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Katrina victims file class action against FEMA
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November 12, 2005 03:16:00 pm

Attorneys acting on behalf of over a dozen Hurricane Katrina disaster victims have filed a complaint seeking class action status against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other government agencies. The...

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November 12, 2005 02:42:00 pm

Serbian Defense Minister Zoran Stankovic said Friday on Serbian state television that Theodor Meron, president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , had threatened Serbia with "excommunicat from Euro-Atlantic integration" if...

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Senate may revisit ban on court access for Guantanamo detainees
Joshua Pantesco
November 12, 2005 02:00:00 pm

The US Senate may reconsider Thursday's 49-42 vote to deny Guantanamo prisoners habeas corpus access to federal courts to contest their detentions as early as next week, according to negotiators on the issue. Sen. Jeff...

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Senate passes amendment to block Gitmo prisoners from court challenges
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November 10, 2005 07:35:00 pm

The US Senate voted 49-42 late Thursday to block Guantanamo Bay detainees from challenging their imprisonment in US federal courts. The legislation, proposed by GOP Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) , conflicts...

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Supreme Court justices debate merits of courtroom cameras
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November 10, 2005 07:14:00 pm

US Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor , Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer Thursday briefly debated the possibility of media cameras in the chambers of the US Supreme Court during an ABA...

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November 10, 2005 06:48:00 pm

The Ethiopian government on Thursday released 2,417 prisoners held without charge in connection with a violent confrontation with police that left 42 people dead last week. The riot occured during a protest against alleged ballot fraud said to have...

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British government holds line on 90-day terror detentions
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November 7, 2005 06:24:00 pm

British Home Secretary Charles Clarke announced late Monday after consultations with government Labour Party MPs that the government will in fact not back down on a provision of the proposed Terrorism Bill that would allow...

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Supreme Court hears personal injury case against Postal Service
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November 7, 2005 06:11:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Dolan v. US Postal Service , where it will decide whether the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals construed...

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November 7, 2005 06:00:00 pm

Australian police arrested 15 terror suspects early Tuesday local time in what Victoria state police chief Christine Nixon characterized as "the largest operation of counterterrorism that's ever been conducted in this country." Some 400 officers were involved. The 15...

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November 7, 2005 05:55:00 pm

The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Monday that ICC rules prevent the court from asserting any jurisdiction over claims against Saddam Hussein . Judge Philippe Kirsch , a Canadian, noted that...

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Puerto Ricans granted US Citizenship

On March 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act, granting Puerto Rico status as a United States territory and granting all of its residents US citizenship. The Bill furthermore constructed a government and a bill of rights for the island and allowed its residents to serve in the US military. In 1952, the rights of Puerto Rico and its residents were further extended when the island promulgated its own constitution.

Lord Mansfield born

Lord Mansfield (William Murray), Chief Justice of the King's Bench and developer of English commercial law, was born in Scone, Scotland, on March 2, 1702. Learn more about Lord Mansfield.

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