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News Australia Senate approves bill to lift abortion drug ban
Australia Senate approves bill to lift abortion drug ban
James M Yoch Jr
February 9, 2006 02:23:00 pm

The Australian Senate on Thursday voted to remove the need for the health minister's approval for importing and prescribing the abortion pill RU-486 (also known as Mifepristone) . The approval requirement effectively prohibits use of the...

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News Russia prosecutor asks for death penalty in Beslan terror case
Russia prosecutor asks for death penalty in Beslan terror case
James M Yoch Jr
February 9, 2006 01:49:00 pm

Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Shepel on Thursday requested a death sentence for Nurpashi Kulayev , the sole surviving attacker from the September 2004 Beslan school siege . Kulayev has pleaded not guilty ...

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News Insurance giant AIG settles fraud case for $1.6 billion
Insurance giant AIG settles fraud case for $1.6 billion
James M Yoch Jr
February 9, 2006 01:24:00 pm

American International Group (AIG) , one of the world's largest insurance companies, has agreed to pay $1.64 billion to settle fraud, bid-rigging and improper accounting charges, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced...

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News Canada court hears arguments in US Iraq deserter case
Canada court hears arguments in US Iraq deserter case
James M Yoch Jr
February 8, 2006 08:40:00 pm

Canadian Federal Court Justice Anne Mactavish reserved decision Wednesday after hearing arguments in the case of US military deserter Jeremy Hinzman , who fled to Canada in January 2004 with his wife...

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News UK Muslim leaders call for law change, ban on publication of Muhammad cartoons
UK Muslim leaders call for law change, ban on publication of Muhammad cartoons
James M Yoch Jr
February 8, 2006 08:16:00 pm

In response to the publication of Muhammad caricatures in European newspapers, British Muslim leaders on Wednesday called for the UK Parliament to amend the country's Race Relations Act to protect Muslims as...

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News Abu Ghraib dogs to be focus of Senate probe
Abu Ghraib dogs to be focus of Senate probe
James M Yoch Jr
February 8, 2006 07:49:00 pm

The US Senate Committee on Armed Services will investigate conflicting reports about the use of dogs in abusing detainees at the US military prison of Abu Ghraib . Chairman Sen. John Warner (R-VA) ...

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News US charges Canadian Khadr brother with supplying weapons to al Qaeda
US charges Canadian Khadr brother with supplying weapons to al Qaeda
James M Yoch Jr
February 8, 2006 07:08:00 pm

A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted Canadian citizen Abdullah Ahmed Khadr on four counts connected to his alleged procurement of destructive devices to be used against American forces in...

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News Libby gets 2007 trial date in CIA leak case
Libby gets 2007 trial date in CIA leak case
James M Yoch Jr
February 3, 2006 02:39:00 pm

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton on Friday set a trial date of January 8, 2007 for former vice-presidential chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on charges of obstructing justice,...

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Bulgaria approves constitutional amendments to prepare for EU entry
James M Yoch Jr
February 3, 2006 02:12:00 pm

The National Assembly of Bulgaria on Friday approved several amendments to the country's constitution at first reading, responding to a warning from the European Union (EU) over corruption in Bulgaria. The amendments,...

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News Judge resigns from treason trial of Uganda opposition leader
Judge resigns from treason trial of Uganda opposition leader
James M Yoch Jr
February 3, 2006 01:43:00 pm

Ugandan High Court Justice John Bosco Katutsi on Friday became the second judge to withdraw from the trial of opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye for treason , citing primarily health reasons related to high...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

James Earl Ray sentenced for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray died in 1998, still seeking a retrial of his case. On December 9th, 1999, a Memphis jury handed down a verdict agreeing with the King family that the 1968 assassination of the civil rights leader was a conspiracy rather than the act of a lone gunman.

Gandhi arrested for sedition

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, Gandhi continued to build Indian unity and use civil disobedience and non-cooperation to oppose British rule in his country, culminating in the Salt March of 1930 and eventual Indian independence in 1947. Learn more about Mahatma Gandhi from the government of India.

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