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News Former US national security advisor to plead guilty to taking classified material
Former US national security advisor to plead guilty to taking classified material
Jen Nolan
March 31, 2005 09:17:00 pm

The US Department of Justice announced Thursday that Sandy Berger , former national security advisor in the Clinton administration, will plead guilty to charges of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. Berger is...

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News ICC investigating human rights violations in Colombia
ICC investigating human rights violations in Colombia
Jen Nolan
March 31, 2005 09:02:00 pm

The International Criminal Court is investigating possible human rights violations during Colombia's 40 year civil war , and has asked the Colombian government for its help. According to ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno ,...

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News UN charges internal oversight head over Oil-for-Food scandal
UN charges internal oversight head over Oil-for-Food scandal
Jen Nolan
March 31, 2005 08:08:00 pm

In the wake of Wednesday's second interim report of the UN's Independent Inquiry Committee into the Oil-for-Food Program chaired by former Federal Reserve head Paul Volcker, the UN has issued a charge letter to Under-Secretary-General Dileep Nair...

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News Fred Korematsu, famed Japanese-American civil rights activist, dies at 86
Fred Korematsu, famed Japanese-American civil rights activist, dies at 86
Jen Nolan
March 31, 2005 07:36:00 pm

Civil rights activist Fred Korematsu has died at daughter's home in California. The American-born son of Japanese immigrants who passed away Wednesday is best remembered for defiantly refusing to voluntarily submit himself to US internment camps during...

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News China accepts Tung resignation,  approves temporary successor
China accepts Tung resignation, approves temporary successor
Jen Nolan
March 12, 2005 11:09:00 am

China's State Council Saturday approved the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, submitted earlier this week . While Tung cited his failing health as his reason for resigning, some believe he was pushed...

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News First ‘control orders’ issued under new UK anti-terror law
First ‘control orders’ issued under new UK anti-terror law
Jen Nolan
March 12, 2005 10:40:00 am

UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke Saturday issued the first "control orders" limiting the movements of uncharged terror suspects under authority granted by the Prevention of Terrorism Act that was passed by Parliament Friday. The orders were issued...

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News UK bar group investigating Iraq war advice
UK bar group investigating Iraq war advice
Jen Nolan
March 12, 2005 10:18:00 am

At the instance of UK Members of Parliament, the Bar Council , the governing body for English barristers, is launching an independent inquiry into the legal advice that England's Attorney General provided to Prime Minister Tony Blair in...

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News US, Holocaust survivors settle WWII Gold Train case
US, Holocaust survivors settle WWII Gold Train case
Jen Nolan
March 12, 2005 09:53:00 am

The US Department of Justice announced Friday that the government will pay over $25 million to Holocaust survivors, settling a long term class action suit over the US Army's pilfering of the Hungarian Gold Train [Presidential Committee...

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News Reality TV goes to jail: Thai government to webcast inmates’ lives
Reality TV goes to jail: Thai government to webcast inmates’ lives
Jen Nolan
January 17, 2005 02:39:00 pm

In an effort to deter would-be criminals, the Thailand Department of Corrections will soon be webcasting the lives of inmates via the internet, according to department officials speaking Monday. Webcasts will cover the daily life of inmates,...

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News Spain charges eight with aiding Sept. 11 hijackers
Spain charges eight with aiding Sept. 11 hijackers
Jen Nolan
January 17, 2005 02:10:00 pm

A Spanish court Monday indicted eight people suspected of providing material aid and logistical assistance to the September 11th hijackers. The indictment alleges that the suspects provided counterfeit documents and logistical support to terrorist cells in Spain and Germany...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

White supremacists overthrow government in Wilmington, North Carolina

A group of white supremacists overthrew the government of Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898, killing at least dozens of Black people in the process. The city's Republican government resigned after the 500-2,000 strong white mob burned the offices of a Black-owned newspaper and terrorized black neighborhoods. The new state Democratic government passed laws in 1899 disenfranchising Black voters across North Carolina. Learn more about the 1898 Wilmington Coup.

Supreme Court limited free speech in wartime

On November 10, 1919, the US Supreme Court ruled in Abrams v. United States that the federal government could criminalize speech if it was of a type tending to bring about harmful results, in this case, resistance to the United States war effort. In a powerful dissenting opinion, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes countered that even during wartime, free speech could only be curtailed when there was clear and "present danger of immediate evil or an intent to bring it about."

Leonid Brezhnev dies

On November 10, 1982, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died of a heart attack. He had served as leader of the USSR from October 1964 until his death. Following his death, the Soviet Union cycled through three more leaders during the 1980s until Mikhail Gorbachev allowed the country to dissolve in 1991. Read an obituary of Leonid Brezhnev from the New York Times.

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