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News US asks federal appeals court to reconsider case against accused Cuban spies
US asks federal appeals court to reconsider case against accused Cuban spies
Greg Sampson
September 29, 2005 03:15:00 pm

Federal prosecutors in Miami have asked the full US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reconsider a decision by a three judge panel to throw out the convictions of five accused...

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News England apologizes for Iraqi prisoner photos as defense bids for light sentence
England apologizes for Iraqi prisoner photos as defense bids for light sentence
Greg Sampson
September 27, 2005 06:52:00 pm

Pfc. Lynndie England Tuesday apologized for posing for pictures with humiliated Iraqi prisoners, saying that she had been used by her then-boyfriend Spc. Charles Graner [JURIST news archive; after his own conviction in January for abusing...

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News Pentagon sets date of military commission trial for Australian Gitmo detainee
Pentagon sets date of military commission trial for Australian Gitmo detainee
Greg Sampson
September 27, 2005 05:09:00 pm

The Pentagon announced Tuesday that David Hicks , the only Australian held at the US terror suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay , will go to trial before a special military commission on November 18, about...

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News New Orleans police chief resigns as tribunal for missing officers announced
New Orleans police chief resigns as tribunal for missing officers announced
Greg Sampson
September 27, 2005 04:25:00 pm

The embattled chief of the New Orleans Police Department resigned his position Tuesday on the same day he announced the establishment of a special tribunal to contend with the nearly 250 New Orleans police officers who went...

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News President Bush close to picking next Supreme Court nominee
President Bush close to picking next Supreme Court nominee
Greg Sampson
September 27, 2005 03:23:00 pm

White House spokesperson Scott McClellan said Tuesday that President Bush is close to completing the process of picking the next Supreme Court nominee. According to McClellan, the President has met with 50 Senators, including all but one...

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Putin says no major changes to Russian constitution
Greg Sampson
September 27, 2005 02:57:00 pm

In a televised interview Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated he foresaw no major changes to the Russian Constitution while he was in office. Putin's statement comes after proposed legislation that would...

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News Belgium asks for transfer of Rwanda priest case
Belgium asks for transfer of Rwanda priest case
Greg Sampson
September 27, 2005 02:28:00 pm

Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht has formally asked that Guy Theunis, a Belgian priest, be brought to Belgium to face trial for his alleged role in the Rwandan genocide . Earlier this month, Theunis...

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Rosenbergs convicted of espionage

On March 29, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of passing US atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The couple was sentenced to death on April 3 under the Espionage Act of 1917, 18 U.S.C 794. They were then executed two years later on June 19, 1953 in New York State's Sing Sing Prison. View the FBI's files on the Rosenbergs.

British parliament passed act creating Canada

On March 29, 1867, the British Parliament passed the British North America Act, a constitutional document creating a united Dominion of Canada. It went into effect on July 1 that year.

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