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News Bush to consult with Democrats if Supreme Court opening occurs
Bush to consult with Democrats if Supreme Court opening occurs
Tom Henry
June 23, 2005 04:21:00 pm

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Thurday that President Bush was willing to consult to a degree with Senate Democrats if a vacancy in the Supreme Court should occur. With widespread speculation of at least...

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News Jerusalem to ban gay pride parade as offensive
Jerusalem to ban gay pride parade as offensive
Tom Henry
June 23, 2005 03:41:00 pm

City officials in Jerusalem said Thursday that they will ban the annual gay pride parade planned for the city next week to prevent offending Jerusalem's conservative religious communities. Parade organizers sought an intervention from the Israeli Supreme Court [official...

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News Dutch authorities arrest three suspected terrorists
Dutch authorities arrest three suspected terrorists
Tom Henry
June 23, 2005 02:49:00 pm

The national prosecutor's office in the Netherlands announced Thursday that three people have been arrested as suspected members of a terrorist organization. The two women and one man, all in their early 20s, are alleged members of Hofstadgroep, the...

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News Kyrgyzstan plans more deportations for Uzbek ‘criminals’
Kyrgyzstan plans more deportations for Uzbek ‘criminals’
Tom Henry
June 23, 2005 02:18:00 pm

The Kyrgyz prosecutor general's office said Thursday that Kyrgyzstan plans to deport a group of 29 Uzbek asylum seekers despite UN denunciation of four earlier deportations over the possibility that the returned individuals may...

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News Sunnis endorse 15 for Iraq constitutional committee
Sunnis endorse 15 for Iraq constitutional committee
Tom Henry
June 23, 2005 01:33:00 pm

A group of 50 Sunni Muslim religious, political, and tribal leaders Thursday endorsed a list of 15 men to sit on a special committee to help draft Iraq's new constitution . The announcement ends any debate over...

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News UPDATE ~ House approves flag burning amendment
UPDATE ~ House approves flag burning amendment
Tom Henry
June 22, 2005 03:29:00 pm

The US House of Representatives Wedneday afternoon approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it a crime to desecrate the American flag by a vote of 286-130 , eight more votes then necessary for the two-thirds...

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News Italian court convicts  former SS for wartime massacre in Tuscany
Italian court convicts former SS for wartime massacre in Tuscany
Tom Henry
June 22, 2005 03:07:00 pm

A panel of Italian judges on Wednesday convicted 10 former Nazi SS soldiers in absentia for their roles in the 1944 massacre of over 500 Tuscan villagers . The 10 men all received life sentences after the three-judge...

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News German court accepts soldier’s anti-Iraq war defense to not following orders
German court accepts soldier’s anti-Iraq war defense to not following orders
Tom Henry
June 22, 2005 03:05:00 pm

Germany's Federal Administrative Court ruled Wednesday that a German army officer who refused to follow orders because he thought they would aid the US-led war in Iraq could not be forced to comply...

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White House interviewing Supreme Court candidates
Tom Henry
June 22, 2005 01:46:00 pm

With the likely retirement of US Chief Justice William Rehnquist in the coming weeks, senior White House officials are cutting down their list of candidates and interviewing the final contending federal appeals court judges to replace him. The...

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Western diplomats visit Ethiopian jails holding election protestors
Tom Henry
June 22, 2005 01:09:00 pm

Diplomats from various Western nations have been permitted to examine conditions at Ethiopia's largest jail for the hundreds of protestors arrested after the disputed May 15 election erupted into demonstrations and violence . Officials from Ireland,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First impeachment trial began in US Senate

On December 17, 1798, the US Senate began its first impeachment trial. Senator William Blount of Tennessee, a land speculator, was accused of plotting with England to wrest control of Florida from Spain. The Senate ultimately dismissed the charges for lack of jurisdiction—and, perhaps incidentally, lack of Blount, who had gone to Tennessee and had refused to return to the Senate for trial. Read more on the trial of William Blount.

Simon Bolivar dies

On December 17, 1830, South American revolutionary Simon Bolivar died in Colombia. During his lifetime, Bolivar led successful revolutions against Spanish colonial rule throughout South America. His efforts led to the independence of the modern-day nations of Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador and Bolivia, a nation named in his honor.

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