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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Exit poll says Dutch reject EU constitution by large margin
BREAKING NEWS ~ Exit poll says Dutch reject EU constitution by large margin
Tom Henry
June 1, 2005 03:21:00 pm

An exit poll announced on Dutch state television indicates that Dutch voters have overwhelmingly rejected the EU constitution 63 to 37 percent. AP has more.4:05 PM ET - BBC News has posted a Q &...

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News UK court OKs extradition of terror suspect to Spain
UK court OKs extradition of terror suspect to Spain
Tom Henry
June 1, 2005 02:35:00 pm

A London judge on Wednesday approved the extradition of accused Moroccan terrorist Farid Hilali to Spain, deciding that he would not face religious or racial prejudice if sent there for trial. He stipulated, however, that Hilali could not be...

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News FBI begins Emmett Till exhumation
FBI begins Emmett Till exhumation
Tom Henry
June 1, 2005 01:34:00 pm

In hopes of finding clues about his 1955 murder , FBI personnel Wednesday began unearthing a concrete vault containing the remains of Emmett Till . FBI spokesman Frank Bochte said that the reason for exhumation...

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News Microsoft meets EU deadline for antitrust proposals
Microsoft meets EU deadline for antitrust proposals
Tom Henry
June 1, 2005 12:59:00 pm

The European Union began assessing proposals Wednesday from Microsoft Corp. meant to comply with a massive March 2004 antitrust ruling . The proposal came in just before the midnight deadline Tuesday and the EU competition commission...

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News Guantanamo prisoners say they were sold into captivity
Guantanamo prisoners say they were sold into captivity
Tom Henry
May 31, 2005 08:50:00 pm

Detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay claim they were sold into captivity, according to new US government documents released to AP under the Freedom of Information Act . The CIA and the US Defense, State and Justice...

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News Security Council denounces abuse by UN peacekeepers
Security Council denounces abuse by UN peacekeepers
Tom Henry
May 31, 2005 08:21:00 pm

The UN Security Council Tuesday for the first time condemned acts of sexual abuse and exploitation committed by UN peacekeepers and urged countries contributing troops to work to prevent such behavior from occurring in...

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News Iraq permits UN watchdog to continue oil monitoring
Iraq permits UN watchdog to continue oil monitoring
Tom Henry
May 31, 2005 08:00:00 pm

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari told the UN Security Council Tuesday that Iraq will allow the International Advisory and Monitoring Board to keep monitoring its oil production and spending related to oil revenues. Zebari said...

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News Massachusetts lawmakers override Romney veto of stem cell bill
Massachusetts lawmakers override Romney veto of stem cell bill
Tom Henry
May 31, 2005 07:36:00 pm

The Massachusetts legislature Tuesday overrode a Friday veto by Gov. Mitt Romney on a bill allowing scientists seeking to do stem cell research in Massachusetts to bypass approval from the local district attorney. The...

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News Canadian ad man pleads guilty to fraud charges in sponsorship scandal
Canadian ad man pleads guilty to fraud charges in sponsorship scandal
Tom Henry
May 31, 2005 07:08:00 pm

Former Montreal advertising executive Paul Coffin pleaded guilty Tuesday to 15 counts of fraud in a corruption scandal that has nearly brought down the government of Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin ....

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News Scrushy jury to work longer in effort to break deadlock
Scrushy jury to work longer in effort to break deadlock
Tom Henry
May 31, 2005 03:30:00 pm

Members of an Alabama jury apparently split over whether to convict former HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard M. Scrushy have agreed to add an hour of work to their daily deliberations, according to a...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Germany surrenders unconditionally, ending WWII in Europe

On May 7, 1945, General Gustav Jodl, on behalf of Germany, signed an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe. The surrender was formally accepted by the Allied Powers the next day, May 8, which came to be known as Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

Read World War II legal documents, treaties, and declarations from the Avalon Project at the Yale University School of Law.

27th Amendment to US Constitution ratified

On May 7, 1992, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, barring Congress from granting its members pay raises in the middle of terms. The Amendment had initially been proposed in 1789 by James Madison, but only became law after a grass-roots campaign in the 1980s against "excessive" Congressional privileges. Learn more about the Twenty-seventh Amendment.

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