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News House committee approves $284B infrastructure bill
House committee approves $284B infrastructure bill
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 03:13:00 pm

The US House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Wednesday approved the Transportation Equity Act . The six-year, $284 billion highway and mass transit bill stalled last year over...

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News Federal judge blocks resumption of Canadian cattle imports
Federal judge blocks resumption of Canadian cattle imports
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 02:32:00 pm

US District Judge Richard Cebull ordered a temporary halt Wednesday to Bush administration plans to allow the resumption of imports of Canadian cattle next week. Judge Cebull granted a preliminary injunction preventing a USDA regulation allowing Canadian cattle imports...

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News UN report says drug trafficking threatens rule of law in Afghanistan, Iraq
UN report says drug trafficking threatens rule of law in Afghanistan, Iraq
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 02:18:00 pm

Drug trafficking in Afghanistan threatens to undermine the rule of law and democracy in the country, according to a report released Wednesday by the International Narcotics Control Board , the independent body charged with monitoring implementation of UN...

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News Japan law bars North Korean ships as abduction dispute continues
Japan law bars North Korean ships as abduction dispute continues
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 2, 2005 02:11:00 pm

New Japanese compulsory insurance rules requiring all foreign ships over 100 tons entering Japanese ports to be insured against oil spills, losses and other damages went into effect Tuesday, effectively barring most North Korean ships....

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News CIA spy suit ruling [US SC]
CIA spy suit ruling [US SC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 2, 2005 01:25:00 pm

Tenet v. Doe, Supreme Court of the United States, March 2, 2005 [ruling that two former spys for the CIA could not sue the agency for support after it had backed out of an alleged agreement to provide them with...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Titan able to bid on Navy contracts after settlement
Corporations and securities brief ~ Titan able to bid on Navy contracts after settlement
Amit Patel
March 2, 2005 01:05:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, Titan Corp. announced it reached administrative settlement agreement with the US Navy allowing the company to bid, receive and perform on government contracts. Read the Titan press release....

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News Madrid train bombers also planned attack on New York
Madrid train bombers also planned attack on New York
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 12:58:00 pm

Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported Wednesday that a disk seized from the home of one the suspected Madrid train bombers contained detailed plans of New York's Grand Central Station , including "highly specialized technical information."...

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News Gonzales stresses DOJ anti-terror fight in appropriations pitch
Gonzales stresses DOJ anti-terror fight in appropriations pitch
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 12:23:00 pm

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales presented the FY 2006 Justice Department budget Tuesday to the US House Committee on Appropriations . Gonzales testified that the FBI's counterterrorism workload has...

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News Supreme Court says secrecy requirement stops former spies suing CIA for support
Supreme Court says secrecy requirement stops former spies suing CIA for support
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 2, 2005 10:52:00 am

Unanimously reversing a Ninth Circuit ruling , the US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Tenet v. Doe that two former spies for the CIA could not sue the agency for support after it...

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News Hong Kong leader’s resignation presents legal problem
Hong Kong leader’s resignation presents legal problem
D. Wes Rist
March 2, 2005 10:45:00 am

Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee Hwa is reportedly going to step down from office as the leader of the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong for health reasons. Tung took the leadership...

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