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News Leahy, Durbin, Kennedy to vote against Alito
Leahy, Durbin, Kennedy to vote against Alito
Joshua Pantesco
January 19, 2006 03:58:00 pm

US Senate Judiciary Committee ranking Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced during a speech at the Georgetown University Law Center Thursday that he intends to vote against the nomination of Samuel Alito to...

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News ICTY prosecutor:  Mladic still protected by Serbian army
ICTY prosecutor: Mladic still protected by Serbian army
Joshua Pantesco
January 19, 2006 03:28:00 pm

Carla Del Ponte Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Thursday that former Serbian general and indicted war criminal Ratko Mladic is still...

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News Former Westar CEO jailed for violating release terms
Former Westar CEO jailed for violating release terms
Joshua Pantesco
January 17, 2006 08:03:00 pm

A US District Court judge ruled Tuesday that David Wittig , former CEO of Westar Energy has violated the terms of his release from prison and will be immediately returned to detention. Wittig, who was found...

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News SEC approves stricter executive pay disclosure rules
SEC approves stricter executive pay disclosure rules
Joshua Pantesco
January 17, 2006 07:33:00 pm

The 5-member US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously Tuesday to support an overhaul of its rules governing how executive compensation packages are disclosed to investors, a top priority of Chairman Christopher Cox [official...

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Supreme Court hears campaign finance law challenge
Joshua Pantesco
January 17, 2006 06:41:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission , where the court will decide whether the federal Bipartisan Campaign...

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News UK security service to get new powers to bug MP phones
UK security service to get new powers to bug MP phones
Joshua Pantesco
January 15, 2006 12:11:00 pm

The government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair will in a few weeks lift a longstanding ban on wiretapping the phones of members of parliament as part of a push to expand the surveillance powers of Britain's MI5 [official...

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News Iraq government trying to talk chief Saddam judge out of resigning
Iraq government trying to talk chief Saddam judge out of resigning
Joshua Pantesco
January 15, 2006 11:42:00 am

Iraqi officials are attempting to persuade the chief judge in the Saddam Hussein trial to remain in his position, according to prosecutors speaking Sunday. A tribunal official confirmed Saturday that Kurdish judge Rizgar Amin ...

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News Swiss government presses US for CIA flights information
Swiss government presses US for CIA flights information
Joshua Pantesco
January 15, 2006 11:20:00 am

Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said in a newspaper interview published Sunday that the Swiss government has asked the United States for information about 74 alleged CIA flights through Swiss airspace and several landings of CIA aircraft...

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News Reuters journalists freed from Abu Ghraib after months detention without charge
Reuters journalists freed from Abu Ghraib after months detention without charge
Joshua Pantesco
January 15, 2006 10:45:00 am

Two Iraqi journalists working for Reuters were among 509 prisoners released from US military custody Sunday. The journalists, one a correspondent and the other a cameraman, had been stationed in the Sunni-dominated insurgency stronghold of Ramadi, and were freed...

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News DNA test confirms guilt of Virginia man executed in 1992
DNA test confirms guilt of Virginia man executed in 1992
Joshua Pantesco
January 12, 2006 04:43:00 pm

DNA test results released Thursday by the State of Virginia have apparently confirmed the guilt of Roger Keith Coleman , who was convicted of the 1981 rape and murder of his sister-in-law and was...

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Eritrean independence referendum begins

Eritrea's referendum for independence from Ethiopia began on April 23, 1993. The effort would later be successful, with over 99 percent of voters choosing independence. The referendum followed an independence war that lasted over thirty years. Learn more about the Eritrea/Ethiopia Conflict and Eritrea's independence.

Charles II of England crowned in restoration of monarchy

Charles II was crowned King of England on April 23, 1661, officially marking the restoration of the monarchy following a period of republican rule under Oliver and Richard Cromwell. The king's coronation took place 12 years after his father, Charles I, was executed for treason. Charles II was already recognized as King of Scotland more than 10 years prior. Learn more about Charles II.

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On April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Review a 1998 statement by Sirhan attorney Larry Teeter claiming Sirhan did not commit the crime. Sirhan was most recently denied parole in March 2023.

U.S. Army reserve created

On April 23, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt created the U.S. Army Reserve.

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