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News Canadian Conservative government introduces sweeping anti-corruption bill
Canadian Conservative government introduces sweeping anti-corruption bill
Stefanie Presley
April 12, 2006 02:02:00 pm

The new Canadian Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper tabled its Federal Accountability Act in the House of Commons on Tuesday. The...

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News Massachusetts governor signs mandatory health insurance bill, vetoes some provisions
Massachusetts governor signs mandatory health insurance bill, vetoes some provisions
Stefanie Presley
April 12, 2006 01:02:00 pm

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signed a ground-breaking healthcare bill into law Wednesday, under which almost all residents, including the state's 550,000 uninsured, are required to obtain healthcare coverage. Romney also used his...

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News African Union to probe rape, child abuse charges against Darfur peacekeepers
African Union to probe rape, child abuse charges against Darfur peacekeepers
Stefanie Presley
April 5, 2006 02:52:00 pm

The African Union (AU) says that it will "take all necessary measures to establish the facts" concerning accusations of rape and child abuse brought against members of its peace-monitoring forces in Sudan's Darfur region...

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News Serbia asks ICTY prosecutor for patience on eve of EU report
Serbia asks ICTY prosecutor for patience on eve of EU report
Stefanie Presley
March 29, 2006 02:14:00 pm

Serbian officials Wednesday asked Carla del Ponte , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to bear in mind the country's "complex political situation" as she arrived in Belgrade for talks two...

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News Rights activists murdered, attacked, repressed around the world: report
Rights activists murdered, attacked, repressed around the world: report
Stefanie Presley
March 22, 2006 02:12:00 pm

Human rights activists around the world were subject to murder, assaults, imprisonment and other forms of repression in 2005 according to a joint report issued Wednesday by the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and...

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News UK military judge rules Iraq war legal, orders objector to face court-martial
UK military judge rules Iraq war legal, orders objector to face court-martial
Stefanie Presley
March 22, 2006 01:09:00 pm

British Judge Advocate John Bayliss ruled Wednesday that Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith, the first British officer to face criminal charges after challenging the conflict's legality will face a court-martial on five charges of failing...

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News ICTY convicts former Bosnian Muslim commanders of war crimes
ICTY convicts former Bosnian Muslim commanders of war crimes
Stefanie Presley
March 15, 2006 02:12:00 pm

A panel of judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Wednesday convicted former Bosnian Muslim General Enver Hadzihasanovic and former Brigadier Amir Kubura for their...

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News UK officer tests Iraq war illegality defense in military hearing
UK officer tests Iraq war illegality defense in military hearing
Stefanie Presley
March 15, 2006 12:41:00 pm

A lawyer for Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith, a medical officer in the UK's Royal Air Force , argued in a pre-trial military hearing Wednesday that his client was entitled to say in a court-martial defense against five charges...

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News UN rights commission annual session overshadowed by debate over new council
UN rights commission annual session overshadowed by debate over new council
Stefanie Presley
March 12, 2006 06:59:00 pm

The 53-member UN Commission on Human Rights is set to start its yearly and probably last six-week session in Geneva on Monday, but may not follow its customary agenda due to ongoing controversy over the...

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News Feingold introducing censure resolution against Bush for eavesdropping program
Feingold introducing censure resolution against Bush for eavesdropping program
Stefanie Presley
March 12, 2006 04:02:00 pm

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) said Sunday on ABC's This Week that he plans to introduce a censure resolution in the US Senate Monday condemning President Bush for approving the National Security Agency...

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English legal historian Frederic Maitland born

Frederic Maitland, legal historian and co-author of the History of English Law, was born on May 28, 1850.

Learn more about Frederic Maitland.

Indian Removal Act passed

On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act. The act authorized Johnson to exchange federal lands in the West for Indian lands in the American Southeast. While some tribes gave up their lands peacefully, others resisted. The "Trail of Tears" killed approximately 4,000 Cherokees in a forced march into the West. Learn more about the Indian Removal Act from the US Library of Congress.

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