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News France defends undisclosed meetings with Guantanamo detainees
France defends undisclosed meetings with Guantanamo detainees
Jaime Jansen
July 6, 2006 10:33:00 am

France has responded to reports that its intelligence agents interviewed six former Guantanamo Bay detainees now on trial in Paris while they were detained at the US prison, saying that the agents...

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News US House committee awaits Abu Ghraib documents after Pentagon subpoena
US House committee awaits Abu Ghraib documents after Pentagon subpoena
Jaime Jansen
July 6, 2006 09:41:00 am

The US House Committee on Government Reform is waiting for the US Defense Department and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to comply with a subpoena seeking to compel the Pentagon to turn over several documents, including...

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News Russia lower house passes bill authorizing anti-terror action abroad
Russia lower house passes bill authorizing anti-terror action abroad
Jaime Jansen
July 6, 2006 09:01:00 am

The Russian Duma , the lower house of parliament, overwhelmingly passed a draft law Wednesday that would give Russian President Vladimir Putin the right to use Russia's armed forces and secret services...

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News US Army officer charged for refusing deployment to ‘unlawful’ Iraq war
US Army officer charged for refusing deployment to ‘unlawful’ Iraq war
Jaime Jansen
July 6, 2006 07:58:00 am

US Army prosecutors charged 1st Lt. Ehren Watada late Wednesday in connection with his refusal to deploy to Iraq with the rest of his unit last week. Watada...

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News Undisclosed interviews of Guantanamo detainees jeopardize Paris terror trial
Undisclosed interviews of Guantanamo detainees jeopardize Paris terror trial
Jaime Jansen
July 5, 2006 11:11:00 am

Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees now on trial in Paris were interviewed by French authorities while they were still being held at the US prison, according to a French newspaper. A French diplomatic telegram...

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News Iraqi PM calls for independent probe of alleged US rape, killings at Mahmudiya
Iraqi PM calls for independent probe of alleged US rape, killings at Mahmudiya
Jaime Jansen
July 5, 2006 09:51:00 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday called for an independent Iraqi inquiry into allegations that US soldiers raped an Iraqi woman and murdered her and her family near the town of Mahmudiya in March. Al-Maliki said...

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News Libya AIDS retrial of Bulgaria nurses resumes with prosecution testimony
Libya AIDS retrial of Bulgaria nurses resumes with prosecution testimony
Jaime Jansen
July 5, 2006 09:15:00 am

The retrial of five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor accused of infecting more than 400 Libyan patients, primarily children, with HIV resumed Tuesday in Tripoli. The court heard testimony from three prosecution witnesses -...

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News Microsoft to comply with South Korea antitrust sanctions pending appeal
Microsoft to comply with South Korea antitrust sanctions pending appeal
Jaime Jansen
July 5, 2006 08:46:00 am

Microsoft has said that it will comply with sanctions imposed by the South Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) after the Seoul High Court rejected a request by Microsoft to stay the penalties...

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News US House leaders begin nationwide immigration hearings
US House leaders begin nationwide immigration hearings
Jaime Jansen
July 5, 2006 08:03:00 am

Republicans from the US House of Representatives begin a series of immigration hearings Wednesday in order to assess the threats at the country's borders and the labor needs to combat those threats in preparation for final negotiations...

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News Mexico awaits legal count of presidential ballots after challenge threatened in tight race
Mexico awaits legal count of presidential ballots after challenge threatened in tight race
Jaime Jansen
July 3, 2006 03:49:00 pm

Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute is set for Wednesday's start of the official legal count of ballots cast in Sunday's disputed presidential election after preliminary results led to the two main...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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