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News Supreme Court hears arguments in employer retaliation case
Supreme Court hears arguments in employer retaliation case
Krista-Ann Staley
April 17, 2006 04:44:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad v. White , a case in which it will decide which of the...

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News Egypt judges face disciplinary action over election fraud allegations
Egypt judges face disciplinary action over election fraud allegations
Krista-Ann Staley
April 17, 2006 04:08:00 pm

Reformist Egyptian judges Mahmud Mekki and Hisham Al Bastawissi face disciplinary hearings before Justice Minister Mahmud Abuleil, a judicial source reported Monday. The judges may possibly be terminated for leaking information to the press during last year's parliamentary elections...

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News British police arrest first ‘cash-for-honors’ suspect
British police arrest first ‘cash-for-honors’ suspect
Krista-Ann Staley
April 14, 2006 12:50:00 pm

British police on Thursday arrested Des Smith, the first person held in police custody in the "cash for honors" probe , before releasing him on bail later in the day. The arrest stemmed from allegations that the...

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News Ohio high court holds Taft has qualified gubernatorial privilege
Ohio high court holds Taft has qualified gubernatorial privilege
Krista-Ann Staley
April 14, 2006 12:05:00 pm

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected the argument that Governor Bob Taft (R) has full executive privilege to keep records private in a 5-2 decision . Rather, the court held on Thursday that...

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News French students continue jobs protests despite decision to ‘replace’ CPE
French students continue jobs protests despite decision to ‘replace’ CPE
Krista-Ann Staley
April 10, 2006 02:53:00 pm

Protests continued at 32 of France's 84 universities Monday, despite separate announcements from French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin earlier in the day that the section of a recently-enacted law on...

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Bush defends disclosure of secret Iraq intelligence
Krista-Ann Staley
April 10, 2006 02:17:00 pm

President Bush defended his decision to declassify intelligence regarding the Iraq war Monday, responding to allegations of wrongdoing revealed during the CIA leak case . Addressing students and foreign policy analysts at Johns Hopkins University, the president...

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News Germany opens probe into spy agency role in Iraq, renditions
Germany opens probe into spy agency role in Iraq, renditions
Krista-Ann Staley
April 7, 2006 01:16:00 pm

A panel of 11 members of the German parliament began its investigation into the role of German intelligence in the war in Iraq Friday. The committee will focus on 30 questions posed by the Free Democratic Party,...

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News US decision on Human Rights Council elections ‘disappoints’ UN
US decision on Human Rights Council elections ‘disappoints’ UN
Krista-Ann Staley
April 7, 2006 12:18:00 pm

The United Nations has expressed disappointment in the US decision not to run for a position on the new UN Human Rights Council . Spokesmen for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan...

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News Defense Department releases remainder of Guantanamo names
Defense Department releases remainder of Guantanamo names
Krista-Ann Staley
April 3, 2006 06:21:00 pm

The US Department of Defense Monday released 2,600 pages of case review documents pertaining to Guantanamo Bay prisoners, finally making public the names of all 490 prisoners currently held at the facility after disclosing...

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WTO rules for US in Canada softwood lumber dispute
Krista-Ann Staley
April 3, 2006 03:22:00 pm

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has held that the US adhered to international trade rules in setting softwood lumber tariffs against Canada . A WTO panel publicly released a report ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Indian National Congress founded

The Indian National Congress (INC) was founded on December 28, 1885 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. In subsequent decades, the so-called Congress Party would advocate for Indian independence from the UK, which was eventually achieved in 1947. The first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was elected as a member of the INC. Learn more about the history and founding of the Indian National Congress.

Congress recognized Pledge of Allegiance

On December 28, 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance and encouraged its recitation in schools. The Pledge was supposedly written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day. The words “under God” were added by Congress in 1954. The revised version of the Pledge was the subject of litigation before the United States Supreme Court originally brought by Michael Newdow, a parent who unsuccessfully objected to his daughter's school district policy requiring daily recitation of the Pledge. The court ruled that Newdow had no standing.

Nepal ends monarchy, establishes republic

On December 28, 2007, the Kingdom of Nepal's interim parliament ended the country's monarchy and established the Republic of Nepal. Free elections were held on April 10 of the following year to elect a Constituent Assembly.

Learn more about the rise of democracy in Nepal.

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