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News Senate finance committee recommends tighter laws for charities
Senate finance committee recommends tighter laws for charities
Holly Manges Jones
June 7, 2005 08:07:00 pm

The US Senate Finance Committee released a report Tuesday saying stricter laws may be necessary to prevent insider deals, regulate moneymaking ventures, and open more activities to public scrutiny in large nonprofit organizations. The recommendation follows a two-year investigation...

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News Florida A&M under criminal investigation; law school dean suspended
Florida A&M under criminal investigation; law school dean suspended
Holly Manges Jones
June 7, 2005 07:57:00 pm

A criminal investigation has been launched against Florida A and M University for alleged misuse of taxpayer monies, and interim University president Castell Bryant announced Tuesday that A and M law school dean Percy Luney, Jr. had...

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News Senate panel endorses expanded FBI subpoena power under Patriot Act
Senate panel endorses expanded FBI subpoena power under Patriot Act
Holly Manges Jones
June 7, 2005 07:37:00 pm

The US Senate Intelligence Committee late Tuesday approved revisions to the Patriot Act which would expand the FBI's power to subpoena records in terrorism investigations without receiving the approval of a judge or grand...

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News Carter calls for Guantanamo Bay shutdown
Carter calls for Guantanamo Bay shutdown
Holly Manges Jones
June 7, 2005 07:01:00 pm

Former US President Jimmy Carter closed a two-day human rights conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta Tuesday by saying that the US should close the Guantanamo Bay military prison camp and two...

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News Biden: US should close Guantanamo Bay prison
Biden: US should close Guantanamo Bay prison
Holly Manges Jones
June 5, 2005 04:46:00 pm

US Senator Joseph Biden said Sunday on ABC-TV's This Week that the US should begin efforts to close down the military prison camp in Guantanamo Bay. Biden, head Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ,...

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News First Kuwaiti women appointed to public office
First Kuwaiti women appointed to public office
Holly Manges Jones
June 5, 2005 04:21:00 pm

Two women have been appointed for the first time to Kuwait's municipal council, according to an official source on Sunday. Kuwait news agency Kuna reports that one of the women is a member of the...

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News Federal appeals court upholds asylum based on "kinship ties"
Federal appeals court upholds asylum based on "kinship ties"
Holly Manges Jones
June 5, 2005 03:45:00 pm

In a landmark ruling, the US Ninth Circuit Cout of Appeals held Friday that a family unit can be "a protected social group" under federal asylum law. The court supported the refugee claim of a South African family [opinion,...

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News Swiss gay couples get partnership rights in referendum vote
Swiss gay couples get partnership rights in referendum vote
Holly Manges Jones
June 5, 2005 03:03:00 pm

Gay couples in Switzerland can register their partnerships after 58% of Swiss voters Sunday said "yes" in a referendum , bringing to fruition a victory predicted by a Friday opinion poll [JURIST...

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News Iraq judge says Saddam’s morale fading as trial nears
Iraq judge says Saddam’s morale fading as trial nears
Holly Manges Jones
June 4, 2005 11:53:00 am

Saddam Hussein's morale has dropped due to the the magnitude of the charges against him and the fact that his trial will be before an impartial court, according to Judge Raid Juhi of the Iraqi Special Tribunal...

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News Navajo council overrides veto on same-sex marriage ban
Navajo council overrides veto on same-sex marriage ban
Holly Manges Jones
June 4, 2005 11:23:00 am

The Navajo Nation's Tribal Council voted Friday to override Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr.'s veto of a same-sex marriage ban it approved last month for the UnitedS States' largest Indian reservation. The Dine Marriage...

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