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News Environmental brief ~ Ninth Circuit upholds Clean Air deadline
Environmental brief ~ Ninth Circuit upholds Clean Air deadline
Tom Henry
September 7, 2005 06:09:00 pm

In Wednesday's environmental law news, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision that found a 2010 deadline set by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District to...

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News Bush, O’Connor deliver eulogies at Rehnquist funeral service
Bush, O’Connor deliver eulogies at Rehnquist funeral service
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 04:44:00 pm

President Bush paid tribute to the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist during his funeral service at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington Wednesday, saying in a eulogy that he would be remembered for the integrity...

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News Anti-gay marriage initiative allowed on ballots in MA, AG says
Anti-gay marriage initiative allowed on ballots in MA, AG says
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 04:15:00 pm

A proposed ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in Massachusetts can move forward after state Attorney General Tom Reilly ruled Wednesday that Article 48 of the state constitution allows voters...

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News Army reservist acquitted of Afghanistan abuse charges
Army reservist acquitted of Afghanistan abuse charges
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 03:54:00 pm

US Army Sgt. Christopher W. Greatorex was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he beat a detainee at a facility at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan who later died from the injuries. A three-person military jury...

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News EPA proposes rule barring children, pregnant women from pesticide testing
EPA proposes rule barring children, pregnant women from pesticide testing
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 03:31:00 pm

Children and pregnant women cannot be included in pesticide testing on humans, according to a proposed rule released Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency . Under the proposed regulations, an independent oversight board would be charged...

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News UK minister tells EU rights might be limited to combat terror
UK minister tells EU rights might be limited to combat terror
Jeannie Shawl
September 7, 2005 03:20:00 pm

UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke told the European Parliament Wednesday that it may be necessary for EU member states to accept an erosion of some civil liberties in order to protect their countries from organized...

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News Chile high court to hear Pinochet immunity appeal
Chile high court to hear Pinochet immunity appeal
Chris Buell
September 7, 2005 03:02:00 pm

Chile's Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by deposed Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet of a lower court decision in July that stripped him of immunity from prosecution. Pinochet, 89, is...

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News United files reorganization plan in bankruptcy court
United files reorganization plan in bankruptcy court
Krista-Ann Staley
September 7, 2005 02:33:00 pm

UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines , filed its reorganization plan and disclosure statement in US bankruptcy court Wednesday, before the recently extended November 1 expiration of its exclusive ability to...

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Khodorkovsky moves forward in bid for parliament seat
Krista-Ann Staley
September 7, 2005 01:14:00 pm

Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky officially notified the district election commission Wednesday of his plans to run for the Moscow legislature in the December election, according to his lawyer Anton...

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News Base closure cases dismissed in Illinois, New Jersey
Base closure cases dismissed in Illinois, New Jersey
Jamie Sterling
September 7, 2005 12:00:00 pm

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich that attempted to stop the military from moving part of the 183rd Fighter Wing out of the state. The governor had argued that the...

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Marie Antoinette convicted of treason and guillotened

French Queen consort Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a Revolutionary court and then guillotined on October 16, 1793. The queen consort was convicted of conspiring with foreign powers, depleting the treasury, and high treason only four days after her initial arrest on October 12. Her husband Louis XVI was executed nine months prior. Learn more about the trial and execution of Marie Antoinette.

Nazi war criminals hanged

On October 16, 1946, 10 Nazi war criminals, including former German Foreign Minister von Rippentrop, were hanged following the verdicts of the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal.

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