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News US military lawyer for Australian terror suspect calls for abuse probe
US military lawyer for Australian terror suspect calls for abuse probe
James M Yoch Jr
November 2, 2005 04:13:00 pm

The US military lawyer representing Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks on Wednesday requested an independent investigation into Hicks' allegations of abuse at the hands of prison officials. Hicks,...

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News Arab states press Syria to cooperate with UN Hariri probe
Arab states press Syria to cooperate with UN Hariri probe
James M Yoch Jr
November 2, 2005 03:34:00 pm

Arab nations are quietly pressing Syria to fully cooperate with the international investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri following Syria's criticism Tuesday of a UN resolution ...

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News Same-sex couple petitions Israel high court to recognize Canadian gay marriage
Same-sex couple petitions Israel high court to recognize Canadian gay marriage
James M Yoch Jr
November 1, 2005 04:08:00 pm

A same-sex couple on Tuesday petitioned the Israeli High Court of Justice to force the country's Population Registry to recognize their same-sex marriage , performed legally in Toronto, Canada in July 2005. Jonathan Herland, a...

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News US frees 500 more prisoners from Abu Ghraib
US frees 500 more prisoners from Abu Ghraib
James M Yoch Jr
November 1, 2005 03:13:00 pm

The US military released 500 prisoners Tuesday from the Abu Ghraib prison in observance of Eid ul-Fitr , the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan . The 500 prisoners, like the 1,000...

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News Charges expected this week in CIA leak probe
Charges expected this week in CIA leak probe
James M Yoch Jr
October 26, 2005 04:36:00 pm

The federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA operative’s identity adjourned on Wednesday after meeting for three hours with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald and his deputies. The grand jury's term,...

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Bush administration reinstating fair wage rates for Katrina workers
James M Yoch Jr
October 26, 2005 03:58:00 pm

The Bush administration announced Wednesday that on November 8 it plans to reinstate rules that ensure workers on federal Hurricane Katrina projects receive fair wages that are close to the amount of local wages on similar...

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News Specter previews confirmation hearing questions for Miers
Specter previews confirmation hearing questions for Miers
James M Yoch Jr
October 26, 2005 03:29:00 pm

US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) previewed a range of confirmation questions for controversial US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers Wednesday. In a letter , he told Miers she...

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News Guantanamo prisoner on hunger strike wants US court to let him starve to death
Guantanamo prisoner on hunger strike wants US court to let him starve to death
James M Yoch Jr
October 25, 2005 04:55:00 pm

A Guantanamo detainee on hunger strike has asked for a motion ordering his feeding tube to be removed so that he can starve to death, his lawyers said Tuesday. Kuwaiti Fawzi al-Odah , 28,...

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News Republican senator breaks with Bush on immigration bills
Republican senator breaks with Bush on immigration bills
James M Yoch Jr
October 25, 2005 04:27:00 pm

US Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NB) introduced a package of four bills on US immigration policy Tuesday that depart from Bush administration policy. Hagel, a possible contender for the Republican nomination in the...

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UN certifies Iraqi constitution referendum results
James M Yoch Jr
October 25, 2005 04:01:00 pm

A senior UN official said Tuesday that reported election results from the October 15 referendum ratifying the Iraqi constitution are correct. Carina Perelli, director of the UN Electoral Assistance Division , called the...

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First international arbitration court founded

On February 6, 1900, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) was founded with the ratification of the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Set at The Hague in the Netherlands, the PCA was the first international tribunal established to settle disputes between nations. The PCA was later revised by the subsequent 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Today, the PCA is housed at the Peace Palace in The Hague and is comprised of 109 member countries.

20th Amendment to the US Constitution ratified

On February 6, 1933, the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified by the requisite majority of states, moving the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January in an effort to shorten the problematic "lame duck" period.

Learn more about the 20th Amendment.

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