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News Corruption trial of fired South Africa Deputy President postponed until October
Corruption trial of fired South Africa Deputy President postponed until October
Tom Henry
June 29, 2005 10:34:00 am

Former Deputy President of South Africa Jacob Zuma was released on $150 bail Wednesday after prosecution lawyers asked for more time to prepare a corruption case against him and trial was postponed until October 2005. Bail was...

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News Kuwait clears former Guantanamo prisoner
Kuwait clears former Guantanamo prisoner
Tom Henry
June 29, 2005 09:45:00 am

A Kuwait court Wednesday cleared Nasser al-Mutairi of committing an act of aggression against a foreign nation. Mutairi, the first Kuwait to be freed from Guantanamo Bay in January, had been charged with endangering Kuwait's foreign relations...

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News Late Canadian PM’s son derides detentions without charge in court hearing
Late Canadian PM’s son derides detentions without charge in court hearing
Tom Henry
June 29, 2005 09:14:00 am

The son of late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau , the architect of Canada's civil rights charter, denounced the Canadian government's controversial use of security certificates to indefinitely detain uncharged terror suspects in a court hearing...

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News British lawmakers narrowly back national ID card plan
British lawmakers narrowly back national ID card plan
Tom Henry
June 29, 2005 08:23:00 am

The government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair won a key vote in Parliament late Tuesday on the proposed national ID card plan , but its 66-seat majority was cut in...

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News Israeli soldier gets stiff jail sentence for refusing to help Gaza clear-out
Israeli soldier gets stiff jail sentence for refusing to help Gaza clear-out
Tom Henry
June 29, 2005 08:01:00 am

US-born Israeli soldier Avi Bieber was sentenced to 56 days in jail Tuesday for refusing to participate in the evacuation of settlers from Gaza . Military officials said the stiff sentence is meant to send a message...

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News UN torture investigator: US may be detaining terror suspects on warships
UN torture investigator: US may be detaining terror suspects on warships
Tom Henry
June 28, 2005 04:15:00 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak said Tuesday that the UN has learned of serious allegations that the US is secretly detaining prisoners aboard military vessels, perhaps in the Indian Ocean in the vicinity of the...

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News Canadian cabinet minister quits over same-sex marriage bill
Canadian cabinet minister quits over same-sex marriage bill
Tom Henry
June 28, 2005 03:49:00 pm

Canadian Minister of State Joe Comuzzi resigned from the government Liberal cabinet Tuesday hours before a scheduled parliamentary vote on a controversial same-sex marriage bill . Comuzzi, Minister of State for Northern Ontario, informed Prime Minister...

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News US requests $14 billion in penalties in tobacco trial
US requests $14 billion in penalties in tobacco trial
Tom Henry
June 28, 2005 03:21:00 pm

The US Department of Justice has formally asked a federal judge to impose $14 billion in penalties on cigarette companies in a massive racketeering trial. The request made late Monday elaborates on smoking cessation proposals made earlier...

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News Egyptian presidential contender denies forgery charges
Egyptian presidential contender denies forgery charges
Tom Henry
June 28, 2005 02:50:00 pm

Egyptian opposition presidential candidate Ayman Nour pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of forgery as hundreds outside the courthouse protested his trial as a attempt to eliminate any rivals to current President Hosni Mubarak . The...

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News Canadian high court says Rwandan accused of war crimes must be deported
Canadian high court says Rwandan accused of war crimes must be deported
Tom Henry
June 28, 2005 02:18:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada Tuesday ruled unanimously that Rwandan Leon Mugesera , accused of inciting genocide, must be deported from Canada. In 1992 Mugesera gave a speech in Rwanda encouraging Hutus to kill Tutsis,...

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Congress passed Posse Comitatus Act against military enforcement of domestic laws

On June 18, 1878, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act. This law made it a felony to willfully use "any part of the Army ... to execute the laws" except where expressly authorized by the Constitution or by an act of Congress. Learn more about the origins of the Posse Comitatus.

U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign SALT II arms limitation treaty

On June 18, 1979, the United States and Soviet Union signed the SALT II nuclear arms limitation treaty. The treaty was part of a series of nuclear arms reduction treaties signed between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. SALT II was preceded by SALT I and followed by the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and START II.  

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