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News EU negotiators offer Iran nuclear fuel, support for civilian program
EU negotiators offer Iran nuclear fuel, support for civilian program
Christopher Tate
August 5, 2005 08:35:00 am

European delegates offered Iran's government long-term support for efforts to develop a sustainable nuclear energy program Friday. The offer would include the possibility of Iran acquiring nuclear fuel from Europe but it requires assurances from Iran that it will...

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News Blair unveils new anti-terrorism measures, bans two Islamist groups
Blair unveils new anti-terrorism measures, bans two Islamist groups
Tom Henry
August 5, 2005 08:00:00 am

British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday announced a new set of measures to combat terrorism , saying anyone who "has anything to do with , anywhere, will automatically be refused asylum in our country." Blair...

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News NYC random subway bag search lawsuit [NYCLU]
NYC random subway bag search lawsuit [NYCLU]
August 4, 2005 11:46:00 pm

MacWade, et al. v. Kelly, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, August 4, 2005 . Read the full...

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News Indictment for disclosure of classified US defense info [US DOJ]
Indictment for disclosure of classified US defense info [US DOJ]
August 4, 2005 11:44:00 pm

U.S. v. Franklin, et al., United States District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia, August 4, 2005 [indictment of former employees of pro-Israel lobby group for allegedly conspiring to receive and disclose classified US defense information over a five-year...

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News New Togolese law increases punishments for child traffickers
New Togolese law increases punishments for child traffickers
Holly Manges Jones
August 4, 2005 09:12:00 pm

The Togo parliament has unanimously passed a law that will increase prison time and fines for individuals convicted of child trafficking. The law comes in response to a reprimand by US State Department officials [JURIST...

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News NY rights group challenges random subway bag searches
NY rights group challenges random subway bag searches
Holly Manges Jones
August 4, 2005 08:38:00 pm

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) Thursday filed a lawsuit claiming that random searches of bags and packages in the New York City subway system are illegal. The...

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News US agrees to ‘gradual’ transfer of prisoners to Afghan custody
US agrees to ‘gradual’ transfer of prisoners to Afghan custody
Holly Manges Jones
August 4, 2005 08:11:00 pm

A US embassy spokesman in Kabul said Thursday that the US will gradually return Afghan prisoners in US custody to Afghan custody once Afghanistan develops the capacity to detain them. The announcement comes after President Bush's meetings in May...

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News Rehnquist hospitalized with fever again, then released
Rehnquist hospitalized with fever again, then released
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 4, 2005 07:57:00 pm

A US Supreme Court spokesman said late Thursday that Chief Justice William Rehnquist had been taken to hospital for evaluation and tests after developing a fever. AP has more. Rehnquist has been suffering from thyroid cancer and has appeared...

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News Former pro-Israel lobbyists indicted for disclosing classified US defense info
Former pro-Israel lobbyists indicted for disclosing classified US defense info
Holly Manges Jones
August 4, 2005 07:27:00 pm

Two former employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) were indicted Thursday for allegedly conspiring to receive and disclose classified US defense information over a five-year period dating back to 1999. The indictment indicates...

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News US interrogator demoted for assaulting Afghan prisoner
US interrogator demoted for assaulting Afghan prisoner
Holly Manges Jones
August 4, 2005 07:02:00 pm

US Army interrogator Sgt. Selena Salcedo was demoted Thursday after pleading guilty to charges of dereliction of duty and assault of an Afghan prisoner during questioning. The prisoner, Dilawar , was being held at...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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