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News Gitmo tapes “as explosive as anything from Abu Ghraib”
Gitmo tapes “as explosive as anything from Abu Ghraib”
Russell Adkins
March 21, 2005 10:52:00 am

A former lawyer for Australian terror suspect David Hicks told a major law conference in Australia Monday that US military videotapes from the terror detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be "as explosive as anything...

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News Supreme Court refuses to hear Bush recess appointment case
Supreme Court refuses to hear Bush recess appointment case
Russell Adkins
March 21, 2005 10:35:00 am

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case on whether President Bush overstepped his authority when he appointed a federal judge while the Senate was on a short recess. Three appeals sought to challenge the temporary appointment...

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News Hollinger looting lawsuit against former CEO Conrad Black to proceed
Hollinger looting lawsuit against former CEO Conrad Black to proceed
Russell Adkins
March 14, 2005 07:38:00 pm

A US District Court judge ruled Monday that a Hollinger International lawsuit over a looting of $425 million that allegedly took place under the watch of former CEO Conrad Black and his former deputy could...

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News Senate dashes abortion amendment, prepares to pass bankruptcy bill
Senate dashes abortion amendment, prepares to pass bankruptcy bill
Russell Adkins
March 8, 2005 05:40:00 pm

A bill that would make consumers satisfy a series of requirements before being permitted to cancel their debts through bankruptcy is close to passage in the US Senate. On Tuesday the Senate killed what some Republicans called a "poisoned...

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News UN backs US-supported ban on human cloning
UN backs US-supported ban on human cloning
Russell Adkins
March 8, 2005 03:11:00 pm

In a split 84-34 vote that is being claimed as a symbolic victory for the Bush administration, the UN General Assembly Tuesday urged governments to enact a total ban on human cloning , including the cloning of...

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Italian foreign minister demands punishment for US soldiers in shooting
Russell Adkins
March 8, 2005 02:20:00 pm

While acknowledging that the March 4 incident was "accidental", Italian Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini Tuesday disputed Washington's version of the events that led to the shooting death of an Italian intelligence officer and the wounding of a freed Iralian...

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US loses WTO appeal on cotton subsidies
Russell Adkins
March 4, 2005 08:52:00 am

Responding to a Brazilian complaint that US subsidies to cotton farmers are driving down world prices and hurting the cotton market, the appeals court of the World Trade Organization Thursday upheld the previous findings of trade judges that the...

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News House passes ‘doomsday’ bill to allow for filling of mass legislative vacancies
House passes ‘doomsday’ bill to allow for filling of mass legislative vacancies
Russell Adkins
March 4, 2005 07:37:00 am

More than three years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the US House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill creating a blueprint for filling legislative vacancies should a situation like a terror strike against...

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Israeli high court orders inquiry into shooting of US activist
Russell Adkins
February 28, 2005 09:28:00 pm

The Israeli supreme court on Monday ordered the army to reopen its investigation of the shooting of a US peace activist in April 2003, giving the military just 90 days to interview six witnesses to the shooting...

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Padilla granted habeas corpus
Russell Adkins
February 28, 2005 08:52:00 pm

A federal judge in South Carolina Monday granted a motion for a writ of habeas corpus for Jose Padilla , giving the Bush administration 45 days to either charge the terror suspect with a crime or...

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On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland.

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On April 18, 1958, treason charges against American poet Ezra Pound, first laid in 1943 in connection with his wartime broadcasts for the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, were dropped.

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