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News Rice reaffirms US commitment to ending genocide in Darfur
Rice reaffirms US commitment to ending genocide in Darfur
Jaime Jansen
February 17, 2006 01:03:00 pm

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday reaffirmed the US commitment to ending what she called the "genocide" in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, telling members of the House International Relations Committee that "the...

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News Proposal to evict Souter in retaliation for eminent domain ruling rejected
Proposal to evict Souter in retaliation for eminent domain ruling rejected
Jaime Jansen
February 4, 2006 04:14:00 pm

Residents of Weare, New Hampshire , the town where Justice David Souter of the US Supreme Court owns a farmhouse, rejected a proposal to evict Souter in a town meeting...

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News Muslim cartoon protestors burn Danish, Norwegian embassies in Syria
Muslim cartoon protestors burn Danish, Norwegian embassies in Syria
Jaime Jansen
February 4, 2006 03:34:00 pm

Muslim Syrians set fire to both the Norwegian and Danish embassies in Damascus Saturday, protesting the European publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad and caricaturing him as a terrorist. Protestors first stormed the Danish embassy chanting "God is...

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News MLK widow honored at Georgia Capitol
MLK widow honored at Georgia Capitol
Jaime Jansen
February 4, 2006 03:17:00 pm

Coretta Scott King, widow of the late Martin Luther King, Jr. and herself a respected civil rights leader, was honored Saturday at the Georgia Capitol . Capitol police estimate that as many as 10,000 people passed...

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News Canada CJ speaks out against changing high court appointment process
Canada CJ speaks out against changing high court appointment process
Jaime Jansen
February 4, 2006 03:04:00 pm

Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said Friday in response to suggestions that the Canadian Parliament should be given a more active role in the high court appointment process that it should remain the same. McLachlin...

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News Kansas high court stops state AG from accessing abortion records
Kansas high court stops state AG from accessing abortion records
Jaime Jansen
February 3, 2006 04:30:00 pm

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday temporarily stopped Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline from accessing private abortion clinic records until a lower court determines whether Kline actually has a right to see the...

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Federal judge orders ‘no handcuffs’ for Padilla while in open court
Jaime Jansen
February 3, 2006 04:05:00 pm

US District Judge Marcia Cooke said Friday that Jose Padilla should not wear handcuffs and ankle chains during court appearances unless US government officials can show that Padilla poses an immediate safety threat. Cooke also ordered...

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News ICJ dismisses Congo human rights case against Rwanda
ICJ dismisses Congo human rights case against Rwanda
Jaime Jansen
February 3, 2006 03:16:00 pm

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) , the judicial arm of the United Nations, ruled Friday that it does not have jurisdiction over a case filed by the Democratic Republic of Congo against Rwanda...

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News France deports first foreigner convicted for suburban riots
France deports first foreigner convicted for suburban riots
Jaime Jansen
February 3, 2006 02:59:00 pm

French immigration officials have deported a man from Mali involved in the riots that overtook Parisian suburbs and spread across the country last fall, the first of seven foreigners so far found guilty in connection with the...

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US soldier convicted of maltreating Afghan detainee
Jaime Jansen
January 28, 2006 04:45:00 pm

A US court-martial Saturday found Army Specialist James Hayes guilty of mistreating detainees in Afghanistan at the end of a brief trial . The court-martial which convicted Hayes on one count of conspiracy...

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Dutch leader Johan de Witt killed by mob

The Grand Pensionary of Holland, Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt were lynched on August 20, 1672, after an angry mob took the two from a prison, where Cornelis was being held on charges of treason, and killed them both. William of Orange (later William III of England & Scotland) became Stadtholder of Holland a month before the killings and remained in the position until his death in 1702. Learn more about Johan de Witt from the Rijksmuseum.

UN Security Council resolution condemned Israeli declaration of all Jerusalem as capital

On August 20, 1980, the UN Security Council passed by 14-0 a resolution condemning an Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital. The US abstained.

Economic Opportunity Act signed into law

On August 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Economic Opportunity Act. The bill approved $1 billion for social programs to combat poverty. It was central to President Johnson's Great Society legislation program. Learn more about President Johnson's War on Poverty from NPR.

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