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News Former Guantanamo detainees returned to Afghanistan allege US abuse
Former Guantanamo detainees returned to Afghanistan allege US abuse
Gabriel Haboubi
October 12, 2006 06:51:00 pm

Sixteen Afghan men were reunited with their families Thursday after being released by the US military from four years of detention in Guantanamo Bay . The men denied links to Islamic terror groups and...

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News Nigerian VP charged with corruption
Nigerian VP charged with corruption
Gabriel Haboubi
October 10, 2006 09:19:00 pm

Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was charged Tuesday with more than a dozen counts of corruption. The charges filed before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, a special corruption court that has the power to strip elected...

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News Ken Lay lawyers seek speedy erasure of criminal record
Ken Lay lawyers seek speedy erasure of criminal record
Gabriel Haboubi
October 10, 2006 07:28:00 pm

Lawyers representing the estate of former Enron chairman Ken Lay have filed papers asking US District Judge Sim Lake to rule on a nearly two-month-old request to...

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News House Ethics Committee issues subpoenas in page program misconduct probe
House Ethics Committee issues subpoenas in page program misconduct probe
Gabriel Haboubi
October 5, 2006 09:04:00 pm

The US House Ethics Committee Thursday opened its investigation into allegations of misconduct related to the House Page program , issuing nearly four dozen subpoenas for witnesses and documents, according to statements issued...

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News FTC pretexting charges against Virginia company settled
FTC pretexting charges against Virginia company settled
Gabriel Haboubi
October 5, 2006 07:14:00 pm

The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement for the settlement of pretexting charges against Virginia-based Integrity Security & Investigation Services . Current federal law allows the...

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Red Cross makes first visit to detainees at expanded US Iraq facility
Gabriel Haboubi
October 3, 2006 07:45:00 pm

The International Committee of the Red Cross has completed its first meeting with prisoners now held by US forces at the expanded Camp Cropper prison in Iraq, according to a press release posted on...

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News Russia ratifies international nuclear anti-terror treaty
Russia ratifies international nuclear anti-terror treaty
Gabriel Haboubi
October 3, 2006 07:09:00 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill officially ratifying the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism , the Kremlin announced Tuesday. A Kremlin statement described the convention as "the first...

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Japan enacts Meiji Constitution

On February 11, 1889, the Meiji Constitution of Japan was promulgated by Emperor Meiji. Officially titled the "Constitution of the Empire of Japan," the Meiji Constitution went into effect on November 29, 1890 and served as the country's fundamental law through the rise of the Japanese Empire until the end of World War II. On May 2, 1947, the Meiji Constitution was replaced by the Constitution of Japan, which serves as the country's governing document today. The Meiji constitution created a constitutional monarchy in Japan with the Emperor serving as a powerful executive. The document furthermore created a parliament, called the Diet, as well as an independent judiciary. Its passage came as part of the Meiji Restoration, in which the Japanese Imperial throne retook power from the Shogunate and guided the nation into the modern world.

First redistricting "gerrymander" created

On February 11, 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed an electoral redistricting law that favored his party. The practice became known as "gerrymandering" in reference to Gerry and the unusual, allegedly salamander-like district that resulted. See the original 1812 political cartoon of The Gerry-mander in the Boston Gazette.

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