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News Israeli PM Sharon’s son indicted for campaign finance corruption
Israeli PM Sharon’s son indicted for campaign finance corruption
Kate Heneroty
August 28, 2005 11:13:00 am

Omri Sharon , a member of the Israeli Knesst and the son of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , was indicted Sunday on charges of forgery, perjury and violating campaign finance laws, stemming from his fund raising activities...

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News Iranian judges to carry guns for protection following attacks
Iranian judges to carry guns for protection following attacks
Kate Heneroty
August 28, 2005 10:52:00 am

From Monday Iranian judges will be allowed to carry handguns and may shoot if they feel threatened, according to an official speaking Sunday after the fourth attack on an Iranian judge in four weeks. Tehran...

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News Egypt releases opposition group leader after 3 month detention
Egypt releases opposition group leader after 3 month detention
Kate Heneroty
August 28, 2005 10:31:00 am

Egypt Saturday released from prison Mahmoud Ezzat, secretary-general of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood opposition group. Ezzat was arrested in May in a crackdown on political protests, days before the country's...

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News California AG seeks chemical warnings on fries, snack food
California AG seeks chemical warnings on fries, snack food
Kate Heneroty
August 28, 2005 09:56:00 am

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is seeking a court order requiring warning labels on foods that contains acrylamide , a chemical found in potato chips and french fries that the state believes may...

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News No vote on revised Iraq constitution draft; Sunnis object,  assembly adjourns
No vote on revised Iraq constitution draft; Sunnis object, assembly adjourns
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 28, 2005 08:50:00 am

A revised draft of the Iraqi constitution was presented and read out to Iraq's National Assembly Sunday, but continuing Sunni objections to the charter's stance on federalism, de-Baathification and other...

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News Sunni objections to Iraq constitution draft [AP]
Sunni objections to Iraq constitution draft [AP]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 27, 2005 08:33:00 pm

List of changes sought by Sunni negotiators to the draft Iraqi constitution , presented by Iraqi Culture Minister Nouri Farhan al-Rawi, Minister of State for Women's Affairs Azhar Abdel-Karim, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Saad al-Hardan, Industry Minister Osama...

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News UPDATE ~ Top Iraqi Sunnis speak out against constitutional draft
UPDATE ~ Top Iraqi Sunnis speak out against constitutional draft
Christopher Tate
August 27, 2005 04:14:00 pm

Following up on an earlier report on JURIST's Paper Chase, four Sunni Iraqi Cabinet members and one Deputy Prime Minister on Saturday announced their reservations with the proposed draft constitution . The statement, filed by...

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News EDITORS WANTED ~ Research, write legal news in real time…
EDITORS WANTED ~ Research, write legal news in real time…
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 27, 2005 04:04:00 pm

JURIST is looking for talented, public-service oriented law students from law schools in the US and abroad to join our team of real-time legal news editors this fall.From Los Angeles to London, from Chicago to Cairo - if you're...

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News Egypt refuses to ratify nuclear treaty, calls on Israel to commit to nonproliferation
Egypt refuses to ratify nuclear treaty, calls on Israel to commit to nonproliferation
Christopher Tate
August 27, 2005 03:56:00 pm

Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit Saturday responded to a renewed call for it to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in advance of a meeting of treaty members in New York in September by saying it would...

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News Army investigating allegations of falsified DNA results used as criminal evidence
Army investigating allegations of falsified DNA results used as criminal evidence
Christopher Tate
August 27, 2005 03:01:00 pm

The Army's Criminal Investigation Command announced Friday that it is investigating a civilian lab worker who admitted to falsifying DNA test results in at least one instance, examining over 475 criminal cases dating back almost a decade....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Night of the Murdered Poets takes place in USSR

Soviet authorities under Josef Stalin executed a group of 13 Jewish intellectuals from the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, an organization dedicated to supporting the Soviet war effort against Nazi Germany, on August 12, 1952. The 13 stood accused of supporting the US and Zionism as well as trying to create an independent republic in Crimea, which all but one falsely confessed to under torture. Learn more about the Night of the Murdered Poets from the World Jewish Congress and Forward. Also read a history of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee from the Jewish Virtual Library.

Swiss banks agreed to compensate Holocaust victims for holding assets

On August 12, 1998, Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle lawsuits brought by Holocaust survivors and their heirs. The plaintiffs had alleged that the banks had kept millions of dollars deposited by Holocaust victims before and during World War II. Read CNN's original report of the story.

City of Chicago founded

On August 12, 1833, the City of Chicago was founded. The city was later formally incorporated with a town charter on March 4, 1837.
Learn more about the history of Chicago's charter from the Encyclopedia of Chicago.

Former Japan PM convicted of accepting bribes

On August 12, 1983, the former Prime Minister of Japan, Tanaka Kakuei was convicted of accepting bribes while in office and sentenced to 4 years in jail. He came to be described as "the paragon of post war corruption" for taking money from the defense contractor Boeing in exchange for favorable contracts. Also on this day, Nikita Kruschev famously banged his shoe on the table during a heated argument before the United Nations General Assembly.

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