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News Judge dismisses part of whistleblower suit by former US attorney
Judge dismisses part of whistleblower suit by former US attorney
Chris Buell
October 20, 2005 08:26:00 am

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed half of a whistleblower suit filed by former US Attorney Richard Convertino, who alleged that he was retaliated against after cooperating with a US Senate investigation into the failed...

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News House expected to OK legislation shielding gun manufacturers from liability
House expected to OK legislation shielding gun manufacturers from liability
Chris Buell
October 20, 2005 08:07:00 am

The US House of Representatives is expected on Thursday to approve a bill that will block various civil lawsuits filed against US gun manufacturers. Both Republicans and Democrats predicted that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms...

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News Malawi lawmakers adopt impeachment procedures
Malawi lawmakers adopt impeachment procedures
Chris Buell
October 20, 2005 07:51:00 am

The Malawi parliament has adopted procedures for the impeachment of the country's president, who has been accused of misusing state funds and violating the country's constitution. Legislators approved the procedures late Tuesday in a...

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News Khodorkovsky, associate sent to remote prisons for jail terms
Khodorkovsky, associate sent to remote prisons for jail terms
Chris Buell
October 20, 2005 07:32:00 am

Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev have reportedly been sent to remote prisons in Siberia and the far north of the country to serve eight-year sentences...

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News Colombia high court ruling allows Uribe to seek second presidential term
Colombia high court ruling allows Uribe to seek second presidential term
Chris Buell
October 19, 2005 08:44:00 pm

Colombia's Constitutional Court Wednesday upheld legislation that would change the country's constitution to allow presidents to serve more than one term, a ruling that could allow Colombian President Alvaro Uribe [official website in Spanish; BBC...

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Morocco has blocked access to migrants, UN refugee agency says
Chris Buell
October 19, 2005 08:11:00 pm

Morocco has prevented UN officials from visiting African migrants detained in the country despite repeated requests for access, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reported Wednesday. The agency has said it fears that Morocco has forced many...

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Iraq arrests Saddam nephew on charges of financing insurgency
Chris Buell
October 19, 2005 07:58:00 pm

Iraqi police on Wednesday arrested a nephew of Saddam Hussein in Tikrit on charges that he has served as a leading financier of the country's insurgency, Iraqi security officials reported. Yasir Sabhawi Ibrahim is the son...

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US Senate moves to limit Supreme Court eminent domain ruling
Chris Buell
October 19, 2005 07:32:00 pm

The US Senate moved Wednesday to cut federal funding for projects that seize peoples' homes for private development, continuing a backlash to a recent controversial ruling by the US Supreme Court . The amendment...

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Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony on journalist shield law
Chris Buell
October 19, 2005 04:38:00 pm

New York Times reporter Judith Miller and US Attorney Chuck Rosenberg on Wednesday offered differing takes on the need for federal legislation to protect confidentiality of journalists' sources during a Senate Judiciary Committee [official...

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Frist records subpoenaed by SEC in investigation into stock sale
Chris Buell
October 13, 2005 08:38:00 am

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed personal records of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in its investigation into possible insider trading by Frist, the Washington Post reported Thursday . The...

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First impeachment trial began in US Senate

On December 17, 1798, the US Senate began its first impeachment trial. Senator William Blount of Tennessee, a land speculator, was accused of plotting with England to wrest control of Florida from Spain.

The Senate ultimately dismissed the charges for lack of jurisdiction - and, perhaps incidentally, lack of Blount, who had gone to Tennessee and had refused to return to the Senate for trial. Read more on the attempted arrest of William Blount.

Simon Bolivar dies

On December 17, 1830, South American revolutionary Simon Bolivar died in Colombia. During his lifetime, Bolivar led successful revolutions against Spanish colonial rule throughout South America. His efforts led to the independence of the modern-day nations of Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador and Bolivia, a nation named in his honor.

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