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News British judge allows extended detentions of airplanes plot suspects without charge
British judge allows extended detentions of airplanes plot suspects without charge
Natalie Hrubos
August 16, 2006 08:29:00 pm

A British judge Wednesday night gave Scotland Yard five to seven more days to question and hold without charge 23 men currently in custody in connection with an alleged plot to bomb US planes leaving the UK for...

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News Court rules non-citizens working for US firms abroad cannot invoke civil rights law
Court rules non-citizens working for US firms abroad cannot invoke civil rights law
Natalie Hrubos
August 16, 2006 06:24:00 pm

A US federal appeals court has ruled that a non-citizen cannot sue a US corporation for discrimination that allegedly occurred while he was working outside the US. The decision by the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals...

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News UN rights commissioner warns of war crimes liability in Middle East conflict
UN rights commissioner warns of war crimes liability in Middle East conflict
Natalie Hrubos
July 19, 2006 08:26:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Wednesday threatened perpetrators of wanton violence against civilians in the current Middle East conflict with liability for war crimes. In a pointed statement directed...

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News House votes to strip federal judges of jurisdiction over Pledge cases
House votes to strip federal judges of jurisdiction over Pledge cases
Natalie Hrubos
July 19, 2006 06:51:00 pm

The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to block federal judges from ruling on the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance , which contains the controversial phrase "under God." The...

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News Federal prosecutors violated KPMG defendants’ rights, judge rules
Federal prosecutors violated KPMG defendants’ rights, judge rules
Natalie Hrubos
June 27, 2006 07:09:00 pm

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Tuesday that the US government violated the constitutional rights of 16 former employees of KPMG by pressuring the professional services firm to stop paying the employees' defense costs in...

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News Oil-for-food fraud trial of South Korea lobbyist underway
Oil-for-food fraud trial of South Korea lobbyist underway
Natalie Hrubos
June 27, 2006 07:45:00 am

Opening arguments began Tuesday in the fraud trial of Tongsun Park , who has been charged with money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and acting as an unregistered agent of the government...

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Massachusetts instituted death penalty for heresy

On November 4, 1646, the Massachusetts General Court approved a law requiring all members of the colony to recognize the Bible as the Word of God, under penalty of death.  

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On November 4, 1995, Yigal Amir shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amir was tried and given a life sentence for the murder. Learn more about the trial of Yigal Amir from the New York Times.

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