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News Third prosecutor joined criticism of Guantanamo trials, transferred out
Third prosecutor joined criticism of Guantanamo trials, transferred out
David Shucosky
August 3, 2005 02:17:00 pm

A third US military prosecutor asked for a transfer from the Guantanamo military tribunals in March 2004 after voicing complaints about their fairness, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC previously reported on emails in which two other military...

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News First suspect in failed July 21 London bombings charged
First suspect in failed July 21 London bombings charged
Tom Henry
August 3, 2005 02:03:00 pm

London police Wednesday charged 23-year-old Ismael Abdurahman with withholding information about the failed July 21 bombing attacks on London's bus and subway systems. The charge alleges that Abdurahman "had information he knew or believed may be of...

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News Sponsors of California gay marriage ban sue state AG over bill description
Sponsors of California gay marriage ban sue state AG over bill description
David Shucosky
August 3, 2005 01:36:00 pm

The sponsors of a proposed amendment to the California constitution that would ban gay marriage sued California Attorney General Bill Lockyer on Tuesday, alleging that his summary of the measure prepared by the...

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News Military junta overthrows Mauritanian president
Military junta overthrows Mauritanian president
David Shucosky
August 3, 2005 01:14:00 pm

A military group in Mauritania overthrew the president on Wednesday, with a junta taking temporary control of the West African nation. Mauritanian President Maaoya Sid'Ahmed Taya , who has allied with the US in the...

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News SPLM asks for probe into Garang death as Sudan violence continues
SPLM asks for probe into Garang death as Sudan violence continues
Tom Henry
August 3, 2005 01:01:00 pm

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), the political movement of former rebel leader turned vice president John Garang , called Wednesday for an international investigation into the helicopter crash that caused his death and ignited deadly...

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News Detainee alleges abuse en route to Guantanamo
Detainee alleges abuse en route to Guantanamo
David Shucosky
August 3, 2005 12:41:00 pm

Benyam Mohammed , a 27-year-old Ethiopian man held at Guantanamo, claims he was tortured in Pakistan, Morocco, and Afghanistan before arriving in Cuba. While there is no independent verification for Mohammed's claims, it is not the...

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News Islamists defend morals law before Pakistan Supreme Court
Islamists defend morals law before Pakistan Supreme Court
David Shucosky
August 3, 2005 12:16:00 pm

Government officials from Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province defended their controversial morals law before the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday. Earlier this week, the government argued that the law was unconsitutionally vague and...

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News Ninth Circuit rules Hawaiian school cannot limit enrollment to natives only
Ninth Circuit rules Hawaiian school cannot limit enrollment to natives only
David Shucosky
August 3, 2005 11:34:00 am

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco has overturned a lower court ruling and struck down a Hawaiian school's policy of only admitting native Hawaiians as students, even...

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News Canadian Justice Minister faces pressure in US marijuana extradition case
Canadian Justice Minister faces pressure in US marijuana extradition case
Tom Henry
August 3, 2005 11:31:00 am

Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler is under pressure to deny a US request to extradite Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery in a case that is likely to spark debate over the countries' diverging drug...

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News Two NY politicians back racial profiling for terrorism searches
Two NY politicians back racial profiling for terrorism searches
David Shucosky
August 3, 2005 11:08:00 am

A New York City councilman and state assemblyman have announced support for racial profiling in terrorism searches to protect the New York transit system from attacks like the recent London bombings. Assemblyman Dov Hikind , a Democrat from...

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South Africa born

On May 31, 1910, the Union of South Africa was created. Exactly fifty-one years later in 1961, the Republic of South Africa was born. Learn more about the history of South Africa from the country's government.

Tulsa race riot began

On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race riot was touched off after a black elevator operator was alleged to have attacked a white woman in an elevator in downtown Tulsa. Armed whites attacked, burned and looted the local black business community of Greenwood in violence that killed more than 300 people and destroyed more than 1200 homes. Learn more about the Tulsa race riot. A special commission set up by the Oklahoma legislature decades afterward submitted this report [PDF] on the riot in 2001.

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