of a government crackdown. Current president Alexander Lukashenko ,...

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News Senate committee to approve Arctic reserve drilling bill by May
Senate committee to approve Arctic reserve drilling bill by May
Elizabeth Schultz
March 19, 2006 12:11:00 pm

The US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee says it will approve legislation by mid-May to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling . The statement comes in...

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News ICC set to start first war crimes case against Congolese defendant
ICC set to start first war crimes case against Congolese defendant
Elizabeth Schultz
March 19, 2006 10:30:00 am

The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague will begin proceedings at an arraignment Monday against its first defendant, Thomas Lubanga , founder of Congolese rebel group the Union of Patriotic Congolese ....

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News Sudan threatens African Union withdrawal if UN takes over Darfur peacekeeping
Sudan threatens African Union withdrawal if UN takes over Darfur peacekeeping
Elizabeth Schultz
March 5, 2006 12:38:00 pm

The Sudanese government has threatened to withdraw from the African Union (AU) if a proposed takeover of the AU's peacekeeping mission in the Darfur region by the United Nations goes into effect....

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World Christian leaders criticize Guantanamo detentions
Elizabeth Schultz
March 5, 2006 12:05:00 pm

Leaders of the both the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches have sharply criticized the US prison at Guantanamo Bay as international pressure builds to close down the controversial facility that currently contains almost 500 individuals the...

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News NY trial judges to be nominated by party conventions one last time
NY trial judges to be nominated by party conventions one last time
Elizabeth Schultz
March 5, 2006 10:02:00 am

US District Judge John Gleeson Friday temporarily stayed an injunction that would have changed New York's unique system of nominating its elected state trial court judges in political conventions rather than...

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News Russia chides ICTY for refusing Milosevic medical release
Russia chides ICTY for refusing Milosevic medical release
Elizabeth Schultz
February 26, 2006 11:35:00 am

Russian diplomats Saturday criticized the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for its Friday refusal to grant former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic provisional release so that he might travel to Russia...

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News Pakistan president urges UN to criminalize blasphemy after cartoons furor
Pakistan president urges UN to criminalize blasphemy after cartoons furor
Elizabeth Schultz
February 26, 2006 11:29:00 am

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said Saturday he will lobby the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to make blasphemy an internationally-recognized criminal offense in the wake of controversy...

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News Federal judge orders US to explain lack of ports takeover investigation
Federal judge orders US to explain lack of ports takeover investigation
Elizabeth Schultz
February 26, 2006 10:20:00 am

US Federal District Court Judge Jose Linares, presiding over a lawsuit by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to block United Arab Emirates -owned Dubai Ports World from taking over the...

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Chief Justice Taft resigned

On February 3, 1930, Chief Justice William Howard Taft, former President of the United States, resigned from the United States Supreme Court for health reasons. He died 5 weeks later.

Learn more about the life and career(s) of William Howard Taft and review his complex medical history.

Last execution in Australia

On February 3, 1967, Ronald Ryan became the last person executed in Australia. He was hanged in Pentridge Prison in Melbourne for killing a guard during an escape attempt. Belief in Ryan's innocence led to protests across the country, culminating in the Death Penalty Abolition Act of 1973.

The Last Man Hanged, a documentary about the execution of Ronald Ryan, was released in 1993.

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