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News EU ministers approve data retention directive in controversial anti-terror move
EU ministers approve data retention directive in controversial anti-terror move
Stefanie Presley
February 22, 2006 01:38:00 pm

EU justice and interior ministers meeting in Brussels Tuesday approved a controversial data retention directive passed by the European Parliament in December designed to track down terrorists, paedophiles, and criminal gangs and...

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News Soldier faces trial on Afghan prisoner abuse charges
Soldier faces trial on Afghan prisoner abuse charges
Stefanie Presley
February 22, 2006 01:17:00 pm

Trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday in El Paso, TX for Sgt. Alan J. Driver, a reservist accused of abusing prisoners at Bagram Control Point in Afghanistan . He is the...

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News Bush administration says press may be prosecuted for publishing classified documents
Bush administration says press may be prosecuted for publishing classified documents
Krystal MacIntyre
February 22, 2006 01:15:00 pm

The Bush administration has indicated that journalists can be prosecuted for receiving or publishing classified information under the United States Espionage Act . US Department of Justice lawyers made the assertion in a January...

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News US Army general confirms force-feeding Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike
US Army general confirms force-feeding Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike
Greg Sampson
February 22, 2006 12:57:00 pm

US Army Gen. Bantz J. Craddock , military commander for US Southern Command , which oversees the detention center at Guantanamo Bay , has confirmed that military officials have begun employing more aggressive tactics to...

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News Nepal opposition leader re-arrested after court-ordered release
Nepal opposition leader re-arrested after court-ordered release
Greg Sampson
February 22, 2006 12:34:00 pm

Krishna Sitaula, leader of the opposition Nepali Congress , was arrested at his home on Wednesday, just two days after he was released from prison , along with several other opposition politicians, according to an order...

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News Libby denies ‘graymail’ in request for classified government info
Libby denies ‘graymail’ in request for classified government info
Greg Sampson
February 22, 2006 12:07:00 pm

Defense lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, have denied that they are trying to derail the prosecution in the CIA leak case by requesting...

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News Supreme Court rules in federal immunity, sentencing, discrimination cases
Supreme Court rules in federal immunity, sentencing, discrimination cases
Jeannie Shawl
February 22, 2006 12:04:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down decisions in four cases, including Dolan v. U.S. Postal Service , where the Court ruled that a Pennsylvania woman could sue the US Postal Service...

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News Federal judge rules against Google in image copyright suit
Federal judge rules against Google in image copyright suit
Greg Sampson
February 22, 2006 11:25:00 am

A federal judge in California has issued a preliminary injunction against search engine company Google , requiring the company to remove images from its image search service that violate the copyrights of adult...

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News Russian anti-terror bill overwhelmingly approved in Duma vote
Russian anti-terror bill overwhelmingly approved in Duma vote
Lauren Becker
February 22, 2006 10:20:00 am

The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma , Wednesday gave critical second-reading approval to an expansive anti-terror bill which would grant a broad range of new counter-terrorism powers to law enforcement and the military. The...

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Judge orders Abu Ali sentencing delayed for surveillance check
Lauren Becker
February 22, 2006 09:59:00 am

A federal judge has granted a request by defense attorneys that sentencing for Ahmed Omar Abu Ali , convicted in November of last year for joining al Qaeda and conspiring to assassinate President...

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LA Riots break out following beating of Rodney King

Riots that would grip the city of Los Angeles, California for six days broke out on April 29, 1992, after LAPD officers who beat Rodney King while being filmed were acquitted by a jury. The verdict ignited a powder keg of discontent about police discrimination against LA's Black community. The riots would result in more than 60 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. Learn more about the LA Riots from NPR.

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits member nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Oliver Ellsworth born

Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States and primary author of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1745.

Learn more about Oliver Ellsworth.

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