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News US officially ends search for banned weapons in Iraq
US officially ends search for banned weapons in Iraq
Matt Lubniewski
January 12, 2005 12:18:00 pm

The White House announced Wednesday that the US has officially ended its search for biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons in Iraq. White House press secretary Scott McClellan stated that while there is no longer an active search for weapons,...

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News Libya will not execute Bulgarian medics convicted of infecting children with HIV
Libya will not execute Bulgarian medics convicted of infecting children with HIV
Matt Lubniewski
December 9, 2004 02:41:00 pm

Seif el-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, has said that the Libyan government will not execute the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor who were found guilty by a Libyan court in May of knowingly...

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News France announces plans to revise 35-hour workweek
France announces plans to revise 35-hour workweek
Matt Lubniewski
December 9, 2004 02:08:00 pm

French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin Thursday announced plans to reform the country's current 35-hour workweek. While letting that formal limit stand, Raffarin said companies will be allowed to negotiate their own deals with employees regarding overtime. The 35-hour workweek...

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News Jury awards $156M to family of US teen slain in Israel
Jury awards $156M to family of US teen slain in Israel
Matt Lubniewski
December 9, 2004 01:42:00 pm

A jury has awarded the parents of 17-year old David Boim $52 million in damages in one of the first jury awards against US-based charities accused of supporting terrorism. Boim was killed by gunmen in Israel's West Bank in...

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News Shiite groups present 228 candidates for Iraq elections
Shiite groups present 228 candidates for Iraq elections
Matt Lubniewski
December 9, 2004 01:27:00 pm

The United Iraqi Alliance, a coalition of 23 mainstream Shiite groups under the auspices of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, announced Thursday a list of 228 candidates running for office in the Iraq elections scheduled for January 30. Iraq's Sunni...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine political groups agree on election reforms
BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine political groups agree on election reforms
Matt Lubniewski
December 6, 2004 01:47:00 pm

Ukraine's opposition and pro-government factions reached a compromise on Monday on changes to election law and constitutional amendments, allowing for a new election on December 26. The Ukraine parliament, which failed to pass an initially-proposed set of electoral reforms...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ WA secretary of state officially orders third vote count in governor race
BREAKING NEWS ~ WA secretary of state officially orders third vote count in governor race
Matt Lubniewski
December 6, 2004 01:26:00 pm

Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed has officially ordered a manual second recount of the ballots in the Washington governor's race. Republican governor-elect Dino Rossi, who defeated Democrat Christine Gregoire by 42 votes after the machine recount, called the...

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News Minor sanctions for defiant US soldiers
Minor sanctions for defiant US soldiers
Matt Lubniewski
December 6, 2004 12:53:00 pm

Following up this story reported in Paper Chase yesterday, the US military on Monday took disciplinary action against 18 soldiers who refused to go on a mission in Iraq, believing it to be too dangerous. Although the military refused...

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News Supreme Court denies KKK appeal of anti-mask law
Supreme Court denies KKK appeal of anti-mask law
Matt Lubniewski
December 6, 2004 12:44:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected hearing an appeal by the Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan challenging the constitutionality of New York Penal Law 240.35(4) that bans the wearing of masks at public...

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News Twelve dismissed homosexual soldiers challenge "don't ask, don't tell" policy
Twelve dismissed homosexual soldiers challenge "don't ask, don't tell" policy
Matt Lubniewski
December 6, 2004 12:27:00 pm

Twelve homosexuals who were expelled from the US military because of their sexual orientation filed a lawsuit in Boston on Monday, challenging the constitutionality of the Pentagon's 11-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The complaint relies in part upon...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.

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