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News First suspect in failed July 21 London bombings charged
First suspect in failed July 21 London bombings charged
Tom Henry
August 3, 2005 02:03:00 pm

London police Wednesday charged 23-year-old Ismael Abdurahman with withholding information about the failed July 21 bombing attacks on London's bus and subway systems. The charge alleges that Abdurahman "had information he knew or believed may be of...

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News SPLM asks for probe into Garang death as Sudan violence continues
SPLM asks for probe into Garang death as Sudan violence continues
Tom Henry
August 3, 2005 01:01:00 pm

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), the political movement of former rebel leader turned vice president John Garang , called Wednesday for an international investigation into the helicopter crash that caused his death and ignited deadly...

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News Canadian Justice Minister faces pressure in US marijuana extradition case
Canadian Justice Minister faces pressure in US marijuana extradition case
Tom Henry
August 3, 2005 11:31:00 am

Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler is under pressure to deny a US request to extradite Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery in a case that is likely to spark debate over the countries' diverging drug...

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News Time Warner agrees to $3 billion shareholder settlement
Time Warner agrees to $3 billion shareholder settlement
Tom Henry
August 3, 2005 10:25:00 am

Media giant Time Warner Inc. announced Wednesday it is setting aside $3 billion in reserves to settle a lawsuit filed by shareholders who claimed they lost money when the company's shares declined following a merger with AOL...

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News German Interior Minister urges tougher anti-terror laws
German Interior Minister urges tougher anti-terror laws
Tom Henry
August 3, 2005 09:53:00 am

German Federal Minister of the Interior Otto Schily has said in an interview with a German newspaper that the people of Germany must consider introducing new laws allowing potentially dangerous people to...

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News Judge rejects changes to Northwest logging rules
Judge rejects changes to Northwest logging rules
Tom Henry
August 3, 2005 08:50:00 am

The USDA Forest Service said Tuesday it hopes to salvage a Bush administration initiative to ease logging restrictions in the Northwest by correcting problems cited by federal judge Marsha Pechman. On Monday, Pechman struck down an administration...

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News Supreme Court nominee Roberts pledges to respect precedent
Supreme Court nominee Roberts pledges to respect precedent
Tom Henry
August 3, 2005 08:03:00 am

US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts promised Tuesday to adhere to established rulings if given the opportunity to serve on the highest court. In his 84-page response to a Senate Judiciary Committee ...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ CIBC settles with Enron investors for record $2.4 billion
BREAKING NEWS ~ CIBC settles with Enron investors for record $2.4 billion
Tom Henry
August 2, 2005 04:25:00 pm

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on Tuesday agreed to a $2.4 billion settlement over a class-action lawsuit with investors in collapsed energy giant Enron Corp. The settlement is the largest yet, beating the $2.2 billion settlement with...

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News Sri Lanka president seeks court ruling on election date
Sri Lanka president seeks court ruling on election date
Tom Henry
August 2, 2005 03:32:00 pm

Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga asked Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Tuesday to decide when the next presidential election should be, in an effort to counter increasingly strong opposition calls for a vote this year....

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News Motorcycle gunman kills prominent Iranian judge who tried Ganji case
Motorcycle gunman kills prominent Iranian judge who tried Ganji case
Tom Henry
August 2, 2005 03:08:00 pm

Hassan Moghaddas, an Iranian judge who tried a highly-publicized case involving dissident journalist Akbar Ganji , was killed in Tehran on Tuesday by a gunman on a motorcycle. Moghaddas was shot and killed in his car...

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French June Rebellion ends

A republican uprising known as the June Rebellion was put down by French authorities in Paris on June 6, 1832. The rebels sought the abdication of French King Louis Philippe I, who assumed the throne two years prior following the overthrow of King Charles X. Louis Philippe would go on to rule until 1848 when he was overthrown in the wave of revolutions that took hold across Europe that year. Author Victor Hugo would later dramatize the June Rebellion in his novel Les Miserables Read excerpts of contemporary coverage about the June Rebellion from the Guardian.

Count Camillo di Cavour, the first Prime Minister of Italy, dies

On June 6, 1861, Count Camillo Benso di Cavour died He was the first Prime Minister of a united Italy and the political leader of his nation's unification movement. After Italian unification, Cavour was responsible for the creation of the Italian constitutional monarchy and its founding political documents.

US Securities and Exchange Commission established

On June 6, 1934, the US Securities and Exchange Commission was established to protect the interests of investors. Its first Commissioner was Joseph P. Kennedy.

Learn more about the creation of the SEC.

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