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News Federal judge refuses to delay New Orleans elections
Federal judge refuses to delay New Orleans elections
Jeannie Shawl
March 27, 2006 02:10:00 pm

US District Judge Ivan Lemelle on Monday refused to order changes to New Orleans municipal elections scheduled for April 22. Lemelle held a hearing Monday morning to consider arguments from civil rights groups that...

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News Senate Judiciary Committee drops felony provision of House illegal immigration bill
Senate Judiciary Committee drops felony provision of House illegal immigration bill
Krista-Ann Staley
March 27, 2006 02:01:00 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday softened HR 4437 , the controversial immigration reform bill passed by the House in December, by adopting an amendment by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) that...

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News FEC approves campaign finance regulations for online advertisements
FEC approves campaign finance regulations for online advertisements
Krystal MacIntyre
March 27, 2006 01:47:00 pm

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) decided in a 6-0 vote Monday to approve rules that include subject Internet advertising to current campaign finance laws. The rules will regulate only paid advertisements on another person's...

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News Deported Lithuanian found guilty of Nazi war crimes but avoids prison sentence
Deported Lithuanian found guilty of Nazi war crimes but avoids prison sentence
Krystal MacIntyre
March 27, 2006 01:11:00 pm

Algimantas Dailide , a retired real estate broker from the Cleveland and Gulfport FL areas, was convicted Monday in his Lithuanian hometown on charges of helping the Nazis commit genocide against Jews...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui testifies he was to fly 5th 9/11 plane into White House
BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui testifies he was to fly 5th 9/11 plane into White House
Jeannie Shawl
March 27, 2006 12:50:00 pm

AP is reporting that al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has testified that he and "shoe bomber" Richard Reid were meant to hijack a fifth airplane and fly it into the White House as part...

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News Supreme Court agrees to hear habeas appeals case
Supreme Court agrees to hear habeas appeals case
Alexandria Samuel
March 27, 2006 12:10:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal in Lawrence v. Florida , concerning a challenge to rules surrounding the one-year filing deadline for making habeas corpus claims in federal court....

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News UN begins Burundi talks to set up reconciliation commission, war crimes court
UN begins Burundi talks to set up reconciliation commission, war crimes court
Alexandria Samuel
March 27, 2006 11:21:00 am

A UN delegation led by Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel arrived in the south African nation of Burundi Monday to help establish a truth and reconciliation commission and war crimes court. According to Michel,...

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News Microsoft files appeal in South Korea antitrust case
Microsoft files appeal in South Korea antitrust case
Lisl Brunner
March 27, 2006 10:53:00 am

Microsoft on Monday appealed a ruling from the South Korean Fair Trade Commission that the company breached antitrust laws by bundling its Windows operating system with Microsoft programs. In the decision ...

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News Zimbabwe proposes new anti-terror laws in wake of Mugabe assassination plot
Zimbabwe proposes new anti-terror laws in wake of Mugabe assassination plot
Lisl Brunner
March 27, 2006 09:40:00 am

Zimbabwe government on Monday announced new anti-terrorism laws that would allow the government to outlaw any group it declares to be a "foreign or international terrorist organization." The proposed Suppression of Foreign and International Terrorism Bill...

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News Moussaoui testimony expected as defense gets underway in sentencing trial
Moussaoui testimony expected as defense gets underway in sentencing trial
Lisl Brunner
March 27, 2006 09:08:00 am

The sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui on Monday enters what analysts expect to be a critical week, with testimony from Moussaoui and other key witnesses. Prosecutors concluded their case for giving Moussaoui the death...

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Sirhan convicted of assassinating RFK

On April 17, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in the state.

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