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News Red Cross to visit Guantanamo Bay after suicides
Red Cross to visit Guantanamo Bay after suicides
Jaime Jansen
June 13, 2006 12:18:00 pm

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will visit the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in the coming days, in an effort to assess the overall mood of the camp in the...

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News Libya judge adjourns retrial of Bulgarian nurses for second time
Libya judge adjourns retrial of Bulgarian nurses for second time
Jaime Jansen
June 13, 2006 11:48:00 am

The Libyan retrial of five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor accused of infecting over 400 patients, primarily children, with the HIV virus, resumed Tuesday before presiding judge Mahmoud Haouissa adjourned until June 20, stating that the...

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News Federal judge dismisses suit challenging ‘In God We Trust’ on US currency
Federal judge dismisses suit challenging ‘In God We Trust’ on US currency
Jaime Jansen
June 13, 2006 11:01:00 am

US District Judge Frank Damrell of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a lawsuit brought by atheist Michael Newdow against the US government, arguing that the words "In...

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News Australia federal government nixes civil unions law in capital district
Australia federal government nixes civil unions law in capital district
Jaime Jansen
June 13, 2006 10:29:00 am

Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said on Tuesday that Australia's national government has overturned the recent Civil Unions Bill 2006 enacted by the legislature in the Australian Capital Territory , the federal...

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News Saddam judge cuts off defense witness testimony
Saddam judge cuts off defense witness testimony
Jaime Jansen
June 13, 2006 09:58:00 am

Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman , the chief judge in the Saddam Hussein trial , told the courtroom Tuesday that this would be the last day the court would hear defense witnesses, fostering speculation that the trial will...

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News ACLU asks federal appeals court to compel CIA to turn over interrogation documents
ACLU asks federal appeals court to compel CIA to turn over interrogation documents
Jaime Jansen
June 13, 2006 08:35:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to force the US Central Intelligence Agency to turn over two documents relating to the CIA's...

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News No criminal charges against Rove in CIA leak case
No criminal charges against Rove in CIA leak case
Jaime Jansen
June 13, 2006 07:45:00 am

Karl Rove , President Bush's top political advisor, will not face criminal charges in the three-year investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's name , according to a letter Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald [official profile;...

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News Jordan officials arrest four lawmakers as Zarqawi sympathizers
Jordan officials arrest four lawmakers as Zarqawi sympathizers
Jaime Jansen
June 12, 2006 02:24:00 pm

Jordanian authorities have detained four lawmakers from the Islamic Action Front (IAF) , the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood , who allegedly expressed sympathy after the death of al Qaeda Iraq leader Abu Musab...

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News Lawyers for Canada terror suspects allege ill treatment, unfair proceedings
Lawyers for Canada terror suspects allege ill treatment, unfair proceedings
Jaime Jansen
June 12, 2006 01:42:00 pm

Fourteen of the 17 Canadian men arrested on terror charges , including five teenagers, appeared Monday in the Ontario Court of Justice , where lawyers for some of the adult suspects complained that their clients had been...

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Spain court launches investigation into CIA rendition flights
Jaime Jansen
June 12, 2006 12:59:00 pm

Spain's National Court said Monday it would investigate allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency used an airport on the island of Mallorca in its alleged "spider's web" of extraordinary rendition flights to transport terror suspects. The...

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Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).

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