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News DOJ seeks to avoid clearing Ken Lay criminal record
DOJ seeks to avoid clearing Ken Lay criminal record
Jaime Jansen
September 7, 2006 10:07:00 am

The US Justice Department filed a motion Wednesday requesting US District Judge Simeon T. Lake III defer a ruling on vacating the criminal record of former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay [Houston Chronicle...

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Newmont Mining executive testifies in Indonesia criminal pollution trial
Jaime Jansen
September 1, 2006 12:43:00 pm

The regional chief executive of Newmont Mining Corporation , an American gold-mining company with a subsidiary in Indonesia, testified Friday in his criminal pollution trial. Richard Ness , who is accused of placing arsenic and mercury into...

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Peru judge indicts opposition leader for human rights abuses
Jaime Jansen
September 1, 2006 12:15:00 pm

A Peruvian judge on Thursday indicted Ollanta Humala , the opposition leader who narrowly lost the June Peruvian presidential election to present incumbent Alan Garcia...

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Russia implements tough illegal filesharing law
Jaime Jansen
September 1, 2006 11:46:00 am

A tough amendment to Russia's copyright protection law designed to crack down on the Internet piracy of text, music and videos took effect Friday as part of Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization [official...

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Ohio rights groups sue to preserve 2004 election paper ballots
Jaime Jansen
September 1, 2006 11:15:00 am

Several voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of Ohio Thursday demanding that Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell preserve the paper ballots from the 2004 presidential election , just...

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Federal judge rejects $50 million Vioxx award as ‘grossly excessive’
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August 30, 2006 02:04:00 pm

US District Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday threw out a jury verdict holding Merck liable for $50 million in compensatory damages to a retired FBI agent...

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Jaime Jansen
August 30, 2006 01:42:00 pm

A Bolivian constitutional convention championed by President Evo Morales has delayed voting on a motion that would allow the assembly to create a constitutional framework without having to answer...

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Jaime Jansen
August 30, 2006 01:40:00 pm

The Santiago Court of Appeals has temporarily removed Judge Carlos Cerda from presiding over a probe into the finances of former Chile dictator Augusto Pinochet , after hearing arguments that...

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South Dakota governor blocks execution pending new lethal injection law
Jaime Jansen
August 30, 2006 10:26:00 am

South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds on Tuesday ordered a last minute reprieve for death row inmate Elijah Page , calling the 1984 state lethal injection law outdated and expressing concern that state...

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August 28, 2006 04:13:00 pm

An Iranian court has sentenced the managing editor of the monthly Aftab, Isa Saharkhiz , to four years in jail and barred him from working in the press for five years after he was convicted of publishing...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.

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