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News North Carolina Democrats call for  suspension of state executions
North Carolina Democrats call for suspension of state executions
Brett Murphy
January 23, 2007 01:53:00 pm

Thirty Democratic members of the North Carolina General Assembly urged Gov. Mike Easley on Tuesday to implement an immediate suspension of all state executions until an investigation shows that the state's execution...

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News Libby CIA leak jury hears opening statements
Libby CIA leak jury hears opening statements
Brett Murphy
January 23, 2007 01:05:00 pm

The trial of former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby began Tuesday as the prosecution and defense attorneys delivered opening statements in the CIA leak case . Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald...

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News Israel military court orders release of ex-Ohio imam
Israel military court orders release of ex-Ohio imam
Brett Murphy
January 23, 2007 12:45:00 pm

A military judge in Israel on Tuesday ordered the release of Imam Fawaz Damra, former leader of Ohio's largest mosque, the Islamic Center of Cleveland , claiming there was insufficient evidence to hold him. Damra's lawyer told AP...

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News UK draft money-laundering rules take on corruption, crime, terrorist financing
UK draft money-laundering rules take on corruption, crime, terrorist financing
Brett Murphy
January 22, 2007 01:51:00 pm

The British government Monday released proposed money-laundering regulations that would broaden controls on businesses, politicians, and foreign officials with a view to controlling corruption, fighting crime and making financing of terrorism more difficult. The new rules would require financial...

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News Russia suspends coup plot investigation against exiled tycoon
Russia suspends coup plot investigation against exiled tycoon
Brett Murphy
January 22, 2007 01:20:00 pm

The office of the Russian Prosecutor General has suspended its investigation into an alleged coup plot by billionaire businessman Boris Berezovsky , a lawyer for Berezovsky said Monday. Berezovsky is currently living in London,...

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News Spain reissues arrest warrant for US soldiers involved in Baghdad hotel attack
Spain reissues arrest warrant for US soldiers involved in Baghdad hotel attack
Brett Murphy
January 17, 2007 09:32:00 am

Spain's National Court has reissued a warrant for the arrest of three US soldiers who killed Spanish Telecinco cameraman Jose Couso in 2003 when their tank opened fire on a hotel in Baghdad....

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News Bush says Saddam hanging resembled ‘revenge killing’
Bush says Saddam hanging resembled ‘revenge killing’
Brett Murphy
January 17, 2007 07:44:00 am

President Bush Tuesday offered his strongest criticism yet of the Iraqi government's handling of the execution of Saddam Hussein , saying in a PBS Newshour interview with Jim Lehrer that it resembled...

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News Lawyers for US Marines squad leader call for probe of Haditha report leak
Lawyers for US Marines squad leader call for probe of Haditha report leak
Brett Murphy
January 16, 2007 05:23:00 pm

Attorneys for Marine Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich, charged with the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha , have asked Marine Lt. Gen. James Mattis to launch an investigation into the leak of a Naval...

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News Thai election fraud trial of former ruling party begins
Thai election fraud trial of former ruling party begins
Brett Murphy
January 16, 2007 01:22:00 pm

Thailand's former ruling Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party went on trial Tuesday on charges of committing election fraud during last year's parliamentary elections by allegedly misusing the independent election commission and illegally paying smaller parties...

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EU justice officials urge expansion of police data-sharing among member states
Brett Murphy
January 16, 2007 12:44:00 pm

EU law enforcement officials agreed Monday that a police data-sharing agreement among members states should be expanded to include all 27 member nations. German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made the announcement at the end of two-day...

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Sandra Day O'Connor confirmed as first female US Supreme Court justice

On September 21, 1981, the US Senate approved the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the US Supreme Court by a vote of 99-0, making her the first female Supreme Court justice.

Leran more about Justice O'Connor from the OYEZ website at Northwestern University.

Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines

On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation 1081, implementing martial law in the Philippines. Marcos used the proclamation not only to suppress a communist insurgency but to eliminate political opponents as well. He remained in power until he was forced from office and into exile by the People Power Revolution in 1986.

Sandra Day O'Connor confirmed as the first female US Supreme Court justice

On September 21, 1981, the US Senate approved the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the US Supreme Court by a vote of 99-0, making her the first female Supreme Court justice.

Leran more about Justice O'Connor from the OYEZ website at Northwestern University.

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