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News UN delegates pledge closer cooperation in fighting crime, terror
UN delegates pledge closer cooperation in fighting crime, terror
Russell Adkins
April 25, 2005 09:21:00 pm

Admitting that nations cannot effectively tackle the issues alone, delegates to the UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Bangkok, Thailand, concluded their session Monday by pledging international cooperation and an integrated approach in international...

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News Frist, Reid working toward compromise on judicial nominees
Frist, Reid working toward compromise on judicial nominees
Russell Adkins
April 25, 2005 08:56:00 pm

Senate leaders Bill Frist and Harry Reid have been meeting privately in hopes of reaching a deal in which Senate Democrats would allow confirmation of at least two of President Bush's seven disputed nominees for appellate judgeships,...

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News US clears soldiers in death of Italian in Iraq
US clears soldiers in death of Italian in Iraq
Russell Adkins
April 25, 2005 08:17:00 pm

A US investigation into the accidental shooting death of an Italian agent in Iraq by American soldiers has cleared the troops of the wrongdoing, an Army official said Monday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official also said that...

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News Accused al Qaeda leader denies connection to hijackers
Accused al Qaeda leader denies connection to hijackers
Russell Adkins
April 25, 2005 07:43:00 pm

Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, the suspected leader of al Qaeda in Spain, has denied any connection to Sept. 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta , as well as accusations that he helped arrange a planning meeting between Atta and another...

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News Milosevic war crimes trial back on after cardiac scare
Milosevic war crimes trial back on after cardiac scare
Russell Adkins
April 25, 2005 10:31:00 am

Following yet another interruption because of his health problems, the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic resumed Monday at the International Court Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia . Milosevic stayed out of...

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Ex-WorldCom CEO seeks new trial
Russell Adkins
April 18, 2005 08:44:00 pm

Citing allegedly unfair rulings by a US District Court judge Barbara Jones, former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers , convicted in March of orchestrating an $11 billion accounting fraud that led to the telecommunications giant's downfall,...

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Contentious vote set for UN nominee Bolton
Russell Adkins
April 18, 2005 07:57:00 pm

Following heated confirmation hearings last week, a showdown vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set for Tuesday over John Bolton , President Bush's nominee for the UN ambassador. Bolton has been characterized by his...

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News Ninth Circuit allows Nazi gold suit against Vatican Bank
Ninth Circuit allows Nazi gold suit against Vatican Bank
Russell Adkins
April 18, 2005 07:42:00 pm

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that claims against the Vatican Bank made by Eastern European survivors of the Holocaust should be heard in federal court. While Supreme Court decisions restrict the roles federal...

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News New military report on Gitmo detainees cited to support interrogation policies
New military report on Gitmo detainees cited to support interrogation policies
Russell Adkins
April 18, 2005 10:21:00 am

US military officials are citing a recent overview of information obtained from Guantanamo detainees as evidence that the military should be able to conduct operations at Camp Delta without intervention from the US court system. The unclassified document ,...

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Federal bill would require pharmacists to fill contraception prescriptions
Russell Adkins
April 14, 2005 09:11:00 pm

In response to recent refusals by some pharmacists objecting on moral grounds to filling prescriptions for emergency contraceptives or birth control pills, federal legislators unveiled a draft bill on Thursday that would require pharmacies to fill all prescriptions,...

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President Millard Filmore signed bill banning flogging in the navy

On September 28, 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy.

Learn more about the history of flogging in the navy from Bluejacket.com.

William the Conqueror invades England, leading to major legal and political reform

On September 28, 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England from Normandy, France. After successfully conquering the country, William ushered in a series of political and legal reforms that still define the United Kingdom and its former colonies to this day, including, centralization of state power, a census, and the infusion of French and Latin into the language of the courts.
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President Millard Filmore signed bill banning flogging in the navy

On September 28, 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy.

Learn more about the history of flogging in the navy from Bluejacket.com.

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