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News Bush signs bill to implement 9/11 panel recommendations
Bush signs bill to implement 9/11 panel recommendations
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 3, 2007 05:54:00 pm

US President George W. Bush signed an anti-terror bill Friday that implements recommendations by the 9/11 commission . The measure will transfer funds to states and cities found to be at...

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News US Marine sentenced to 15 years for Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder
US Marine sentenced to 15 years for Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 3, 2007 04:43:00 pm

A military jury in Camp Pendleton, California, Friday sentenced US Marine Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins, III to 15 years in prison for his role in the April 2006 kidnapping and murder of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad...

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News Two alleged CIA rendition victims join ACLU  lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary
Two alleged CIA rendition victims join ACLU lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 1, 2007 07:52:00 pm

Two men who allege that the CIA detained and tortured them in foreign prisons Wednesday joined a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against San Jose-based Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan [corporate...

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News Military jury convicts US Marine of conspiracy in Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder
Military jury convicts US Marine of conspiracy in Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 1, 2007 07:00:00 pm

A military jury Wednesday found a US Marine corporal guilty of conspiracy to murder, larceny and housebreaking for his role in the April 2006 kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania [USMC timeline; JURIST news...

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News France court releases two suspects in 1994 Rwanda genocide
France court releases two suspects in 1994 Rwanda genocide
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 1, 2007 06:34:00 pm

A French court of appeals Wednesday released two men accused of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide , finding that the warrants issued for their arrest by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) could not...

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US Senate panel backs FDA tobacco regulation bill
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 1, 2007 05:32:00 pm

The US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved a bill Wednesday to allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act ,...

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News Intelligence chief defends Gonzales against accusations of lying to Congress
Intelligence chief defends Gonzales against accusations of lying to Congress
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 31, 2007 07:41:00 pm

Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell Tuesday defended Attorney General Alberto Gonzales against accusations of lying to Congress during testimony last week. In his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last Tuesday, Gonzales insisted that a...

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News US House extends statutory limits on pay discrimination cases
US House extends statutory limits on pay discrimination cases
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 31, 2007 06:35:00 pm

The US House voted 225-199 Tuesday to extend the deadline for employees to sue their employer for payment discrimination. The new legislation, the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 , would allow employees to sue...

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News India court sentences another defendant to death in 1993 Mumbai bombings
India court sentences another defendant to death in 1993 Mumbai bombings
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 27, 2007 08:13:00 pm

An Indian court Friday sentenced to death Yakub Memon, the brother of a man suspected of plotting the 1993 Mumbai bombings [BBC backgrounder, for his role in the attack that killed 257 people and injured more than 700 in...

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Anti-terror bill goes to Bush for signature
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 27, 2007 07:02:00 pm

The US Congress sent an anti-terror bill to President George Bush for signature Friday. The bill, based on recommendations by the 9/11 commission , would transfer funds to states and cities found to...

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First international arbitration court founded

On February 6, 1900, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) was founded with the ratification of the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Set at The Hague in the Netherlands, the PCA was the first international tribunal established to settle disputes between nations. The PCA was later revised by the subsequent 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Today, the PCA is housed at the Peace Palace in The Hague and is comprised of 109 member countries.

20th Amendment to the US Constitution ratified

On February 6, 1933, the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified by the requisite majority of states, moving the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January in an effort to shorten the problematic "lame duck" period.

Learn more about the 20th Amendment.

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