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News Former US attorney general joins Hussein’s legal team
Former US attorney general joins Hussein’s legal team
Gretchen E. Moore
December 29, 2004 10:23:00 am

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, now a maverick war crimes lawyer and an outspoken critic of American foreign policy on Iraq who held office in the 1960s under President Lyndon Johnson, has joined the legal team defending Saddam...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine high court dismisses first Yanukovych complaint
BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine high court dismisses first Yanukovych complaint
Gretchen E. Moore
December 29, 2004 09:50:00 am

The Supreme Court of Ukraine's press service is reporting that the court has dismissed without consideration the first of four electoral complaints presented to the court by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, according to Maidan News in Kyiv....

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News Deutsche Bank wants Yukos US bankruptcy claim dismissed
Deutsche Bank wants Yukos US bankruptcy claim dismissed
Gretchen E. Moore
December 29, 2004 09:39:00 am

Deutsche Bank asked a US bankruptcy court in Houston Tuesday to dismiss the filing of Russian oil giant Yukos for lack of jurisdiction, contending the company has no American presence beyond two small bank accounts and the residence of...

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News Government reply brief in Martha Stewart appeal [2nd Circuit]
Government reply brief in Martha Stewart appeal [2nd Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 29, 2004 09:39:00 am

US v. Martha Stewart & Peter Bacanovic, Brief for the United States of America, November 24, 2004. Read the full text of the brief here ....

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News Results of voting in Ukraine [UKR CEC]
Results of voting in Ukraine [UKR CEC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 28, 2004 06:46:00 pm

Results of voting in Ukraine: elections of the President of Ukraine, repeat voting, 26 December, 2004, 100% of precincts reporting, Ukraine Central Election Commission, December 28, 2004. View the official final tabulated results in English here....

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News 9th Circuit: Make-up requirement for waitresses not sex discrimination
9th Circuit: Make-up requirement for waitresses not sex discrimination
Phillip Hong-Barco
December 28, 2004 04:06:00 pm

In an 2-1 opinion written by Judge A. Wallace Tashima, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a casino's requirement that its waitresses wear make-up while serving beverages does not constitute sex discrimination in violation of...

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News Arraignment postponed for Colombian drug kingpin
Arraignment postponed for Colombian drug kingpin
Phillip Hong-Barco
December 28, 2004 03:02:00 pm

US District Judge Federico Moreno Tuesday postponed the arraignment of Cali drug kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela until Jan. 28, 2005, giving his attorney time to persuade the Treasury Department to allow Orejuela's assets to pay for his legal defense...

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News Holiday disruptions trigger US DOT audit of airline services
Holiday disruptions trigger US DOT audit of airline services
Tom Henry
December 28, 2004 09:59:00 am

The top auditor for the US Department of Transportation says that holiday travel disruptions at US Airways and Comair have prompted a formal investigation into customer service commitments made by the airlines five years ago. Many passengers were left...

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News Ukraine top prosecutor investigates government minister’s death
Ukraine top prosecutor investigates government minister’s death
Tom Henry
December 28, 2004 09:35:00 am

Ukraine's prosecutor-general Tuesday opened a criminal probe into the death of Transport Minister Heorhiy Kyrpa, a strong supporter of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Kyrpa was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in his holiday home near...

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News UN reports 6250 candidates running in Iraqi election, but top Sunni party pulls out
UN reports 6250 candidates running in Iraqi election, but top Sunni party pulls out
Brandon Smith
December 27, 2004 03:23:00 pm

Nearly 6250 candidates have registered for Iraq's national assembly election next month, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has reported. Once in place, Iraq's 275-member assembly will draft a constitution and appoint a new government to oversee the...

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French June Rebellion ends

A republican uprising known as the June Rebellion was put down by French authorities in Paris on June 6, 1832. The rebels sought the abdication of French King Louis Philippe I, who assumed the throne two years prior following the overthrow of King Charles X. Louis Philippe would go on to rule until 1848 when he was overthrown in the wave of revolutions that took hold across Europe that year. Author Victor Hugo would later dramatize the June Rebellion in his novel Les Miserables Read excerpts of contemporary coverage about the June Rebellion from the Guardian.

Count Camillo di Cavour, the first Prime Minister of Italy, dies

On June 6, 1861, Count Camillo Benso di Cavour died He was the first Prime Minister of a united Italy and the political leader of his nation's unification movement. After Italian unification, Cavour was responsible for the creation of the Italian constitutional monarchy and its founding political documents.

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