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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal appeals court upholds Schiavo tube re-insertion refusal
BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal appeals court upholds Schiavo tube re-insertion refusal
Jeannie Shawl
March 23, 2005 06:05:00 am

In a 2-1 decision issued early Wednesday morning, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit refused to order that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be re-inserted. The appeals court agreed with the earlier...

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News UK to reform regulation of legal profession
UK to reform regulation of legal profession
Jeannie Shawl
March 22, 2005 08:11:00 am

Britain's Constitutional Affairs Secretary and Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer Monday unveiled a British government plan to strip the legal profession of its right to regulate itself, saying that the current system for handling complaints lacks transparency and...

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News UN reform plans meet mixed reaction
UN reform plans meet mixed reaction
Jeannie Shawl
March 22, 2005 07:44:00 am

Reaction to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's In Larger Freedom report outlining his plans to reform the UN has been mixed. Annan is calling for an expanded Security Council membership, the establishment of a new Human...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ US House approves Schiavo bill
BREAKING NEWS ~ US House approves Schiavo bill
Jeannie Shawl
March 21, 2005 12:42:00 am

After over three hours of debate ending after midnight Monday morning, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow a federal judge to conduct a de novo review of the Terri...

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News Iraq government negotiations hit constitutional roadblock
Iraq government negotiations hit constitutional roadblock
Jeannie Shawl
March 18, 2005 01:57:00 pm

Shiite and Kurdish negotiators say they may need another week to hammer out the shape of a new Iraqi government as factions in Iraq's new National Assembly struggle to build a coalition that will satisfy the majority...

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News UN fires one, suspends 6 after Congo sex abuse probe
UN fires one, suspends 6 after Congo sex abuse probe
Jeannie Shawl
March 18, 2005 01:46:00 pm

The United Nations' investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in the firing of one employee and the suspension without pay of six other civilian workers. Overall, 17 civilian staff...

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News NCIS threatened to end Guantanamo participation over detainee abuse
NCIS threatened to end Guantanamo participation over detainee abuse
Jeannie Shawl
March 17, 2005 03:39:00 pm

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) threatened to remove itself from Guantanamo Bay interrogations due to the abuse of detainees in late 2002, forcing the Pentagon to review interrogation techniques approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld [official...

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News Florida House approves bill to stop Schiavo tube removal
Florida House approves bill to stop Schiavo tube removal
Jeannie Shawl
March 17, 2005 03:04:00 pm

The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would block the withholding of food and water from patients in a persistent vegetative state when the patient did not leave specific instructions refusing artificial...

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JPMorgan settles WorldCom class action suit
Jeannie Shawl
March 16, 2005 04:27:00 pm

JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to a $2 billion settlement Wednesday in order to settle claims in a class action suit brought after WorldCom's collapse. The plaintiffs, WorldCom investors, have...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Yucca Mountain papers may have been falsified
BREAKING NEWS ~ Yucca Mountain papers may have been falsified
Jeannie Shawl
March 16, 2005 03:21:00 pm

The US Department of Energy said Wednesday that government employees may have falsified documents related to Nevada's Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said that, while preparing for a license...

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Germany surrenders unconditionally, ending WWII in Europe

On May 7, 1945, General Gustav Jodl, on behalf of Germany, signed an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe. The surrender was formally accepted by the Allied Powers the next day, May 8, which came to be known as Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

Read World War II legal documents, treaties, and declarations from the Avalon Project at the Yale University School of Law.

27th Amendment to US Constitution ratified

On May 7, 1992, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, barring Congress from granting its members pay raises in the middle of terms. The Amendment had initially been proposed in 1789 by James Madison, but only became law after a grass-roots campaign in the 1980s against "excessive" Congressional privileges. Learn more about the Twenty-seventh Amendment.

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