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News Iraq urges high turnout in constitution referendum, condemns calls for boycott
Iraq urges high turnout in constitution referendum, condemns calls for boycott
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October 9, 2005 01:53:00 pm

The Iraqi government Sunday urged Iraqis to vote in the upcoming October 15 constitutional referendum and condemned insurgent groups for trying to reduce voter turnout. Iraqi government spokesman Laith Kuba said...

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UN criticizes Australian illegal immigrant detention policy
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October 9, 2005 12:33:00 pm

The UN Refugee Agency has criticized Australia for its strict policy of detaining illegal immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in comments before an Australian parliamentary inquiry. David Wright, a representative of the UN High...

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News Indonesia cannot ban militant group Jemaah Islamiah, VP says
Indonesia cannot ban militant group Jemaah Islamiah, VP says
Wanda Kudrycka
October 9, 2005 11:38:00 am

The Indonesian government cannot ban Islamic militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) because the government never formally acknowledged the group's existence, Vice President Yusuf Kalla said Sunday. Australia has called on Indonesia to outlaw the group ,...

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News Federal court rules Vatican has immunity in clergy abuse suit
Federal court rules Vatican has immunity in clergy abuse suit
Wanda Kudrycka
October 9, 2005 10:59:00 am

The US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky has ruled that the Holy See is a foreign state subject to immunity protections of the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act , placing limitations on...

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News Indonesia to reconsider granting automatic sentence cuts
Indonesia to reconsider granting automatic sentence cuts
Wanda Kudrycka
October 7, 2005 11:50:00 am

The Indonesian government is reviewing a decree granting automatic sentence remissions to prisoners, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said Friday. The announcement follows protests from Australia over news that cleric Abu Bakir Bashir , convicted for his role in...

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Red Cross confirms Gitmo hunger strike
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October 7, 2005 09:16:00 am

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that detainees are on hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba. The humanitarian agency, which made a 10-day visit to the US...

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Australian Gitmo detainee threatens legal action over UK citizenship application
Wanda Kudrycka
October 7, 2005 08:04:00 am

British lawyers representing Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks have threatened legal action to compel the UK Home Office to grant him citizenship. Hicks applied for British citizenship on the grounds that...

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Bali bombing victims call for immediate execution of 2002 bombers
Wanda Kudrycka
October 5, 2005 02:26:00 pm

Victims of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings are calling for the Indonesian government to immediately execute those in prison for carrying out the attacks. After new coordinated bombings in two tourist areas last...

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Chirac says Turkey must make major changes for EU membership
Wanda Kudrycka
October 5, 2005 09:54:00 am

French President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday at a Paris news conference that Turkey would need to make deep reforms in order to conform to fundamental European cultural standards - what...

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19,000 Serbs participated in Srebrenica massacre, government report finds
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October 5, 2005 07:23:00 am

A Bosnian government panel said Tuesday that over 19,000 Bosnian Serbs, including policemen, army officials and civilians, participated in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The report is based on information gained from the Serb Republic's...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln offered amnesty to Confederates

On December 8, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to all citizens of the Confederacy who swore an oath to uphold the US Constitution. Because of confusion over who was to administer the oath, Lincoln issued another proclamation on March 26, 1864, empowering "any commissioned officer, civil, military, or naval in the service of the United States", as well as those persons in the territories which were "not in insurrection who were by the laws therefore qualified for administering oaths." Both Proclamations specified that military prisoners and others held for crimes against the United States were ineligible for amnesty, although Confederate deserters could volunteer to take the oath.

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