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News Ninth Circuit rules Arizona can enforce voter ID law pending legal challenge
Ninth Circuit rules Arizona can enforce voter ID law pending legal challenge
Natalie Hrubos
April 21, 2007 02:32:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held late this week that Arizona may enforce its voter identification law while a non-profit organization challenges the law in federal court. The law, which Arizonans approved...

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News Copyright judges decline to reconsider webcast royalty increase
Copyright judges decline to reconsider webcast royalty increase
Natalie Hrubos
April 17, 2007 11:54:00 am

A panel of US copyright judges Monday denied a request by a group of private and public webcasters to reconsider a royalty hike for playing digital music that broadcasters say could ruin the webcasting industry. The Copyright...

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News Guantanamo detainee’s father says son tortured in secret CIA prison
Guantanamo detainee’s father says son tortured in secret CIA prison
Natalie Hrubos
April 17, 2007 11:33:00 am

The father of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused CIA officials of torturing his son - Pakistani terror suspect Majid Khan - after arresting him in Pakistan in March 2003, according to an affidavit ...

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News Federal judge refuses to close parts of pro-Israel lobbyists espionage trial
Federal judge refuses to close parts of pro-Israel lobbyists espionage trial
Natalie Hrubos
April 17, 2007 11:12:00 am

A federal judge Monday refused a request to close portions of the upcoming espionage trial of two former American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbyists because doing so would violate the defendants' right to an open trial. The...

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News White House to work with Senate Judiciary Committee on recovery of lost emails
White House to work with Senate Judiciary Committee on recovery of lost emails
Natalie Hrubos
April 14, 2007 02:45:00 pm

The White House said Saturday it would cooperate with the US Senate Judiciary Committee in choosing an independent consultant to recover lost administration emails wanted to the Senate's US Attorney firing probe. On Wednesday, US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman...

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News Russian police arrest opposition party leader at Moscow protest
Russian police arrest opposition party leader at Moscow protest
Natalie Hrubos
April 14, 2007 02:15:00 pm

Russian police Saturday arrested about 200 activists, including former chess great and liberal United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov , for participating in an anti-Putin protest in central Moscow. More than 9,000...

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News Iran diplomat held in Iraq says CIA tortured him but US denies allegation
Iran diplomat held in Iraq says CIA tortured him but US denies allegation
Natalie Hrubos
April 7, 2007 08:41:00 pm

Iranian diplomat Jalal Sharafi has claimed that CIA operatives tortured him after he was kidnapped and detained in Iraq two months ago. According to Iranian state television Saturday, Sharafi, who was released last week, said CIA officials...

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News US judge rules anti-Castro militant eligible for release on bail
US judge rules anti-Castro militant eligible for release on bail
Natalie Hrubos
April 7, 2007 03:28:00 pm

A US judge ruled Friday that an anti-Castro militant allegedly behind the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner should be released on bail, which was set at $350,000. Luis Posada Carriles [Wikipedia profile; additional materials;...

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News Google settles AFP news aggregation lawsuit with licensing agreement
Google settles AFP news aggregation lawsuit with licensing agreement
Natalie Hrubos
April 7, 2007 02:35:00 pm

Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Google Friday settled a landmark copyright infringement lawsuit which the French news agency filed two years ago against the Internet giant for automatically pulling and displaying photos, headlines and...

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News Rights group claims US involved in secret detention of Somalis
Rights group claims US involved in secret detention of Somalis
Natalie Hrubos
March 31, 2007 03:14:00 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed Saturday that the US, Kenya, and Ethiopia are cooperating with the transitional government of Somalia to secretly detain people who have fled the recent conflict there. HRW deputy Africa director Georgette...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Jamaica achieves full independence

On February 9, 1962, Jamaica left the Federation of the West Indies, becoming a fully-independent nation for the first time in its history. The country did, however, remain a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations.

Read the Constitution of Jamaica from the Georgetown University archives.

First US federal anti-narcotics legislation passed

On February 9, 1909, Congress passed the first federal legislation prohibiting narcotics. The "Act to Prohibit Importation and Use Of Opium" barred the importation of opium at other than specified ports and for other than medicinal use.

US House elects John Quincy Adams President

The US House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as President of the United States on February 9, 1825 after no candidate won a majority of electors in the 1824 presidential election. Adams prevailed by a 13-7-4 vote even though future President Andrew Jackson won more electors than him the previous November. The Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution requires the House to determine the president if nobody secures a majority of electors. Learn more about the Election of 1824.

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