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News Supreme Court considers duress defense, federal question, death penalty cases
Supreme Court considers duress defense, federal question, death penalty cases
Jeannie Shawl
April 25, 2006 07:39:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday considered whether a criminal defendant must prove a duress defense by a preponderance of the evidence or, instead, if the government must prove absence of duress beyond a...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Hamid Hayat convicted on terror camp charges
BREAKING NEWS ~ Hamid Hayat convicted on terror camp charges
Jeannie Shawl
April 25, 2006 07:10:00 pm

AP is reporting that a federal jury in California has found Hamid Hayat guilty of providing material support to terrorists by attending an al Qaeda training camp in Pakistan. Hayat was also found guilty...

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News Denmark declines request to take custody of Taylor after trial
Denmark declines request to take custody of Taylor after trial
Jeannie Shawl
April 25, 2006 06:07:00 pm

Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said Tuesday that Denmark intended to turn down a request to take custody of former Liberian President Charles Taylor should he be convicted of war crimes...

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News Guantanamo conditions ‘considerably’ improved: Red Cross
Guantanamo conditions ‘considerably’ improved: Red Cross
Jeannie Shawl
April 25, 2006 05:10:00 pm

Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross , said Tuesday that ICRC recommendations to US officials have resulted in considerable improvements in detention conditions at Guantanamo Bay . Kellenberger told Swiss newspaper...

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News House intelligence bill gives CIA, NSA more arrest, pension power to counter leaks
House intelligence bill gives CIA, NSA more arrest, pension power to counter leaks
Jeannie Shawl
April 25, 2006 04:27:00 pm

The Intelligence Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2007 , up for a vote in the US House this week, contains several provisions which would expand the authority of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence...

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News Abu Ghraib chief of interrogations to face military charges
Abu Ghraib chief of interrogations to face military charges
Jeannie Shawl
April 25, 2006 03:39:00 pm

Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, who was in charge of the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in 2003, will face charges in connection to the prison abuse scandal, a lawyer...

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News Zimbabwe security minister threatens deadly force against anti-Mugabe protesters
Zimbabwe security minister threatens deadly force against anti-Mugabe protesters
Jeannie Shawl
April 25, 2006 03:11:00 pm

Zimbabwe State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa on Tuesday repeated his threats that government soldiers and police will use deadly force if necessary to thwart any protests organized by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai . Mutasa was...

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News Jury deadlock in California terror case prompts mistrial declaration
Jury deadlock in California terror case prompts mistrial declaration
Jeannie Shawl
April 25, 2006 02:29:00 pm

US District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the case of Umer Hayat, who is accused of lying to the FBI about his son's alleged terrorism-related activities, after the jury failed to...

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News Syria president meets with UN investigator in Hariri probe
Syria president meets with UN investigator in Hariri probe
Jeannie Shawl
April 25, 2006 01:56:00 pm

Serge Brammertz , the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court who is heading the UN's independent investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , on Tuesday met with Syrian...

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News Supreme Court rules in sovereign immunity, habeas time limit cases
Supreme Court rules in sovereign immunity, habeas time limit cases
Jeannie Shawl
April 25, 2006 10:17:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday handed down opinions in two cases, including Northern Insurance v. Chatham County , 04-1618, where the Court held that an entity that is not entitled...

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Edict of Nantes gave equal rights to French Protestants

On April 13, 1598, French King Henry IV promulgated the Edict of Nantes, giving equal rights to French Protestants (Huguenots) and Catholics. Review the complete text of the Edict in French and read the Edict translated into English.

Thomas Jefferson born

On April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born in Albemarle County in the Virginia Colony. Jefferson went on to become, among other things, the third President of the United States, the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and a founder of the Democratic-Republican Party. Jefferson was also responsible for reforming the laws of Virginia after independence from Great Britain.

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