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News Ecuador police arrest ousted president after return attempt
Ecuador police arrest ousted president after return attempt
James M Yoch Jr
October 15, 2005 03:22:00 pm

Former president of Ecuador Lucio Gutierrez was arrested Friday evening upon his return to the Pacific coast city of Manta. Gutierrez, 48, was arrested on an order that he posed a threat to national security; he was...

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News Freed Egyptian detainee says torture at Guantanamo put him in wheelchair
Freed Egyptian detainee says torture at Guantanamo put him in wheelchair
James M Yoch Jr
October 10, 2005 08:50:00 pm

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Sami-al-Leithy , an Egyptian national transferred to Egyptian custody earlier this month , has told Egyptian television that he was tortured by guards at the US military camp. Leithy,...

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News Peru constitutional court bars fugitive ex-president Fujimori from presidential run
Peru constitutional court bars fugitive ex-president Fujimori from presidential run
James M Yoch Jr
October 10, 2005 08:26:00 pm

The Peruvian Constitutional Court has announced that former president Alberto Fujimori is barred from running in Peru's 2006 presidential election . Court President Javier Alva Orlandini said Sunday that the...

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News UPDATE ~ Iraqi groups continue last-minute talks on proposed constitution
UPDATE ~ Iraqi groups continue last-minute talks on proposed constitution
James M Yoch Jr
October 10, 2005 06:56:00 pm

Following up on an report earlier today in JURIST's Paper Chase, Shiite and Kurdish officials continued last-minute talks Monday with Sunni leaders trying to agree on revised consensus language for the proposed Iraqi constitution to be...

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"Wobblies" put on trial in Chicago

On March 23, 1918, 101 leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World union ("The Wobblies") were put on trial in Chicago for conspiracy to obstruct America's participation in World War I.

Learn more about the Wobblies from the Constitutional Rights Foundation.

Pakistan becomes world's first Islamic republic

On March 23, 1956, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan became the world's first Islamic republic. Unfortunately, democracy in Pakistan collapsed quickly after General Ayub Khan lead a successful coup d'etat. Since that time, Pakistan has vacillated between military and civilian government.

Pakistan was governed by the 1956 Constitution of Pakistan, until it was superseded by the 1973 Constitution, which still serves as the country's basic law today.

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