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News International brief ~ UN approves of AU Darfur extension
International brief ~ UN approves of AU Darfur extension
D. Wes Rist
March 14, 2006 09:21:00 am

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the UN Security Council has expressed its approval of the African Union decision to extend the AU peacekeeping force mandate for Darfur by six...

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News Zimbabwe police deny torture allegations by Mugabe coup plotters
Zimbabwe police deny torture allegations by Mugabe coup plotters
Holly Manges Jones
March 14, 2006 08:00:00 am

Zimbabwe police Monday denied torture allegations by suspects arrested and charged with plotting to overthrow the government and assassinate Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe . Senior Assistant Commissioner Ronald Muderedzwa said only 11 people have been arrested...

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News Trials begin for white supremacist prison gang members
Trials begin for white supremacist prison gang members
Holly Manges Jones
March 14, 2006 07:27:00 am

Four members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang go on trial Tuesday in California as the government attempts to bring an end to the white supremacist group. Altogether, twenty members of the gang face eventual trial in...

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News NAACP urges Justice Department to block New Orleans elections under Voting Rights Act
NAACP urges Justice Department to block New Orleans elections under Voting Rights Act
Tatyana Margolin
March 14, 2006 06:56:00 am

The president of the NAACP called on the US Justice Department Monday to block New Orleans mayoral elections currently scheduled for April 22, saying they would be "illegal" because the state of Louisiana "cannot guarantee...

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News Milosevic trial formally closed
Milosevic trial formally closed
Holly Manges Jones
March 14, 2006 06:49:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia formally closed its war crimes case against former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic Tuesday, three days after he was found dead in his cell over...

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News Feingold resolution to censure Bush shuttled off to committee
Feingold resolution to censure Bush shuttled off to committee
Tatyana Margolin
March 14, 2006 06:33:00 am

A resolution introduced Monday in the US Senate by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) to censure President Bush over domestic spying received only lukewarm approval from Feingold's fellow Democrats, preventing a floor vote...

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News Belarus jails 15 opposition activists days before presidential election
Belarus jails 15 opposition activists days before presidential election
Tatyana Margolin
March 14, 2006 05:55:00 am

Belarus authorities in Minsk Monday sentenced fifteen opposition activists to short jail terms as part of the government's latest effort to suppress opposition before Sunday's presidential elections. According to human rights monitors, the activists were not...

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News UK ID card legislation goes back to Lords after latest Commons endorsement
UK ID card legislation goes back to Lords after latest Commons endorsement
Tatyana Margolin
March 14, 2006 05:19:00 am

The controversial UK Identity Cards Bill will go back to the House of Lords on Wednesday after Prime Minister Tony Blair's governing Labour Party won a critical...

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News Memo against dismissal of Moussaoui death notice [US DC]
Memo against dismissal of Moussaoui death notice [US DC]
March 13, 2006 10:50:00 pm

Government's Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss the Death Notice and/or Exclusion of Witness, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, March 13, 2006 [memorandum opposing Moussaoui's motion to dismiss the death notice based on...

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News Moussaoui defense memo in support of death notice dismissal [US DC]
Moussaoui defense memo in support of death notice dismissal [US DC]
March 13, 2006 10:30:00 pm

Defendant's Memorandum in Support of his Motion to Dismiss the Death Notice and for Other Relief, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, March 13, 2006 [memorandum in support of Moussaoui's motion to dismiss the death notice...

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IOC expels 6 members for taking bribes

On March 17, 1999, the International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members for taking bribes. The preceding investigation revealed that the indicted officials had received over $800,000 in gifts and benefits from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) before awarding the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City.

Roger Taney born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, author of the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, was born in Calvert County, Maryland, on March 17, 1777.

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