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News US House to vote on Gulf of Mexico offshore drilling bill
US House to vote on Gulf of Mexico offshore drilling bill
Geoff Leung
December 2, 2006 09:39:00 am

Republicans in the US House of Representatives agreed Friday to vote on a compromise offshore drilling bill on Tuesday under special rules that limit amendments and generally speed up proceedings, but require a two-thirds...

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News Italy appeals court denies Berlusconi bid to remove judge in tax fraud trial
Italy appeals court denies Berlusconi bid to remove judge in tax fraud trial
Geoff Leung
December 2, 2006 08:42:00 am

An Italian appeals court Friday denied the request of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to remove the judge presiding over his tax fraud trial. Berlusconi and co-defendant David Mills had asked that...

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News Northern Ireland parliament attacker charged
Northern Ireland parliament attacker charged
Geoff Leung
November 25, 2006 11:41:00 am

Loyalist militant Michael Stone was charged Saturday with 5 counts of attempted murder after he threw a package of explosives into the entrance of the Stormont parliament buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Friday and...

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News NYT asks high court to bar probe access to reporters’ phone records
NYT asks high court to bar probe access to reporters’ phone records
Geoff Leung
November 25, 2006 10:14:00 am

The New York Times asked the US Supreme Court Friday to block a federal investigation into a terrorism probe leak from acquiring the telephone records of two Times reporters until the high court rules on...

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News Florida authorities launch full criminal investigation of Foley messages
Florida authorities launch full criminal investigation of Foley messages
Geoff Leung
November 18, 2006 10:18:00 am

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has opened a full criminal investigation into former Republican congressman Mark Foley in connection with his sexually explicit computer messages to young male pages disclosed earlier...

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News Ex-Enron CFO begins 6-year sentence in Louisiana federal prison
Ex-Enron CFO begins 6-year sentence in Louisiana federal prison
Geoff Leung
November 11, 2006 11:19:00 am

The US Federal Bureau of Prisons has assigned former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow to a federal detention center in Oakdale, Louisiana , according a new inmate listing on the FBP website....

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News British legislators consider broadening hate crimes law after BNP acquittals
British legislators consider broadening hate crimes law after BNP acquittals
Geoff Leung
November 11, 2006 10:10:00 am

UK Chancellor Gordon Brown called for broader race hate laws after a British jury Friday acquitted two British National Party (BNP) members Friday of inciting racial hatred. The charges stemmed from 2004...

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News Guantanamo commander says detainees no longer forcibly interrogated
Guantanamo commander says detainees no longer forcibly interrogated
Geoff Leung
November 4, 2006 11:39:00 am

US Rear Adm. Harry Harris , chief of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, has said that compulsory interrogations are no longer employed to elicit information from detainees due to their ineffectiveness as compared to "rapport...

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News California begins out-of-state transfer of prison inmates
California begins out-of-state transfer of prison inmates
Geoff Leung
November 4, 2006 10:11:00 am

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Friday began transferring inmates to private detention centers in other states to alleviate overcrowding under the terms California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's October 4 emergency proclamation . The first...

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News Serbia constitutional referendum has slow start
Serbia constitutional referendum has slow start
Geoff Leung
October 28, 2006 04:37:00 pm

A two-day referendum on a proposed new Serbian constitution which includes a controversial preamble asserting Serbia's ongoing claim to Kosovo got underway on Saturday, but only a small number of voters turned out in its early stages....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

19th Amendment adopted

On August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was adopted, granting women full suffrage. The Amendment states that "[t]he right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." Learn more about the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment from the National Archives.

Declaration of the Rights of Man adopted

On August 26, 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted by the French National Assembly. Click here to read the text of the Declaration and learn more about its formulation.

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