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News Nursing home owners plead not guilty in Katrina deaths
Nursing home owners plead not guilty in Katrina deaths
James M Yoch Jr
October 4, 2006 02:15:00 pm

Salvador and Mabel Mangano pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 35 charges of negligent homicide and 64 charges of cruelty to the infirm for their alleged refusal in August 2005 to evacuate the residents of St. Rita's Nursing Home in...

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News UN rights council missed chance to publicly expose Uzbekistan massacre: HRW report
UN rights council missed chance to publicly expose Uzbekistan massacre: HRW report
James M Yoch Jr
October 4, 2006 11:13:00 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday criticized the decision of the UN Human Rights Council to close access to its examination of last year's uprising in Andijan that resulted in...

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News UN torture investigator criticizes US detainee bill
UN torture investigator criticizes US detainee bill
James M Yoch Jr
September 29, 2006 11:57:00 am

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak said Friday that the military commissions bill approved by the US Senate Thursday could lead to abuses because it does not...

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News Federal judge gives Medicare recipients chance to keep erroneous refunds
Federal judge gives Medicare recipients chance to keep erroneous refunds
James M Yoch Jr
September 29, 2006 11:15:00 am

US District Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. ruled Thursday that 230,000 recipients of Medicare premium refunds issued in error be given an opportunity to apply for an exemption from repayment before the government can...

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News Federal appeals court allows RICO suit alleging company hired, aided illegal aliens
Federal appeals court allows RICO suit alleging company hired, aided illegal aliens
James M Yoch Jr
September 29, 2006 11:01:00 am

The US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has ruled ruled that a plaintiff is permitted to bring a class-action lawsuit against a carpet manufacturer under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of...

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Senate passes military commissions bill after rejecting habeas amendment
James M Yoch Jr
September 28, 2006 07:34:00 pm

The US Senate approved its version of the military commissions bill in a 65-34 vote late Thursday after narrowly rejecting several amendments, including one sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman...

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Former Bosnian Serb parliament leader sentenced to 27 years for war crimes
James M Yoch Jr
September 27, 2006 03:12:00 pm

Former Bosnian Serb parliamentary leader Momcilo Krajisnik was sentenced to 27 years' imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday for various war crimes related to...

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Belgrade trial begins for ten Serbs charged with hiding war crimes suspect Mladic
James M Yoch Jr
September 27, 2006 02:50:00 pm

A Belgrade court Wednesday began trial proceedings for ten Serbs charged with hiding former Bosnian Serb military chief and indicted war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic and helping him evade prosecution by the International...

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Federal jury finds Merck not liable in Vioxx trial
James M Yoch Jr
September 27, 2006 02:18:00 pm

A federal jury in Louisiana found Merck not liable Tuesday for the heart attack of plaintiff Robert Garry Smith after he took the company's painkiller Vioxx for...

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Taiwan ruling party debates new constitution
James M Yoch Jr
September 24, 2006 11:25:00 am

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) , Taiwan's ruling political party, has opened debate on the drafting of a new constitution, a move promised by President Chen Shui-bian earlier this year. The current constitution ,...

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Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.

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