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News Gang-rape victim Mai appeals to Pakistan Supreme Court
Gang-rape victim Mai appeals to Pakistan Supreme Court
Tom Henry
June 27, 2005 08:08:00 am

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday began hearing an appeal by Mukhtar Mai against the acqittal of five men who allegedly brutalized her in a gang-rape that attracted national and international attention and condemnation. Mai was...

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News Anti-war tribunal: US caused more deaths in Iraq than Saddam
Anti-war tribunal: US caused more deaths in Iraq than Saddam
Tom Henry
June 24, 2005 03:23:00 pm

The World Tribunal on Iraq on Friday accused the US of committing war crimes during the invasion of Iraq and claimed the United States has caused more deaths in Iraq than former dictator Saddam Hussein. The tribunal,...

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News UN to ask France to bring case against employee accused in Rwandan genocide
UN to ask France to bring case against employee accused in Rwandan genocide
Tom Henry
June 24, 2005 03:01:00 pm

Chief of Staff to UN-Secretary General Kofi Annan Mark Malloch Brown told AP Friday that the UN will ask France to pursue a former UN employee accused in the murders of 32 Rwandans during the genocide of...

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News Bush sticking to Iraq constitution timetable
Bush sticking to Iraq constitution timetable
Tom Henry
June 24, 2005 02:32:00 pm

In a White House press conference Friday with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari , President Bush reiterated his goal of sticking to the scheduled timetable for a permannet Iraqi constitution which contemplates completion of a a...

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News Italian judge orders arrest of 13 CIA agents over imam deportation
Italian judge orders arrest of 13 CIA agents over imam deportation
Tom Henry
June 24, 2005 10:34:00 am

An Italian official speaking anonymously said Friday that a judge in Milan has ordered the arrest of 13 CIA agents for their alleged role in aiding the deportation of an imam to Egypt . Italian newspapers claim...

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News UN source says US admits torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo
UN source says US admits torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo
Tom Henry
June 24, 2005 10:04:00 am

A member of the UN Committee against Torture , speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP Friday that the US has acknowledged to the United Nations for the first time that instances of prisoner torture have occured in...

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News Vioxx lawsuits could start in fall
Vioxx lawsuits could start in fall
Tom Henry
June 24, 2005 09:24:00 am

Lawyers involved in the huge litigation against Merck over its drug Vioxx said Thursday that federal lawsuits against the drug company could begin in late autumn 2005. The first state...

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News At least seven more Bosnian Serbs arrested over Srebrenica killings
At least seven more Bosnian Serbs arrested over Srebrenica killings
Tom Henry
June 24, 2005 08:51:00 am

A senior Bosnian Serb police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Friday that seven Bosnian Serbs have been arrested in the past two days for involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The attorney...

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News Florida A&M law profs threaten to stop teaching over back pay
Florida A&M law profs threaten to stop teaching over back pay
Tom Henry
June 24, 2005 08:29:00 am

Interim Dean of Florida A&M University Law School James Douglas said Thursday that about 10 professors at the law school who have not been paid for the first summer session have threatened to stop teaching if they...

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Wisconsin Assembly approves broad human cloning ban
Tom Henry
June 24, 2005 08:04:00 am

The Wisconsin Assembly voted Thursday to approve one of the country's broadest bans on human cloning in the state where embyonic stem cell research was pioneered and...

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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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