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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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News Federal judge rules Patriot Act still too vague
Federal judge rules Patriot Act still too vague
Christopher Tate
July 30, 2005 03:13:00 pm

In California, US District Judge Audrey Collins ruled Friday that the provision of the USA Patriot Act that forbids "assistance" to known terrorist organizations continues to be overly vague, in violation of her 2004 ruling on the same provision...

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News Senate approves extended Patriot Act, but with limitations
Senate approves extended Patriot Act, but with limitations
Holly Manges Jones
July 30, 2005 11:00:00 am

By voice vote late Friday the US Senate unanimously approved a bill that would permanently extend most provisions of the USA Patriot Act while limiting it in the most controversial areas. The Senate legislation puts a four-year cap...

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News US charges Dutch citizen for crimes in Iraq
US charges Dutch citizen for crimes in Iraq
Holly Manges Jones
July 30, 2005 10:18:00 am

The US Department of Justice said Friday that it has charged Dutch citizen Wasem al Delaema with attempting to kill US soldiers in Iraq during October 2003. Iraqi-born al Delaema is a member of...

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News Parental rights revoked after French child prostitution trial
Parental rights revoked after French child prostitution trial
Holly Manges Jones
July 30, 2005 10:13:00 am

A French court Friday revoked the parental rights of eight individuals convicted for running a child prostitution ring earlier this week. Sixty-two men and women were convicted for offering forty-five children, ranging in age from six months...

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News Gunmakers liability limitation bill [US Senate]
Gunmakers liability limitation bill [US Senate]
July 29, 2005 11:40:00 pm

S. 397, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, passed by the US Senate on July 29, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill...

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Energy Policy Act of 2005 [US Senate]
July 29, 2005 11:16:00 pm

Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by the US Senate on July 29, 2005 . Read the full text of...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

On May 19, 1848, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States. Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the US Library of Congress.

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