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News Philippines high court refuses immediate ruling on state of emergency decree
Philippines high court refuses immediate ruling on state of emergency decree
Andrew Wood
February 28, 2006 04:17:00 pm

The Philippines Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred a ruling on petitions brought against the state of emergency declared by President Gloria Arroyo last week. Arroyo, who today said the decree...

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News Senators express frustration with NSA surveillance program at second hearing
Senators express frustration with NSA surveillance program at second hearing
Andrew Wood
February 28, 2006 03:13:00 pm

Members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee holding a second hearing Tuesday on the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program appeared frustrated by the lack of information released by the Bush administration. Senator Patrick...

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News Environmental brief ~ OSHA sets new hexavalent chromium limits
Environmental brief ~ OSHA sets new hexavalent chromium limits
Tom Henry
February 28, 2006 03:02:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a new rule that lowers the acceptable level of hexavalent chromium that can be present in a workplace....

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News Supreme Court hears dispute over Vermont campaign finance caps
Supreme Court hears dispute over Vermont campaign finance caps
Holly Manges Jones
February 28, 2006 02:06:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Randall v. Sorrell to decide whether Vermont's Act 64 campaign law , which places strict caps on campaign contributions and spending,...

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News Terror glorification offense again rejected in UK upper house
Terror glorification offense again rejected in UK upper house
Holly Manges Jones
February 28, 2006 01:36:00 pm

The UK House of Lords Tuesday voted by a margin of 160-156 to remove references to the "glorification" of terrorism from the Terrorism Bill , proposed after the London bombings last...

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News Arab nations call on UN to ban attacks on religion
Arab nations call on UN to ban attacks on religion
Holly Manges Jones
February 28, 2006 12:59:00 pm

The 12th General Conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) ended Tuesday with members of Arab states calling on the United Nations to adopt a resolution which bans offenses against religion, including Islam....

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News Paris trial begins for Islamist suspect in 1995 transit bombings
Paris trial begins for Islamist suspect in 1995 transit bombings
Krystal MacIntyre
February 28, 2006 12:24:00 pm

Algerian Islamist Rachid Ramda has gone on trial in France for his alleged role in several deadly bomb attacks in Paris in 1995. Ramda was arrested in Britain in 1995, but delayed his extradition ten...

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News Rioting resumes at Afghanistan prison as negotiations fail
Rioting resumes at Afghanistan prison as negotiations fail
Chris Buell
February 28, 2006 11:43:00 am

One inmate was killed and three others wounded Tuesday as Afghan police fired on rioters trying to push down a gate at a Kabul prison, ending a day-long truce at the tense facility. Negotiations between the parties...

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News AOL sues Internet con artists under new anti-phishing law
AOL sues Internet con artists under new anti-phishing law
Krystal MacIntyre
February 28, 2006 11:34:00 am

America Online (AOL) has filed three lawsuits in federal court in Virginia against international groups that allegedly stole information from AOL users, violating Virgina's anti-"phishing" law, the first of its kind in the US....

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Judge eyes compromise over classified information in Libby case
Chris Buell
February 28, 2006 11:12:00 am

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton has indicated that he may offer a compromise over requests by I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for access to classified information in his trial on perjury charges...

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Eighteenth Amendment came into effect

On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution came into effect as scheduled one year after ratification, marking the beginning of Prohibition. Learn more about Temperance and Prohibition from Professor K. Austin Kerr of the Ohio State University Department of History.

English Parliament bans Roman Catholicism

On January 16, 1581, the English Parliament banned Roman Catholicism throughout the country during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. From that time on, Catholicism declined in England until the Catholic Emancipation of the late 18th century.

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