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News Senators have conflict questions for nominee Roberts
Senators have conflict questions for nominee Roberts
Jamie Sterling
August 24, 2005 04:13:00 pm

Senators Charles Schumer and Russ Feingold said Wednesday that they expected US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts to address why he chose not to recuse himself from the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld [PDF...

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Khodorkovsky begins prison hunger strike
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 04:02:00 pm

Jailed Russian oil tycoon, Mikhail Khodorkovsky , announced in a statement Tuesday that he will go on a hunger strike in support of his jailed business partner, Platon Lebedev. Lebedev was placed in an...

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Bush urges Sunnis to embrace draft Iraq constitution
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 03:48:00 pm

President Bush urged Sunni Arabs on Tuesday to embrace the proposed Iraqi constitution in an effort to bring peace to a country on the verge of civil war. When asked about a Sunni negotiator's warning that...

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News Saudi minister satisfied with negotiations over Gitmo detainees
Saudi minister satisfied with negotiations over Gitmo detainees
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 03:19:00 pm

Negotiations for the return of Saudi Arabian detainees from US custody at Guantanamo Bay have reached "an advanced stage", according to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal speaking at a press conference in Jeddah Tuesday. There...

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Saddam Hussein confirms sacking of legal team
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 02:51:00 pm

In a meeting Tuesday with his lawyer and the judge investigating charges against him, ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein confirmed that he has reduced his legal team to one lawyer. As previously claimed in a statement...

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Military interrogator pleads guilty to Afghan detainee assault
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 02:16:00 pm

A US Army interrogator pleaded guilty Tuesday to dereliction of duty and assault of 22-year old Afghan detainee Dilawar , who died in December 2002 at Bagram Control Point near Kabul. Spc. Glendale...

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Kenya releases final draft of new constitution
Jamie Sterling
August 23, 2005 01:24:00 pm

The Kenyan government released the final draft of the country's new constitution Tuesday, amidst protests from those upset with President Mwai Kibaki for his failure to limit any of his over-reaching presidential powers in the...

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Japan to propose new resolution for Security Council bid
Jamie Sterling
August 18, 2005 01:57:00 pm

Japan announced plans Thursday to revise the so-called G-4 plan for expansion of the UN Security Council after the African Union rejected their previous proposal . The new plan will be presented to...

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News Nigerian Senate asks executive to abolish war crimes pact with US
Nigerian Senate asks executive to abolish war crimes pact with US
Jamie Sterling
August 18, 2005 01:32:00 pm

The Nigerian Senate has passed a resolution calling for the executive to abolish a pact made with the United States that said neither country will turn over suspected war criminals to the Hague's International Criminal...

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Witness testifies that dogs bit Abu Ghraib detainees
Jamie Sterling
July 26, 2005 02:35:00 pm

A witness testified at a military Article 32 hearing Tuesday that dogs handled by two American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison bit and injured two Iraqi detainees. Pvt. Ivan L. "Chip" Frederick II, who...

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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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