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News Italian referendum on fertility, stem cells, likely to fail
Italian referendum on fertility, stem cells, likely to fail
Kate Heneroty
June 10, 2005 02:21:00 pm

An Italian referendum scheduled for June 12-13 on whether to ease the country's restrictive laws concerning fertility treatment and stem cell research and to redefine the legal language that defines the beginning of life at conception seems...

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News Uganda high court upholds death penalty but limits scope
Uganda high court upholds death penalty but limits scope
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 02:12:00 pm

Uganda's Court of Appeals Friday dismissed an appeal by death row inmates to ban capital punishment in the country but did find that laws mandating the death penalty for certain crimes are unconstitutional and require Parliamentary amendment....

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News Underage Rwandan genocide suspects won’t be charged
Underage Rwandan genocide suspects won’t be charged
Kate Heneroty
June 10, 2005 01:40:00 pm

Rwandan officials announced Friday they will not pursue criminal charges against fugitive Hutu rebels that were aged 14 or younger at the time of Rwanda's 1994 genocide . Children as young as 10 years old took part in...

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News Bosnian Serb president condemns videotaped Srebrenica killings
Bosnian Serb president condemns videotaped Srebrenica killings
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 01:32:00 pm

Bosnian Serb President Dragan Cavic Friday denounced the brutal killing of six Bosnian Muslim youths by Serb paramilitaries recorded on video in Srebrenica in 1995 and shown on Serbian television after being introduced in evidence...

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News Federal judges back Texas redistricting again on remand
Federal judges back Texas redistricting again on remand
Kate Heneroty
June 10, 2005 01:06:00 pm

A panel of three federal judges Thursday reaffirmed an earlier decision to reject a legal challenge to the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan , concluding the plan was consistent with federal law and the Constitution. In...

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News FBI gave media, court different versions of Hayat "terror" affidavits
FBI gave media, court different versions of Hayat "terror" affidavits
Kate Heneroty
June 10, 2005 12:53:00 pm

A father and son who were arrested in Lodi, California on charges of lying to the FBI about attending an al-Qaida terrorist training camp, are challenging the government for releasing 2 significantly different affidavits to the media...

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News UN says Krygyz deportations to Uzbekistan may violate international law
UN says Krygyz deportations to Uzbekistan may violate international law
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 11:48:00 am

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Friday denounced the deportation of four Uzbek men from Kyrgyzstan and appealed to the Kyrgyz government to cease further deportation of asylum seekers until procedures determine if they are refugees...

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News ACLU leader warns against Patriot Act reauthorization
ACLU leader warns against Patriot Act reauthorization
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 10:57:00 am

Speaking in San Francisco Thursday, ACLU national executive director Anthony Romero criticized parts of the Patriot Act and urged judicial review and public scrutiny of any investigations into alleged terrorism. Romero, who was responding in part to...

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News Saddam lawyers say they have not yet received charges or documents
Saddam lawyers say they have not yet received charges or documents
Krista-Ann Staley
June 10, 2005 10:40:00 am

A lawyer for Saddam Hussein said in a BBC interview broadcast Friday that his legal team had not yet received any list of formal charges, despite the Iraqi government's statement that the former Iraqi president's Saddam Hussein's...

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News US Senate confirms two more appeals court nominees
US Senate confirms two more appeals court nominees
Krista-Ann Staley
June 10, 2005 10:35:00 am

The US Senate confirmed Judges David McKeague and Richard Griffin to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Thursday by 96-0 and 95-0 votes, respectively. The confirmations came the...

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American actress Mae West sentenced to 10 days for obsecenity

American actress Mae West was sentenced to 10 days in jail on April 19, 1927 for her participation in a play she wrote and starred in entitled "Sex." The play depicts the tribulations and adventures of a prostitute named Margy. The New York Police Department raided a performance, and West was charged with obscenity and behavior designed to corrupt the morals of youth. Learn more about West's arrest and sentence from PBS.

Charles Manson sentenced to death

On April 19, 1971, Charles Manson was sentenced to death for ordering the murders of Sharon Tate and others. The sentence was then commuted to life after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in 1972. Learn more about the trial of Charles Manson from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

The Beatles signed 10-year partnership

On April 19, 1967, John, Paul, George and Ringo - aka "The Beatles" - signed a partnership deed agreeing that the group would continue for a (further) period of ten years. When The Beatles split up prematurely in 1970, Paul applied to have the partnership terminated and a receiver appointed.

Read a legal analysis of Paul McCartney’s 1970 lawsuit against John, George and Ringo.

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