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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate approves Patriot Act renewal
BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate approves Patriot Act renewal
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2006 03:33:00 pm

The US Senate has approved a long-term renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act by a vote of 89-10 . The vote was expected after the Senate approved amendments...

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News Patriot Act renewal goes forward in US Senate
Patriot Act renewal goes forward in US Senate
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2006 09:00:00 am

The US Senate has voted to accept changes to legislation that would renew the USA PATRIOT Act , setting the stage for a final vote Thursday to authorize the renewal legislation. In one...

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News Supreme Court hears redistricting, tax incentive, sovereign immunity cases
Supreme Court hears redistricting, tax incentive, sovereign immunity cases
Jeannie Shawl
March 1, 2006 09:06:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in four consolidated cases challenging the Texas congressional redistricting plan approved in 2003 which helped Republicans gain six seats in the US...

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News UN vote on rights council delayed after US opposition
UN vote on rights council delayed after US opposition
Jeannie Shawl
March 1, 2006 08:31:00 pm

A scheduled UN General Assembly vote on a draft resolution to create a new UN Human Rights Council has been delayed after the US rejected the proposal . US Ambassador to the...

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News Supreme Court rules in patent antitrust case
Supreme Court rules in patent antitrust case
Jeannie Shawl
March 1, 2006 10:16:00 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that plaintiffs in a patent-tying antitrust action under Section 1 of the Sherman Act must prove that the defendant has market power as part of its affirmative...

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News No proof of CIA secret prisons: Europe report
No proof of CIA secret prisons: Europe report
Jeannie Shawl
March 1, 2006 09:51:00 am

The Council of Europe said Wednesday that an investigation into allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency operated secret prisons in Europe revealed no "smoking gun" evidence that proved the existence of the prisons. COE...

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News Federal judge says deported Cubans reached US soil in bridge landing case
Federal judge says deported Cubans reached US soil in bridge landing case
Jeannie Shawl
March 1, 2006 09:17:00 am

US District Judge Federico Moreno ruled Tuesday that the US Coast Guard acted unreasonably when it sent 15 Cubans back home after their boat reached an abandoned bridge in January and said that the Cubans had reached...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Saddam admits ordering trial of Dujail villagers, but denies crime
BREAKING NEWS ~ Saddam admits ordering trial of Dujail villagers, but denies crime
Jeannie Shawl
March 1, 2006 08:51:00 am

Saddam Hussein admitted in court Wednesday that he had ordered the trial of a group of Shiites who were executed under his regime in the 1980s and that he had ordered that their land be confiscated,...

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News Canada high court nominee faces first-ever parliamentary hearing
Canada high court nominee faces first-ever parliamentary hearing
Jeannie Shawl
February 27, 2006 03:26:00 pm

Canadian Federal Court judge Marshall E. Rothstein , nominated to replace Justice John Major on the Supreme Court of Canada , was questioned by a parliamentary committee in televised hearings Monday, the first...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Abortion ban passes South Dakota legislature after House vote
BREAKING NEWS ~ Abortion ban passes South Dakota legislature after House vote
Jeannie Shawl
February 24, 2006 02:57:00 pm

AP is reporting that the South Dakota House of Representatives has given final approval to a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state. The state Senate approved the abortion ban earlier this week....

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Phillip III of Spain expels Muslim converts to Christianity

Phillip III of Spain began the expulsion of the country's "Morisco" (Muslims who converted to Christianity and their descendants) population on April 9, 1609, based on the Crown's fears that the Morisco population retained Muslim beliefs. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos would be expelled from the country from 1609-1614. The expulsions took place just over 100 years after Spain's Jewish population was expelled in 1492. Learn more about the expulsion of the Moriscos.

Senate approves purchase of Alaska

On April 9, 1867, the U.S. Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska and thereby approve the purchase of the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Initially, the purchase was made to keep Alaska away from the British. It was politically unpopular with many Americans who denounced it is "Seward's Folly", after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, who had lobbied for the purchase. Seward was later vindicated by the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Purchase from the U.S. State Department.

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.

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