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News EU leaders urged to "reconnect with citizens" after constitution crisis
EU leaders urged to "reconnect with citizens" after constitution crisis
David Shucosky
June 30, 2005 11:44:00 am

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso Thursday called for a "period of reflection" on the proposed European constitution , now largely in political limbo, in order to "reconnect with our citizens and stimulate a genuine,...

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News Lawmakers defend Guantanamo conditions at hearing
Lawmakers defend Guantanamo conditions at hearing
David Shucosky
June 30, 2005 11:15:00 am

Reporting on their weekend visit to Guantanamo , lawmakers told the US House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday that conditions at the facility were better than expected. Committee Chair Duncan Hunter (R-CA) said...

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News Amnesty International slams Australian detention of asylum seekers
Amnesty International slams Australian detention of asylum seekers
David Shucosky
June 30, 2005 10:52:00 am

Despite the Australian government's recently-announced changes to the system , Amnesty International said Thursday in a new report that Australia's asylum policy is still "tragically flawed" . AI says the controversial...

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News Ex-White House media strategist warns Saddam trial could "easily backfire" for US
Ex-White House media strategist warns Saddam trial could "easily backfire" for US
David Shucosky
June 30, 2005 10:29:00 am

Robert Weiner, a former public affairs aide in the Clinton White House and now head of a Washington, DC media relations firm , said in an op-ed in Thursday's Boston Globe that the upcoming trial of Saddam...

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News AMD takes Intel antitrust case to Japan, public
AMD takes Intel antitrust case to Japan, public
David Shucosky
June 30, 2005 10:08:00 am

Just days after filing a federal antitrust lawsuit against rival Intel, Advanced Micro Designs (AMD) has filed two similar suits against Intel in Japan. The company announced Thursday that its Japanese arm,...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Ebbers to forfeit personal assets in civil settlement
BREAKING NEWS ~ Ebbers to forfeit personal assets in civil settlement
David Shucosky
June 30, 2005 09:43:00 am

Wire services are reporting that former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers , convicted of fraud in March for his part in an $11 billion accounting scandal, will forfeit as much as $45 million worth of personal...

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News TIME to turn over reporter’s notes
TIME to turn over reporter’s notes
David Shucosky
June 30, 2005 09:42:00 am

TIME magazine said in a statement Thursday that it will turn over notes by reporter Matthew Cooper to a grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA operative's name despite Cooper's own willingness to go to jail rather than...

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News Sudan justice minister rejects Darfur extradition calls
Sudan justice minister rejects Darfur extradition calls
David Shucosky
June 30, 2005 08:49:00 am

Ali Mohammed Osman Yassin, Sudan's justice minister, has rejected calls for the extradition of 10 suspects to face charges for war crimes in Darfur before the the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Yassin said the men...

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News DOJ: No prosecution of Shell Oil for reserves overstatement
DOJ: No prosecution of Shell Oil for reserves overstatement
David Shucosky
June 30, 2005 08:38:00 am

The US Justice Department has officially ended its probe into Royal Dutch/Shell Group , announcing on Wednesday that it will not prosecute the company for overstating gas and oil reserves . Shell had previously settled civil investigations...

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News Spain legalizes same-sex marriage
Spain legalizes same-sex marriage
David Shucosky
June 30, 2005 08:05:00 am

Despite being voted down in the Senate , the Spanish parliament on Thursday passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage and allowing same-sex couples to adopt and inherit each other's property. Read the text of the...

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Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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