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News Iraq constitution said to be on schedule despite Sunni walkout after killings
Iraq constitution said to be on schedule despite Sunni walkout after killings
Kate Heneroty
July 20, 2005 11:34:00 am

Several Sunni Arab members of the 71-member team drafting the new Iraq constitution have halted their participation in the process following the assassination of two colleagues Tuesday. Differing reports say that between 4 and 15 Sunni members...

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News Thai human rights group presses PM to drop security decree
Thai human rights group presses PM to drop security decree
Kate Heneroty
July 20, 2005 10:51:00 am

Thailand's National Human Rights Commission said Wednesday that a security decree passed by the Cabinet Tuesday giving Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra new power to deal with an insurgency in the country's Muslim south should be abolished....

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News Canadian Senate approves gay marriage bill
Canadian Senate approves gay marriage bill
Kate Heneroty
July 20, 2005 09:31:00 am

The Canadian Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would make Canada the fourth nation in the world to legalize gay marriage after the Netherlands, Belgium, and, most recently, Spain . Bill C-38 , which passed the House of...

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News Interest groups weigh in on Roberts nomination
Interest groups weigh in on Roberts nomination
Kate Heneroty
July 20, 2005 08:22:00 am

Interest groups from across the political spectrum are weighing in with their reactions to the White House nomination of Judge John G. Roberts to the US Supreme Court . Conservative groups have largely welcomed the announcement. C. Boyden...

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News Parties split on Roberts as confirmation process begins
Parties split on Roberts as confirmation process begins
Kate Heneroty
July 20, 2005 07:30:00 am

President Bush's Tuesday evening nomination of conservative federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts to the US Supreme Court has predictably drawn praise from Republicans and calls for caution from Democrats, who vow to examine Robert's record...

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News Italy continues anti-terror raids, convicts Islamic extremists for bomb plans
Italy continues anti-terror raids, convicts Islamic extremists for bomb plans
Kate Heneroty
July 13, 2005 10:13:00 am

Italian police executed 200 search warrants across the country Wednesday, searching for illegal arms and explosives, the public security department for the Italian Interior Ministry announced. The raids did not lead to any...

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News Fox hunters mount constitutional challenge in British high court
Fox hunters mount constitutional challenge in British high court
Kate Heneroty
July 13, 2005 09:48:00 am

The pro-hunting Countryside Alliance Wednesday challenged Britain's recent ban on fox hunting with dogs in the House of Lords Wednesday by questioning the Parliament Act , the law that allowed...

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News UK to tighten borders, begin consultations on new anti-terror law
UK to tighten borders, begin consultations on new anti-terror law
Kate Heneroty
July 13, 2005 08:40:00 am

Speaking in the British House of Commons Wednesday one day after police revealed that the perpetrators of the London bombings were British nationals, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said his government would tighten border controls to keep out individuals...

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News Federal judge says Real ID Act puts "chokehold" on courts
Federal judge says Real ID Act puts "chokehold" on courts
Kate Heneroty
July 13, 2005 08:02:00 am

Judge William G. Young, chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston, issued a 107-page ruling Tuesday chastising Congress for a "virtually unprecedented" attack on judicial independence and for putting a...

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News Muslim extremist confesses, makes no apologies for Van Gogh murder
Muslim extremist confesses, makes no apologies for Van Gogh murder
Kate Heneroty
July 13, 2005 07:36:00 am

Near the end of his trial in Amsterdam Tuesday, Muslim extremist Mohammed Bouyeri confessed to the November 2004 murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh , saying "if I were released and would have...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Jamaica achieves full independence

On February 9, 1962, Jamaica left the Federation of the West Indies, becoming a fully-independent nation for the first time in its history. The country did, however, remain a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations.

Read the Constitution of Jamaica from the Georgetown University archives.

First US federal anti-narcotics legislation passed

On February 9, 1909, Congress passed the first federal legislation prohibiting narcotics. The "Act to Prohibit Importation and Use Of Opium" barred the importation of opium at other than specified ports and for other than medicinal use.

US House elects John Quincy Adams President

The US House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as President of the United States on February 9, 1825 after no candidate won a majority of electors in the 1824 presidential election. Adams prevailed by a 13-7-4 vote even though future President Andrew Jackson won more electors than him the previous November. The Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution requires the House to determine the president if nobody secures a majority of electors. Learn more about the Election of 1824.

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