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News Top Army general refused to reprimand former Gitmo commander for abuse
Top Army general refused to reprimand former Gitmo commander for abuse
Holly Manges Jones
July 12, 2005 09:48:00 pm

According to a congressional aide speaking on the condition of anonymity, an unreleased Pentagon report reveals that a top Army general rejected the recommended reprimand of former Guantanamo Bay prison commander Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller for...

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News UK police, Muslim community leaders work to head off post-bombing hate crimes
UK police, Muslim community leaders work to head off post-bombing hate crimes
Holly Manges Jones
July 12, 2005 09:09:00 pm

British police are bracing for hate crimes against Muslims in response to the announcement Tuesday that the perpetrators of the London bombings were British citizens and are vowing to handle any calls swiftly and vigorously. Police chiefs...

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News US calls for opposition to G-4 Security Council expansion plan
US calls for opposition to G-4 Security Council expansion plan
Holly Manges Jones
July 12, 2005 06:59:00 pm

The US Tuesday urged the UN General Assembly to vote against a draft resolution by the so-called G-4 to expand the UN Security Council by adding six additional permanent seats and four non-permanent seats to...

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News Egyptian court orders release of Sadat assassin
Egyptian court orders release of Sadat assassin
Holly Manges Jones
July 12, 2005 06:59:00 pm

An Egyptian court Tuesday ordered Tarek el-Zomor released from prison for his involvement in the 1981 assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat . El-Zomor was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group which...

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News Federal judge blasts DOI, orders admission to Indians that trust info unreliable
Federal judge blasts DOI, orders admission to Indians that trust info unreliable
Holly Manges Jones
July 12, 2005 06:20:00 pm

US District Judge Royce Lamberth blasted the US Interior Department Tuesday and ordered it to admit to American Indian plaintiffs that information being provided to them regarding outstanding lost royalties on earnings from Indian...

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News States brief ~ Kentucky judge stays executions to resolve lethal injections constitutionality
States brief ~ Kentucky judge stays executions to resolve lethal injections constitutionality
Rachel Felton
July 12, 2005 04:40:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's states brief, a Kentucky circuit judge issued two stays of execution today to allow two prisoners to continue their challenge to the state's use of lethal injection as a form of execution. Last week, the same judge...

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News Racial and Religious Hatred Bill [UK House of Commons]
Racial and Religious Hatred Bill [UK House of Commons]
July 12, 2005 04:37:00 pm

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill, passed by the UK House of Commons on July 11, 2005 likely to stir up racial or religious hatred,"...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ American Express settles lawsuit with New Hampshire
Corporations and securities brief ~ American Express settles lawsuit with New Hampshire
James Murdock
July 12, 2005 04:32:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, American Express has settled a lawsuit with New Hampshire and residents of the state. The state said it sued after learning the company had pressured agents in New Hampshire to...

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News Italy proposes tougher anti-terror laws in London aftermath
Italy proposes tougher anti-terror laws in London aftermath
Tom Henry
July 12, 2005 04:17:00 pm

Italian Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu presented new anti-terror measures in Italy's parliament Tuesday amid increased fears of attacks in Italy in the wake of Thursday's bombings in London . The measures, including provisions allowing police to...

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News No date set for asbestos bill to reach Senate floor
No date set for asbestos bill to reach Senate floor
Tom Henry
July 12, 2005 03:33:00 pm

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter , co-sponsor with Senator Patrick Leahy of a bill to end asbestos injury lawsuits and pay the claims from a private fund instead, said Tuesday he was still urging...

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FDR proposed 'court-packing' plan

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire. Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing." Review the text of Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.

Panamanian dictator Noriega indicted

On February 5, 1988, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. The following year, he was extradited to the United States and later sentenced to 30 years in US federal prison. In 1999, the French government requested that Noriega be extradited to France, where he had been convicted of money laundering. In that same year, the government of Panama also requested the extradition of Noriega, as a result of his 1995 conviction in absentia on murder charges.

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