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News Yemeni foreign minister says US releasing 7 Yemen citizens from Gitmo
Yemeni foreign minister says US releasing 7 Yemen citizens from Gitmo
Holly Manges Jones
July 31, 2005 03:46:00 pm

Yemen's foreign minister said Sunday that the US has officially agreed to release seven Yemenis currently being held at the US terror detention camp at Guantanamo Bay . Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said a date has not been...

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News London police arrest seven more bomb suspects
London police arrest seven more bomb suspects
Holly Manges Jones
July 31, 2005 03:24:00 pm

A spokesperson for the London Metropolitan Police said Sunday that they have made seven more arrests of individuals believed to have been involved in the July 21 London bombing attempts . The arrests were made during...

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News Australia fines company for mistreatment of asylum-seekers
Australia fines company for mistreatment of asylum-seekers
Alexandria Samuel
July 31, 2005 02:01:00 pm

In the latest controversy surrounding Australia's detention of illegal immigrants seeking asylum , the private company responsible for running the detention camps for asylum-seekers has been fined $378,286 for mistreating 5 detainees. Global Solutions Limited was...

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News Ex-president Carter calls Iraq war "unjust", Gitmo an "embarrassment"
Ex-president Carter calls Iraq war "unjust", Gitmo an "embarrassment"
Alexandria Samuel
July 31, 2005 01:28:00 pm

During a speech Saturday, former US President Jimmy Carter called the war in Iraq "unnecessary and unjust", and referred to the US detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay an "embarrassment". In June, Carter had joined...

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News Thousands in Japan demonstrate for preservation of pacifist constitution
Thousands in Japan demonstrate for preservation of pacifist constitution
Alexandria Samuel
July 31, 2005 01:19:00 pm

In Tokyo, thousands of demonstrators gathered outside a conference held by the Article 9 Association Saturday to protest proposed changes to Japan's constitution that would eliminate Article 9, otherwise known as the pacifist clause. Article 9,...

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News Iraq constitution committee requesting 30-day extension
Iraq constitution committee requesting 30-day extension
Alexandria Samuel
July 31, 2005 12:37:00 pm

Iraq's constitutional drafting committee announced Sunday that it will submit a formal request to the Iraqi National Assembly Monday to extend the committe's current August 1 draft due date by 30 days. The committee was expected to...

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News Saddam defense team claims he was attacked in courtroom
Saddam defense team claims he was attacked in courtroom
Christopher Tate
July 30, 2005 03:22:00 pm

Lawyers for Saddam Hussein claimed Saturday that a man attacked the former Iraqi leader during a court appearance this week. Defense lawyers stated that at the conclusion of the hearing in front of the Iraqi Special...

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News Indonesian police deny US report of human rights violations
Indonesian police deny US report of human rights violations
Christopher Tate
July 30, 2005 03:20:00 pm

Indonesian National Police spokesperson Sunarko Danu Artanto Saturday vehemently denied the allegations made Friday by the US Government Accountability Office that Indonesian Police engaged in human rights abuses, calling the...

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News Judge uses new discretion to reduce sentences of "Virginia Jihad" convicts
Judge uses new discretion to reduce sentences of "Virginia Jihad" convicts
Christopher Tate
July 30, 2005 03:17:00 pm

US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema reduced the sentences Friday of three Virginia men convicted of participating in terror training. Brinkeme had been required to sentence members of the "Virginia Jihad" to lengthy prison terms she had...

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News Negotiations on UN terror treaty restarted
Negotiations on UN terror treaty restarted
Christopher Tate
July 30, 2005 03:16:00 pm

The UN General Assembly's Sicth (Legal) Committee restarted work on a treaty against international terrorism Friday, motivated by a rash of recent attacks in Egypt and Great Britain. Moroccan Ambassador Mohamed Bennouna said that the committee "has...

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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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