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News France judge postpones terrorism verdict for former Guantanamo detainees
France judge postpones terrorism verdict for former Guantanamo detainees
Jaime Jansen
September 28, 2006 10:48:00 am

French judge Jean-Claude Kross Wednesday postponed a verdict in the trial of six former Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of attending combat training at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan , saying the...

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September 28, 2006 10:10:00 am

US State Department officials testified Wednesday that the number of refugees admitted to the US has fallen by 23 percent as a result of provisions in the USA Patriot Act...

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Europe head calls for EU enlargement halt pending constitutional progress
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September 25, 2006 02:34:00 pm

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso suggested Monday that the EU temporarily halt membership enlargement after Bulgaria and Romania join while the EU works to resolve institutional and constitutional problems. Though...

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Afghanistan women's rights advocate and director of the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kandahar Safia Hana Jan was killed by armed gunmen in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday. Local officials launched an immediate...

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New York US District Judge Jack Weinstein Monday certified a class action lawsuit for "light" cigarette smokers against tobacco companies accused of leading smokers to believe that light cigarettes are healthier than regular cigarettes. The...

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UN rights experts say Bush detainee bill violates Geneva Conventions
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September 21, 2006 02:25:00 pm

A group of five United Nations human rights investigators told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva Thursday that pending US legislation drafted by the Bush administration to clarify interrogation methods for...

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September 21, 2006 11:22:00 am

A Louisiana grand jury in New Orleans indicted Salvador and Mabel Mangano Wednesday on 35 charges of negligent homicide and 64 charges of cruelty to the infirm from the couple's alleged refusal to evacuate a St. Rita's Nursing Home...

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September 21, 2006 10:47:00 am

The US House Judiciary Committee voted 20 to 16 along party lines Wednesday to approve the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act of 2006 , a measure that would relax warrant requirements for electronic...

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September 21, 2006 10:06:00 am

US Justice Department Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty argued against the pending Free Flow of Information Act of 2006 during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, saying that a federal shield law...

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September 18, 2006 02:20:00 pm

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told a press conference Monday that specification of banned interrogation methods in military commissions legislation drafted by the Bush administration currently under consideration in Congress is...

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Dutch East India Company established

On March 20, 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands established the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The creation edict granted VOC a monopoly over Dutch colonial activities in Asia for twenty-one years. During that time, VOC became the world's first multinational company and the first to issue stock. Read a history of the VOC and view the world's oldest share of stock, as issued by the VOC.

First woman executed by electric chair

On March 20, 1899, Martha Place, convicted of the murder of her stepdaughter, became the first woman to die in the electric chair. The execution was carried out at New York's Auburn Prison.

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