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News Cheney cited for breaking hunting law
Cheney cited for breaking hunting law
Holly Manges Jones
February 14, 2006 02:11:00 pm

US Vice President Dick Cheney has received a citation for breaking a Texas hunting law by not having the proper stamp giving him permission to shoot quail. The warning was issued by the Texas Parks and Wildlife...

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News Canada Muslim groups seek charges for Muhammad cartoons publication
Canada Muslim groups seek charges for Muhammad cartoons publication
Chris Buell
February 14, 2006 01:57:00 pm

The Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC) has filed a complaint against the Canadian Western Standard magazine over its republication of Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Other Canadian media have refused...

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News Yemen denies US detainee interrogation request over sovereignty concerns
Yemen denies US detainee interrogation request over sovereignty concerns
Holly Manges Jones
February 14, 2006 01:46:00 pm

Yemen officials have denied an American request to interrogate detainees taken into custody after the escape of 23 prisoners , including suspected al Qaeda members, from a Yemen prison earlier this month. A Yemen security official,...

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News Haiti presidential candidate alleges fraud, promises to challenge results
Haiti presidential candidate alleges fraud, promises to challenge results
Holly Manges Jones
February 14, 2006 01:01:00 pm

Haitian presidential candidate Rene Preval , currently leading in the official count from the February 7 election with 48.76 percent of the votes , said Tuesday that the poll was plagued...

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Krystal MacIntyre
February 14, 2006 12:39:00 pm

US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Tuesday that Zacarias Moussaoui will no longer be allowed to be present in the courtroom for jury selection in his sentencing trial after Moussaoui walked out of a...

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Cambodia PM calls for elimination of criminal defamation laws
Chris Buell
February 14, 2006 11:41:00 am

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for abolition of the country's criminal defamation law that was used to jail four government critics in January. Hun Sen said the offense should be made a civil one punishable...

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Travel ban placed on Kenya officials as corruption inquiry continues
Chris Buell
February 14, 2006 11:26:00 am

Kenyan police have placed a travel ban on more than 20 officials as investigations continue into government corruption. Police told some 20 officials allegedly linked to the Goldenberg affair , a multi-million gold and diamond scam, not to...

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Former HealthSouth CEO asks court to drop bribery charges
Krystal MacIntyre
February 14, 2006 11:22:00 am

Lawyers for former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy and former state highway director Mack Roberts filed motions Tuesday asking a federal judge to drop charges against them in connection with a racketeering scheme ...

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Son of Israeli PM sentenced to 9 months on corruption charges
Krystal MacIntyre
February 14, 2006 10:51:00 am

Omri Sharon, son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , was sentenced Tuesday to a nine month prison term for illegal campaign fundraising. Sharon was indicted in August for setting up false companies as a disguise...

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February 14, 2006 10:31:00 am

The Egyptian opposition Muslim Brotherhood has promised to fight legislation backed by President Hosni Mubarak that would delay local elections in Egypt for an another two years and preserve the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Edict of Nantes gave equal rights to French Protestants

On April 13, 1598, French King Henry IV promulgated the Edict of Nantes, giving equal rights to French Protestants (Huguenots) and Catholics. Review the complete text of the Edict in French and read the Edict translated into English.

Thomas Jefferson born

On April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born in Albemarle County in the Virginia Colony. Jefferson went on to become, among other things, the third President of the United States, the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and a founder of the Democratic-Republican Party. Jefferson was also responsible for reforming the laws of Virginia after independence from Great Britain.

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