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News US judge orders deportation of accused Nazi prison guard
US judge orders deportation of accused Nazi prison guard
Kate Heneroty
December 29, 2005 09:24:00 am

US Chief Immigration Judge Michael Creppy ruled Wednesday that John Demjanjuk , a retired auto worker living in Cleveland who is accused of having been a Nazi prison camp guard, should be deported to his native...

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News Trial of ex-Enron executives delayed two weeks after Causey plea agreement
Trial of ex-Enron executives delayed two weeks after Causey plea agreement
Kate Heneroty
December 29, 2005 08:51:00 am

The trial of former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling has been delayed two weeks until January 30, following a decision by former co-defendant Richard Causey to testify...

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News More charges filed against Red Cross workers accused of Katrina relief fraud
More charges filed against Red Cross workers accused of Katrina relief fraud
Kate Heneroty
December 29, 2005 08:46:00 am

Federal authorities have now indicted a total of 49 people for involvement in a scheme to fraudulently collect more than $200,000 from American Red Cross funds designed to assist Hurricane Katrina victims....

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Defense lawyers to investigate illegal wiretaps in terror cases
Kate Heneroty
December 28, 2005 11:42:00 am

Defense lawyers working on several high-profile terrorism cases plan to bring legal challenges to discover whether the National Security Agency (NSA) used illegal wiretaps against several dozen Muslims linked to Al Qaeda and whether...

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News Greece investigating London bombing suspects’ torture allegations
Greece investigating London bombing suspects’ torture allegations
Kate Heneroty
December 28, 2005 11:17:00 am

The Greek Ministry of Justice has begun investigating the alleged torture in Greece of 28 Pakistanis suspected of involvement in the July 7 London bombings following a lawsuit filed by the men against Greek...

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Russian parliamentary commission blames police for Beslan school siege
Kate Heneroty
December 28, 2005 10:46:00 am

Alexander Torshin, the head of the Russian parliamentary commission investigating last year's Beslan school siege told the upper house of parliament Wednesday that despite their exoneration by prosecutors earlier this week,...

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Ex-Enron chief accounting officer to testify against executives under plea agreement
Kate Heneroty
December 28, 2005 09:56:00 am

Former Enron Chief Accounting Officer Richard Causey has reached a deal with prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty Wednesday to one or more criminal charges and a reduced prison sentence in exchange for his...

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CIA investigating fewer than 10 ‘erroneous renditions’
Kate Heneroty
December 28, 2005 09:12:00 am

CIA inspector general John Helgerson has launched an investigation into fewer than ten cases of possibly erroneous rendition , according to an intelligence official quoted by AP. In several cases it is believed that either...

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Congo voters approve new constitution
Kate Heneroty
December 24, 2005 09:18:00 pm

Election officials announced Saturday that citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo approved a new constitution in a referendum held December 18. The charter is designed to bring...

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US refuses prisoner transfers to Iraqis until treatment standards verified
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December 24, 2005 07:23:00 pm

The US military will not transfer detainees to Iraqi-operated prisons or transition US-run facilities to Iraqi control until military officials are satisfied that Iraqis have met US standards for the treatment of detainees, according to Maj....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Inquisition of Galileo begins

On April 12, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church began its formal inquisition of Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was tried by the Roman Inquisition "for holding as true the false doctrine taught by some that the sun is the center of the world" in direct contradiction to the Catholic Church's teaching that man and the Earth are the center of the Universe. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy" and sentenced to life in prison. His punishment was later commuted to house arrest. Learn more about the trial of Galileo Galilei.

President Clinton cited for contempt in Paula Jones case

On April 12, 1999, US District Judge Susan Webber Wright found President Bill Clinton in contempt of court in the Paula Jones case, concluding that the President had provided "intentionally false" evidence in that case about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

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