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News European Parliament opens CIA secret prisons inquiry
European Parliament opens CIA secret prisons inquiry
Joshua Pantesco
January 12, 2006 04:23:00 pm

The European Parliament Thursday opened an official investigation into allegations that several European countries allowed the CIA to secretly detain prisoners within their borders and airspace as part of the US "war on...

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News UN rights chief deplores abuses, atrocities in north Uganda
UN rights chief deplores abuses, atrocities in north Uganda
Joshua Pantesco
January 12, 2006 03:44:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour , currently on a one-week mission to Uganda , expressed concern Thursday about fundamental human rights problems in the northern area of the country where...

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News Judge presiding over Cuban landing case critical of US argument
Judge presiding over Cuban landing case critical of US argument
Joshua Pantesco
January 12, 2006 03:26:00 pm

On Thursday, the District Court judge hearing the emergency lawsuit brought by families of a group of Cubans who were deported for failing to reach US land criticized the government's reasoning supporting the deportation order. The Cubans...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Padilla pleads not guilty to terror charges
BREAKING NEWS ~ Padilla pleads not guilty to terror charges
Joshua Pantesco
January 12, 2006 11:18:00 am

AP is reporting that Jose Padilla has pleaded not guilty in federal district court to 11 charges, including conspiracy to murder US nationals and providing material support to terrorists. Padilla was detained over three years ago...

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News Bush signs human trafficking bill into law
Bush signs human trafficking bill into law
Joshua Pantesco
January 10, 2006 06:33:00 pm

President Bush Tuesday signed into law a renewal of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 , providing $361 million over two years towards to investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases, most involving the sex...

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News Gitmo prosecutor defends war crimes case against Canadian teen
Gitmo prosecutor defends war crimes case against Canadian teen
Joshua Pantesco
January 10, 2006 06:08:00 pm

One day before hearings resume before military commissions at Guantanamo Bay in the cases of two alleged terrorists, chief US prosecutor Col. Moe Davis Tuesday characterized defendant Omar Khadr [US DOD chargesheet, PDF; DOD...

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News Three Chechens plead not guilty to Moscow murder of US journalist
Three Chechens plead not guilty to Moscow murder of US journalist
Joshua Pantesco
January 10, 2006 05:23:00 pm

Three ethnic Chechens charged with the murder of US journalist Paul Klebnikov pleaded not guilty Tuesday during a closed hearing in a Moscow court on the first day of their trial. Observers expect an emotional...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in oil price-fixing case
Supreme Court hears arguments in oil price-fixing case
Joshua Pantesco
January 10, 2006 05:13:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the consolidated cases Texaco v. Dagher and Shell Oil v. Dagher , where it will decide whether a lawful joint...

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News Specter acknowledges ‘drama’ on eve of Alito hearings
Specter acknowledges ‘drama’ on eve of Alito hearings
Joshua Pantesco
January 8, 2006 03:57:00 pm

US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter Sunday acknowledged that a "heavy sense of drama" surrounded the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito , set to begin Monday. In a statement...

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Guantanamo military commission hearings to resume
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January 8, 2006 03:30:00 pm

US military commission proceedings against two of a handful of charged prisoners at Guantanamo Bay , originally scheduled to restart Tuesday, have been pushed back to Wednesday in recognition of the the Feast of the Sacrifice, a...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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