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News Italy proposes tougher anti-terror laws in London aftermath
Italy proposes tougher anti-terror laws in London aftermath
Tom Henry
July 12, 2005 04:17:00 pm

Italian Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu presented new anti-terror measures in Italy's parliament Tuesday amid increased fears of attacks in Italy in the wake of Thursday's bombings in London . The measures, including provisions allowing police to...

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News No date set for asbestos bill to reach Senate floor
No date set for asbestos bill to reach Senate floor
Tom Henry
July 12, 2005 03:33:00 pm

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter , co-sponsor with Senator Patrick Leahy of a bill to end asbestos injury lawsuits and pay the claims from a private fund instead, said Tuesday he was still urging...

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News Federal judge denies new trial for Ebbers
Federal judge denies new trial for Ebbers
Tom Henry
July 12, 2005 02:13:00 pm

Judge Barbara Jones , in a ruling made public Tuesday, has denied a petition by former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers for a new trial, opening the way for him to be sentenced as...

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News Bush wants G8 environmental debate broadened beyond Kyoto
Bush wants G8 environmental debate broadened beyond Kyoto
Tom Henry
July 5, 2005 04:23:00 pm

US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley said Tuesday that President Bush has not changed his position on environmental policy but wants to broaden the debate at the G8 summit on matters beyond the Kyoto...

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News Five European countries join to start deportation flights
Five European countries join to start deportation flights
Tom Henry
July 5, 2005 02:46:00 pm

Interior ministers for Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Germany meeting prior to the G8 summit Tuesday announced a plan to put together joint flights to deport illegal immigrants from the European Union. The plan calls for planes...

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News Prosecutor demands testimony of TIME reporter Cooper
Prosecutor demands testimony of TIME reporter Cooper
Tom Henry
July 5, 2005 01:36:00 pm

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald on Tuesday demanded the grand jury testimony of TIME magazine reporter Matthew Cooper, even though TIME has turned over e-mails and other documents to the probe into who...

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News Sasser computer worm creator confesses in German trial
Sasser computer worm creator confesses in German trial
Tom Henry
July 5, 2005 01:03:00 pm

A German court said Tuesday that Sasser computer worm author Sven Jaschan has admitted to data manipulation, computer sabotage and interfering with public corporations in one of the largest worm attacks conducted on the Internet. The destructive...

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News UPDATE ~ French court sentences Mauritanian to 10 years for crimes abroad
UPDATE ~ French court sentences Mauritanian to 10 years for crimes abroad
Tom Henry
July 1, 2005 02:31:00 pm

A French court has sentenced Mauritanian Ely Ould Dah to 10 years in prison for torturing military officers abroad. Dah, a high ranking military officer in Mauritania, was sentenced in absentia Friday for torturing military officers in his home...

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News Berlusconi demands US ‘respect’ Italian sovereignty after CIA abduction scandal
Berlusconi demands US ‘respect’ Italian sovereignty after CIA abduction scandal
Tom Henry
July 1, 2005 01:37:00 pm

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi took the remarkable step Friday of demanding in an official statement delivered to summoned US ambassador Mel Sembler that the US government exhibit "full respect" for Italian sovereignty in the...

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Microsoft to pay IBM $775M in antitrust settlement
Tom Henry
July 1, 2005 12:50:00 pm

Software giant Microsoft has agreed to pay IBM $775 million to resolve claims stemming from the antitrust lawsuit brought by the US government in the late 1990s. As part of the agreement...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Pennsylvania police killed 19 miners during strike

The Luzerne County Sheriff and deputies opened fire on a group of 400 striking miners in the town of Lattimer, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1897. Around 19 strikers were killed, and 39 were injured as a result. Luzerne County Sheriff James Martin and his deputies were later acquitted by a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania jury after claiming that the strikers advanced upon the police. Learn more about the Lattimer Massacre from the Zinn Education Project and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book.

Sewing machine patented

On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines. Learn more about Elias Howe from the University of Rochester.

Last French execution by guillotine

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine in France. The French death penalty was formally abolished by President Francois Mitterand in 1981. Learn more about the history of the guillotine.

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