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News FBI acknowledges files on US rights groups
FBI acknowledges files on US rights groups
Tom Henry
July 18, 2005 08:03:00 am

In the wake of a lawsuit from groups including the ACLU and Greenpeace , the US Department of Justice has admitted that the FBI has thousands of pages of records on file...

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News TV networks savaged for covering trivial legal stories instead of Sudan genocide
TV networks savaged for covering trivial legal stories instead of Sudan genocide
Tom Henry
July 15, 2005 03:41:00 pm

A new report by the American Progress Fund has savaged US television news networks for covering trivial legal stories such as the "runaway bride" [CNN.com report; interview on coverage with CNN president Jonathan Klein; Columbia Journalism Review...

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News UK minister outlines tough new anti-terror laws
UK minister outlines tough new anti-terror laws
Tom Henry
July 15, 2005 03:17:00 pm

UK Home Office minister Hazel Blears announced in a letter to opposition leaders released late Friday that the British government plans to create new criminal offenses covering incitement and the teaching or receiving of terrorist training in...

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News Court upholds order forcing FEC to change campaign finance rules
Court upholds order forcing FEC to change campaign finance rules
Tom Henry
July 15, 2005 02:53:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Friday upheld US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's ruling that regulations imposed by the Federal Election Commission undercut the McCain-Feingold campaign...

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News Jordan rejects extradition agreement with US
Jordan rejects extradition agreement with US
Tom Henry
July 15, 2005 02:25:00 pm

A strong majority in Jordan’s House of Deputies , the country's lower house of parliament , voted Thursday to reject an extradition agreement between Jordan and the US. The vote followed several lawmakers' speeches blasting the United States...

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News Former Qwest CFO pleads guilty to insider trading
Former Qwest CFO pleads guilty to insider trading
Tom Henry
July 15, 2005 01:56:00 pm

Former Qwest Communications CFO Robin Szeliga pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of insider trading. Szeliga, initially charged last month , will likely face a term of 15 to 21 months in prison...

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News Romney says innocent protected under proposed Massachusetts death penalty
Romney says innocent protected under proposed Massachusetts death penalty
Tom Henry
July 15, 2005 01:37:00 pm

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has told the joint House and Senate Judiciary Committee that his proposal to reinstate the death penalty would ensure that no innocent people were executed by including multiple levels...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Enron agrees to pay $1.5 billion over energy price gouging
BREAKING NEWS ~ Enron agrees to pay $1.5 billion over energy price gouging
Tom Henry
July 15, 2005 01:22:00 pm

Bankrupt energy company Enron Corporation has agreed to pay over $1.5 billion to settle claims that it gouged California, Oregon and Washington and companies such as Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison Co., and...

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News Memo questions use of base closure law to dissolve Air National Guard units
Memo questions use of base closure law to dissolve Air National Guard units
Tom Henry
July 15, 2005 12:51:00 pm

A memo dated Thurday obtained by Associated Press and prepared by the general counsel's office of the independent commission reviewing the base closings could disrupt US Department of Defense efforts to consolidate or dissolve up to 30...

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News Australia considers ID cards in wake of London attacks
Australia considers ID cards in wake of London attacks
Tom Henry
July 15, 2005 12:21:00 pm

Australian Prime Minister John Howard told a news conference Friday in the wake of the London bombings that Australia should reconsider introducing a national identity card, an idea the country debated but shelved back in 1987....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots. The riots, the worst in US history to that point, killed as many as 100 people and had to be quelled by troops, some of whom had recently fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn more about the Draft Riots.

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