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News Lebanon creates committee to draft new election law
Lebanon creates committee to draft new election law
Krista-Ann Staley
August 9, 2005 09:10:00 am

Lebanon's cabinet Monday night approved the creation of a 12-member, half-Muslim, half-Christian committee that is charged with drafting a new election law. The country conducted elections in May and June under the 2000 election law [official text...

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News Zambia detains wanted British national on terror suspicions
Zambia detains wanted British national on terror suspicions
Krista-Ann Staley
July 29, 2005 11:06:00 am

According to two US anti-terrorism officials involved in the arrest, Zambian officials have detained Haroon Rashid Aswat, wanted in the US for allegedly attempting to establish an al-Qaeda training camp in Oregon in 1999, and...

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News Democrats make ‘limited’ document request on nominee Roberts
Democrats make ‘limited’ document request on nominee Roberts
Krista-Ann Staley
July 29, 2005 10:07:00 am

Senate Judiciary Committee member Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) told reporters Thursday that Senate Democrats will make a "limited and targeted" request for documents pertaining to Supreme Court nomineee John G. Roberts, Jr. . The request reportedly...

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News Honduran Supreme Court rules religious leaders cannot run for office
Honduran Supreme Court rules religious leaders cannot run for office
Krista-Ann Staley
July 29, 2005 09:19:00 am

The Supreme Court of Honduras held Thursday that the Supreme Electoral Court violated two constitutional provisions in June when it opened the door for religious figures to run for public office. The constitutional ban for political activity by religious...

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News Maine to vote on gay rights law
Maine to vote on gay rights law
Krista-Ann Staley
July 29, 2005 08:52:00 am

Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced Thursday that the issue of whether to repeal the state's newly enacted gay rights law has qualified for the November state ballot. The proposed "Act to Extend Civil Rights Protections...

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News Kennedy questions Roberts on civil rights stance
Kennedy questions Roberts on civil rights stance
Krista-Ann Staley
July 29, 2005 08:00:00 am

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) responded Thursday to documents US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts produced while working at the Justice Department and White House counsel's office during the Reagan administration, stating they "certainly raise some...

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News Federal court rules Union Pacific must cover contraceptives in health plan
Federal court rules Union Pacific must cover contraceptives in health plan
Krista-Ann Staley
July 26, 2005 11:15:00 am

US District Judge for the District of Nebraska Laurie Smith Camp ruled Monday that Union Pacific Railroad discriminated against women by covering a range of preventive drugs, but not contraception, in its health care plan....

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News Former Nepal prime minister found guilty of corruption
Former Nepal prime minister found guilty of corruption
Krista-Ann Staley
July 26, 2005 10:33:00 am

According to Bhakta Bahadur Koirala, chairman of the anti-graft commission in Nepal , ex-prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and former public works minister Prakash Man Singh have been sentenced to two years in jail and...

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News Signature gathering can commence for CA same-sex marriage ban
Signature gathering can commence for CA same-sex marriage ban
Krista-Ann Staley
July 26, 2005 09:53:00 am

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer released a title and summary for the proposed California Marriage Amendment Monday, opening the door for supporters of the document to begin gathering the hundreds of thousands of signatures needed to...

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News G-4, African Union reach agreement on UN Security Council expansion
G-4, African Union reach agreement on UN Security Council expansion
Krista-Ann Staley
July 26, 2005 09:33:00 am

Japan, Brazil, Germany and India, known collectively as the G-4 nations, and the African Union reached an agreement Monday to present a single resolution for the UN Security Council expansion . According to Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Pennsylvania police killed 19 miners during strike

The Luzerne County Sheriff and deputies opened fire on a group of 400 striking miners in the town of Lattimer, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1897. Around 19 strikers were killed, and 39 were injured as a result. Luzerne County Sheriff James Martin and his deputies were later acquitted by a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania jury after claiming that the strikers advanced upon the police. Learn more about the Lattimer Massacre from the Zinn Education Project and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book.

Sewing machine patented

On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines. Learn more about Elias Howe from the University of Rochester.

Last French execution by guillotine

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine in France. The French death penalty was formally abolished by President Francois Mitterand in 1981. Learn more about the history of the guillotine.

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