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News Afghan warlord sentenced to 20 years in prison by UK court
Afghan warlord sentenced to 20 years in prison by UK court
Tom Henry
July 19, 2005 08:05:00 am

After his conviction for torture and hostage-taking Monday, Afghan warlord Faryadi Sarwar Zardad was sentenced Tuesday by a UK court to two concurrent 20-year prison terms. The jury sitting at London's Old Bailey found Zardad...

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News Military commissions resumption statement [US DOD]
Military commissions resumption statement [US DOD]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
July 18, 2005 08:59:00 pm

Press statement on resumption of military commissions, US Department of Defense, July 18, 2005 . Excerpt:The Office of Military Commissions...

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News UN North Korea envoy let go under  oil-for-food cloud
UN North Korea envoy let go under oil-for-food cloud
Alexandria Samuel
July 18, 2005 08:54:00 pm

Maurice Strong , a special adviser for North Korea to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and a prominent Canadian business executive, will not continue his position as top UN envoy to North Korea, according to UN...

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News NRA relocates national convention after city approves assault weapon ban
NRA relocates national convention after city approves assault weapon ban
Alexandria Samuel
July 18, 2005 08:15:00 pm

The National Rifle Association Monday announced plans to relocate its 2007 national convention from Columbus, Ohio after the Columbus City Council approved an assualt weapons ban. The ban , extends the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired...

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News Lebanese parliament pardons former warlord
Lebanese parliament pardons former warlord
Alexandria Samuel
July 18, 2005 07:50:00 pm

The Lebanese parliament voted Monday to grant amnesty to former militia leader Samir Geagea . Geagea, Lebanese Forces militia leader during the 1975-90 civil war, was arrested in 1994 and sentenced to three consecutive life...

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News Moroccan Gitmo prisoner extradited to Spain
Moroccan Gitmo prisoner extradited to Spain
Alexandria Samuel
July 18, 2005 07:11:00 pm

US officials at Guantanamo Bay Monday extradited Moroccan Lahcen Ikassrien to Spain to answer charges that he assisted al-Qaida cell leader Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas in planning the September 11 attacks. Ikassrien was arrested and sent to the prisoner...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC charges three in stock tip fax scam
Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC charges three in stock tip fax scam
James Murdock
July 18, 2005 07:04:00 pm

Leading Monday's securities and corporations law news, the SEC has charged three men with conning investors in a microcap scam. The scam involved sending faxes that were designed to look like a confidential stock tip from a...

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News States brief ~ CA Supreme Court rules workplace sex can harass other employees
States brief ~ CA Supreme Court rules workplace sex can harass other employees
Rachel Felton
July 18, 2005 04:41:00 pm

Leading Monday's states brief, the California Supreme Court ruled today that a boss's sexual affairs with subordinates may result in the sexual harassment of other employees in violation of the state's Fair Employment and Housing Act [PDF...

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News Padilla habeas appeal to be heard Tuesday
Padilla habeas appeal to be heard Tuesday
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 03:56:00 pm

The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia will take up the case of Jose Padilla Tuesday, the latest in a series of twists and turns the litigation has taken. The proceeding comes after...

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News DOJ seeks right to sue for past tobacco profits
DOJ seeks right to sue for past tobacco profits
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 03:42:00 pm

In an about-face from an earlier decision , the US Department of Justice is appealing to the US Supreme Court in an attempt to reinstate $280 billion in damages in its lawsuit against tobacco companies. Government lawyers previously...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Mexican Army kills over 400 Texas prisoners of war

The Mexican army executed more than 400 Texian prisoners of war on March 27, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, in an event that would become known as the Goliad Massacre. A decree passed in December 1835 allowed Mexican soldiers under General Antonio López de Santa Anna to shoot any foreigners in rebellion. Texian Colonel James Fannin and his men surrendered to the Mexican government under the expectation that they would be treated as prisoners of war, but they were executed regardless, engendering sympathy (and eventual support) from the neighboring United States. Learn more about the Goliad Massacre.

Khrushchev becomes USSR leader

On March 27, 1958, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became the new Premier of the USSR, replacing Joseph Stalin as the Soviet leader. During his rise to power, Khruschev denounced crimes of the Stalinist regime and the "cult of personality" surrounding his predecessor. While in office as Soviet Premier, Khruschev oversaw some of the most famous and influential events of the Cold War: the launch of Sputnik, the Sino-Soviet split, the U-2 Spy Plan incident, and finally the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, which led to his ouster by reactionary elements the following year. The conspirators forced Khruschev's resignation on October 15, 1964 and replaced him with Leonid Brezhnev.

Read the New York Times obituary of Nikita Khrushchev.

President Andrew Johnson vetoed citizenship for slaves

On March 27, 1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill that would later become the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, conferring full US citizenship on all slaves. Read President Johnson's veto letter, transmitted to the US Senate.

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