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News US, EU reach interim agreement on airline passenger data-sharing
US, EU reach interim agreement on airline passenger data-sharing
Kate Heneroty
October 6, 2006 10:03:00 am

US and European diplomats have reached an interim agreement on new trans-Atlantic airline passenger data-sharing policies . Under the new regulations, airlines must continue to share 34 pieces of passenger data, including passenger names, addresses and credit...

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News Saddam lawyer predicts ‘unmitigated chaos’ if client executed
Saddam lawyer predicts ‘unmitigated chaos’ if client executed
Kate Heneroty
October 6, 2006 07:46:00 am

Ramsey Clark , former US Attorney General and a member of the Saddam Hussein defense team, predicted Thursday that the execution of the former Iraqi dictator would lead to "catastrophic violence" and "total, unmitigated chaos."...

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News Ousted HP execs surrender on felony charges
Ousted HP execs surrender on felony charges
Kate Heneroty
October 6, 2006 07:21:00 am

Former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn and former ethics officer Kevin Hunsaker surrendered to authorities Thursday and agreed to face felony charges stemming from their roles in the corporate spying scandal...

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News Rights group condemns Pakistan for selling terror suspects to US
Rights group condemns Pakistan for selling terror suspects to US
Kate Heneroty
September 29, 2006 08:44:00 am

Amnesty International accused Pakistan Friday of committing numerous human rights violations in support of the US-led "war on terror," including arresting terror suspects and holding them in secret locations until they can be sold...

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News Mexico warns border fence would harm US relations as Senate advances bill
Mexico warns border fence would harm US relations as Senate advances bill
Kate Heneroty
September 29, 2006 08:16:00 am

Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday that it was "deeply worried" about the proposed construction of a 700-mile border fence between the US and Mexico, fearing it would "increase tension in...

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News Saddam trial judge’s relatives killed, wounded in Baghdad attack
Saddam trial judge’s relatives killed, wounded in Baghdad attack
Kate Heneroty
September 29, 2006 07:55:00 am

A brother-in-law of the new chief judge in the Saddam Hussein genocide trial was shot and killed Friday in Baghdad. His nephew was seriously wounded in the same attack. Police were not certain whether the attack...

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News Domestic surveillance bill passed in House
Domestic surveillance bill passed in House
Kate Heneroty
September 29, 2006 07:23:00 am

The US House of Representatives passed the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act Thursday night, voting 232-191 mostly along party lines. The bill, approved by the House Judiciary Committee last week, specifies when...

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News Lawmakers blast HP executives for allowing corporate spying
Lawmakers blast HP executives for allowing corporate spying
Kate Heneroty
September 28, 2006 07:14:00 pm

Members of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee lambasted executives of the Hewlett-Packard Corporation Thursday for their role in a corporate espionage scandal and demanded to know why company...

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News Federal judge gives domestic spying another week
Federal judge gives domestic spying another week
Kate Heneroty
September 28, 2006 03:29:00 pm

US District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor on Thursday rejected the Bush Administration’s proposal to continue its domestic surveillance program while her August 17 decision finding the program unconstitutional and...

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News Constitution bars senator from serving as military judge, court rules
Constitution bars senator from serving as military judge, court rules
Kate Heneroty
September 22, 2006 08:51:00 am

US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) cannot serve concurrently as both a senator and a military judge because it violates the US Constitution's separation of powers requirement, the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Dutch leader Johan de Witt killed by mob

The Grand Pensionary of Holland, Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt were lynched on August 20, 1672, after an angry mob took the two from a prison, where Cornelis was being held on charges of treason, and killed them both. William of Orange (later William III of England & Scotland) became Stadtholder of Holland a month before the killings and remained in the position until his death in 1702. Learn more about Johan de Witt from the Rijksmuseum.

UN Security Council resolution condemned Israeli declaration of all Jerusalem as capital

On August 20, 1980, the UN Security Council passed by 14-0 a resolution condemning an Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital. The US abstained.

Economic Opportunity Act signed into law

On August 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Economic Opportunity Act. The bill approved $1 billion for social programs to combat poverty. It was central to President Johnson's Great Society legislation program. Learn more about President Johnson's War on Poverty from NPR.

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