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News Cluster bomb ban would impede humanitarian efforts: US official
Cluster bomb ban would impede humanitarian efforts: US official
Patrick Porter
May 22, 2008 12:31:00 pm

The ban on cluster bombs currently being considered at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions could impede humanitarian efforts by discouraging cooperation with non-signatories, a US State Department official...

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News US House override of farm bill veto delayed by clerical error
US House override of farm bill veto delayed by clerical error
Patrick Porter
May 22, 2008 09:46:00 am

An attempt by the US House of Representatives to override a presidential veto of the new Farm Bill delayed late Wednesday when it was found that a section of the bill had been inadvertently...

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News Federal appeals court upholds challenge to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ military policy
Federal appeals court upholds challenge to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ military policy
Patrick Porter
May 22, 2008 08:34:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the US military cannot dismiss a soldier on the basis of sexual orientation alone, departing from the reasoning used to defeat similar cases...

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News Bush farm bill veto threatens potential discrimination claims against USDA
Bush farm bill veto threatens potential discrimination claims against USDA
Patrick Porter
May 21, 2008 02:22:00 pm

The future of a landmark discrimination case brought by black farmers against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is uncertain after President George W. Bush vetoed the new Farm Bill Wednesday....

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News House panel hears torture allegations by ex-Guantanamo detainee
House panel hears torture allegations by ex-Guantanamo detainee
Patrick Porter
May 21, 2008 09:18:00 am

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz , a Turkish citizen born in Germany, testified Tuesday before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight regarding torture he allegedly suffered...

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News Iraqi High Tribunal resumes trial of Saddam-era deputy PM Aziz
Iraqi High Tribunal resumes trial of Saddam-era deputy PM Aziz
Patrick Porter
May 20, 2008 02:46:00 pm

The trial of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and seven co-defendants resumed Tuesday, three weeks after a brief opening session and subsequent adjournment at the Iraqi High Tribunal ...

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News Nations to develop cluster bomb treaty in Ireland conference
Nations to develop cluster bomb treaty in Ireland conference
Patrick Porter
May 18, 2008 01:52:00 pm

Representatives of over 100 governments will meet Monday at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions to finalize a treaty banning the use, manufacture, and stockpiling of cluster bombs . Opponents of the...

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News Afghan journalism student appeals death sentence for blasphemy
Afghan journalism student appeals death sentence for blasphemy
Patrick Porter
May 18, 2008 01:28:00 pm

An Afghan appeals court heard testimony Sunday from journalism student Sayad Parwaz Kambaksh , who was sentenced to death in January for distributing papers questioning gender roles under Islam. Kambaksh denied the accusations in front...

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News Khalid Sheikh Mohammed defense lawyers move to dismiss charges
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed defense lawyers move to dismiss charges
Patrick Porter
May 17, 2008 03:21:00 pm

US military defense lawyers filed a motion Friday to dismiss charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the alleged director of the Sept. 11 attacks , and his four co-conspirators. The motion alleges that...

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News Pakistan lawyers to resume protests if judges not reinstated
Pakistan lawyers to resume protests if judges not reinstated
Patrick Porter
May 17, 2008 02:36:00 pm

Pakistani lawyers announced plans Saturday to hold large protests in June unless the new government fulfills a pledge to reinstate Supreme Court judges ousted last year by President Pervez Musharraf. Aitzaz Ahsan , President of...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Attica NY prison revolt ended in assault killing 41

On September 13, 1971, National Guardsmen stormed the Attica Correctional Facility in New York state after a four-day standoff with rioting prisoners. This photo, released by New York state authorities, shows Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald in the Attica prison yard after it was retaken. Thirty-two prisoners and nine guards died in the final assault. Learn more about the Attica revolt and the conditions the prisoners were trying to improve in this retrospective.

Khrushchev takes over leadership of USSR

On September 13, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev was appointed General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, taking over leadership of the country after the death of Joseph Stalin. Soon after taking office, Khrushchev exposed many of the crimes of his predecessor. He was later forced from power in 1964, largely in response to his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read an obituary of Nikita Khrushchev from the New York Times.

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