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News DOJ data challenges Bush claims on post-9/11 terror convictions
DOJ data challenges Bush claims on post-9/11 terror convictions
Christopher Tate
June 11, 2005 04:44:00 pm

A Washington Post examination of US Department of Justice terror prosecutions to appear in the paper's Sunday edition shows very little progress in identifying and convicting terrorists since September 11, 2001. In contrast to President Bush's recent claims that...

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News Iraqi security official says televised Saddam trial to start before constitution poll
Iraqi security official says televised Saddam trial to start before constitution poll
Christopher Tate
June 11, 2005 04:04:00 pm

Iraqi National Security Adviser Muwafaq al-Rubie said Saturday that the trial of former President Saddam Hussein will take place before the currently-scheduled October 15 referendum on the new Iraqi constitution , and that the...

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News Iraq Sunnis to call for UN arbitration on constitution
Iraq Sunnis to call for UN arbitration on constitution
Christopher Tate
June 11, 2005 03:53:00 pm

A Iraqi Sunni leader concerned with low Sunni representation on the committee charged with drafting Iraq’s new constitution reiterated Saturday that Sunnis will suspend work on the document if the make-up of the committee is not...

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News Gay rights rally in Poland sparks violence
Gay rights rally in Poland sparks violence
Christopher Tate
June 11, 2005 03:27:00 pm

Violence broke out on the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw Saturday when right-wing activists confronted over 2,000 homosexuals marching for gay rights in the predominantly Catholic country. Three people were injured and ten were...

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News GOP Senator calls for Guantanamo closure
GOP Senator calls for Guantanamo closure
Christopher Tate
June 11, 2005 02:59:00 pm

Republican Senator Mel Martinez has become the first major GOP lawmaker to call for the closure of the military terror detention camp at Guantamao Bay . Speaking Friday in Florida, Martinez, a former Secretary of...

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News Japan pledges gap money for Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal
Japan pledges gap money for Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal
Holly Manges Jones
June 11, 2005 12:14:00 pm

Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura has pledged $11 million to fill a funding gap for a tribunal to try former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide, according to Cambodian government sources. Machimura met with Cambodian Foreign...

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Former WorldCom CEO petitions for reduced sentence
Holly Manges Jones
June 11, 2005 11:36:00 am

Lawyers for former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers filed a motion Friday asking for a lesser sentence for his fraud conviction in March. The motion included support from Ebbers' family members, friends, and former employees in...

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Six Supreme Court justices are millionaires
Holly Manges Jones
June 11, 2005 10:39:00 am

Six justices of the US Supreme Court held over $1 million in assets in 2004, according to new annual financial disclosure statements released Friday. O'Connor, Breyer, Ginsburg, Scalia, Souter, and Stevens are the...

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Venezuela gives US evidence on Cuban exile
Holly Manges Jones
June 11, 2005 10:06:00 am

Venezuela delivered evidence to the US State Department Friday related to Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles who is sought by Caracas for allegedly blowing up a Cuban plane as part of a terrorist attack in...

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Republicans walk out of House hearing on Patriot Act
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
June 10, 2005 07:27:00 pm

GOP House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner abruptly adjourned a Committee hearing on the Patriot Act Friday, leaving Democrats objecting into dead air after their microphones had been turned off. The hearing had been called at...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Indian National Congress founded

The Indian National Congress (INC) was founded on December 28, 1885 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. In subsequent decades, the so-called Congress Party would advocate for Indian independence from the UK, which was eventually achieved in 1947. The first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was elected as a member of the INC. Learn more about the history and founding of the Indian National Congress.

Congress recognized Pledge of Allegiance

On December 28, 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance and encouraged its recitation in schools. The Pledge was supposedly written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day. The words “under God” were added by Congress in 1954. The revised version of the Pledge was the subject of litigation before the United States Supreme Court originally brought by Michael Newdow, a parent who unsuccessfully objected to his daughter's school district policy requiring daily recitation of the Pledge. The court ruled that Newdow had no standing.

Nepal ends monarchy, establishes republic

On December 28, 2007, the Kingdom of Nepal's interim parliament ended the country's monarchy and established the Republic of Nepal. Free elections were held on April 10 of the following year to elect a Constituent Assembly.

Learn more about the rise of democracy in Nepal.

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