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News Supreme Court upholds imposition of registration fees on trucks by states
Supreme Court upholds imposition of registration fees on trucks by states
Tom Henry
June 20, 2005 11:59:00 am

In two related cases, the US Supreme Court ruled Monday that states are permitted to impose registration fees on trucks and other commercial vehicles that travel at least part of the time on a state's roadways. Read the Court's...

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News Saddam prison guards say he was friendly, "clean freak"
Saddam prison guards say he was friendly, "clean freak"
Tom Henry
June 20, 2005 11:28:00 am

In an article published Monday in GQ magazine, young US soldiers given the job of guarding former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein say they found him to be friendly, talkative, and a "clean freak." Three soldiers from the Pennsylvania...

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News Supreme Court orders new trial in death penalty case
Supreme Court orders new trial in death penalty case
Tom Henry
June 20, 2005 10:18:00 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision that public defenders had wrongfully failed to review records showing evidence of mental retardation and a troubled childhood in the case of Pennsylvania death row inmate Ronald Rompilla. In...

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News Change in judge possible in EU Microsoft antitrust case
Change in judge possible in EU Microsoft antitrust case
Tom Henry
June 20, 2005 09:34:00 am

Court of First Instance President Bo Vesterdorf is planning to move the Microsoft EU antitrust case from the current panel headed by Judge Hubert Legal to a panel headed by himself. The proposed change comes...

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News Charges dropped against two Dutch aid workers in Sudan
Charges dropped against two Dutch aid workers in Sudan
Tom Henry
June 20, 2005 09:08:00 am

Medecins San Frontieres said Monday that the Sudanese government has dropped charges against two aid workers accused of publishing false information in a report detailing widespread rape in the volatile Darfur region....

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News Rare death penalty case to begin in Vermont
Rare death penalty case to begin in Vermont
Tom Henry
June 20, 2005 08:35:00 am

A federal court in Burlington, Vermont is expected to hear opening statements Monday in the first death-penalty case in the state since 1957. Vermont does not have a death penalty but Donald Fell was charged under a federal capital...

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News Bush said to be weighing three possible candidates for new Supreme Court CJ
Bush said to be weighing three possible candidates for new Supreme Court CJ
Tom Henry
June 20, 2005 07:57:00 am

With many predicting a retirement announcement from current Chief Justice William Rehnquist when the US Supreme Court's current term ends June 27, advisors to President Bush are said to be concentrating on three possible replacements: Judge John...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ US House passes UN Reform Act
BREAKING NEWS ~ US House passes UN Reform Act
Tom Henry
June 17, 2005 02:59:00 pm

By a vote of 221-184 the US House of Representatives has passed the United Nations Reform Act of 2005 calling for broad reforms at the UN and allowing the US to withold up to 50 percent of...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Former Tyco executives found guilty of grand larceny
BREAKING NEWS ~ Former Tyco executives found guilty of grand larceny
Tom Henry
June 17, 2005 02:51:00 pm

Former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski and former CFO Mark Schwartz were convicted Friday of grand larceny in connection with huge bonuses and other compensation amounting to over $150M they improperly received while in charge of the...

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News Ethiopia releases 336 prisoners seized during elections unrest
Ethiopia releases 336 prisoners seized during elections unrest
Tom Henry
June 17, 2005 02:37:00 pm

Ethiopian officials announced Friday that 336 detainees seized in the wake of post-election protests have been freed. A government spokesman said that any additional prisoners found not to have been involved in the protests would be released....

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Treaty with Russia ceded Alaska to the United States

On March 30, 1867, the US and Russia signed a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States for a payment of $7,200,000 in gold.

Review the terms of a Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America, the terms of which were included in the Treaty's Proclamation by President Andrew Johnson on June 20, 1867.

Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War

On March 30, 1856, representatives of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Paris of 1856, ending the Crimean War. The treaty confirmed Russia's loss of power and territory a result of the war. The Black Sea region and some Russian islands were demilitarized, and Russia lost its influence over Romanian principalities and Christians in the Ottoman Empire under the terms of the treaty.

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