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News Saddam cousin makes immunity claim in genocide trial
Saddam cousin makes immunity claim in genocide trial
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January 29, 2007 07:55:00 pm

Ali Hassan al-Majid , the cousin of Saddam Hussein also known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali," insisted before the Iraqi High Tribunal Monday that he should not be...

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News Guantanamo defense lawyer says 160 detainees moved to solitary
Guantanamo defense lawyer says 160 detainees moved to solitary
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January 26, 2007 02:51:00 pm

Guantanamo defense lawyer and Reprieve senior counsel Zachary Katznelson told Reuters in an interview published Friday that since December at least 160 Guantanamo Bay detainees have been moved to solitary confinement in...

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News EU justice commissioner urges Holocaust denial laws
EU justice commissioner urges Holocaust denial laws
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January 26, 2007 01:58:00 pm

EU Freedom, Security and Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini urged the 27 EU nations on Friday to adopt EU-wide laws criminalizing denial of the Holocaust and incitement of hatred and racial violence. Frattini's...

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News Former Ohio congressman gets 30-month sentence in Abramoff scandal
Former Ohio congressman gets 30-month sentence in Abramoff scandal
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January 19, 2007 03:58:00 pm

Former US Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) was sentenced Friday to 30 months imprisonment for receiving gifts and campaign contributions in exchange for political favors. Ney pleaded guilty last October to conspiracy and...

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News German ex-chancellor accused of ‘abandoning’ German-born Gitmo detainee
German ex-chancellor accused of ‘abandoning’ German-born Gitmo detainee
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January 19, 2007 02:44:00 pm

Members of a German parliamentary committee investigating the detention of German-born Turk Murat Kurnaz at Guantanamo Bay alleged Thursday that the government of German ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder allowed him to remain a prisoner for years,...

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Bangladesh authorities arrest 2500 in crackdown as elections deferred
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January 13, 2007 04:06:00 pm

Bangladeshi authorities said Saturday they had arrested over 2500 people and raided the homes of several political leaders in a crackdown following Friday's swearing-in of a new interim government facing ongoing civil unrest ahead of elections....

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Bush signs legislation to protect phone records, ban pretexting
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January 13, 2007 09:39:00 am

President Bush Friday signed into law new federal legislation seeking to protect traditional, wireless, and internet phone calling consumers by preventing phone companies from selling their private phone records without customer authorization and criminalizing attempts to obtain...

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News UK cartoons protester convicted of inciting murder, race hatred
UK cartoons protester convicted of inciting murder, race hatred
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January 6, 2007 09:39:00 am

Umran Javed, a British Muslim, was convicted of incitement to murder and race hatred Friday after leading a February 2006 protest against the publication of satirical Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad outside the...

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Guantanamo prosecutor expects new charges against detainees by February
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January 6, 2007 09:22:00 am

Revised charges against a group of Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be drawn up by the US military by February, with first evidence to be presented by this summer according to the chief prosecutor for the commissions...

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FBI records document history of Rehnquist drug dependency
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January 6, 2007 08:59:00 am

FBI records released Thursday shed light upon late US Chief Justice William Rehnquist's public battle with prescription drug dependency in the early 1980s. The...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Pennsylvania police killed 19 miners during strike

The Luzerne County Sheriff and deputies opened fire on a group of 400 striking miners in the town of Lattimer, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1897. Around 19 strikers were killed, and 39 were injured as a result. Luzerne County Sheriff James Martin and his deputies were later acquitted by a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania jury after claiming that the strikers advanced upon the police. Learn more about the Lattimer Massacre from the Zinn Education Project and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book.

Sewing machine patented

On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines. Learn more about Elias Howe from the University of Rochester.

Last French execution by guillotine

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine in France. The French death penalty was formally abolished by President Francois Mitterand in 1981. Learn more about the history of the guillotine.

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