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News Federal appeals court releases parts of secret CIA leak opinion
Federal appeals court releases parts of secret CIA leak opinion
Greg Sampson
February 4, 2006 10:52:00 am

A formerly secret opinion released by the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals reveals that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney told prosecutors that the Vice President...

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News France high court overturns colonial history law
France high court overturns colonial history law
Greg Sampson
February 1, 2006 01:04:00 pm

France's Constitutional Council , the country's highest court, has struck down a clause in a 2005 French law that requires teachers to stress the positive aspects of French colonialism....

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News Mine safety nominee says laws adequate, stricter enforcement needed
Mine safety nominee says laws adequate, stricter enforcement needed
Greg Sampson
February 1, 2006 12:43:00 pm

During testimony before the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday, Richard Sticker, George Bush's nominee to head the Mine Safety and Health Agency , told senators that current mine safety laws...

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News Iran president calls for Bush to face ‘people’s tribunal’
Iran president calls for Bush to face ‘people’s tribunal’
Greg Sampson
February 1, 2006 11:59:00 am

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday called President George Bush a "warmonger" and said he should be brought before a "people's tribunal" to answer for American actions in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and elsewhere...

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News UK court rules illegal file-sharers owe damages for copyright infringement
UK court rules illegal file-sharers owe damages for copyright infringement
Greg Sampson
January 28, 2006 11:59:00 am

In the first ruling of its kind, the British High Court on Friday ruled that two British citizens accused of illegal file-sharing must pay damages for violating UK copyright laws. The suit brought by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI)...

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FBI arrests two FEMA employees in Katrina fraud investigation
Greg Sampson
January 28, 2006 11:01:00 am

The US Department of Justice Friday announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested two employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency working in New Orleans in the post-Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news...

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News US appeals court lifts ban on Kansas underage sex reporting law
US appeals court lifts ban on Kansas underage sex reporting law
Greg Sampson
January 28, 2006 10:21:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Friday lifted a preliminary injunction by a lower federal court that had blocked a Kansas law requiring health care officials to report consensual sex by...

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News UK appeals court upholds oil-for-food libel judgment favoring MP
UK appeals court upholds oil-for-food libel judgment favoring MP
Greg Sampson
January 25, 2006 01:01:00 pm

A British appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's order that the Daily Telegraph pay damages and legal costs to British MP George Galloway after it found the newspaper had libeled Galloway...

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News Pinochet daughter detained at US airport
Pinochet daughter detained at US airport
Greg Sampson
January 25, 2006 12:28:00 pm

Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, the eldest daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was detained Wednesday at Dulles International Airport in Washington DC, according to a spokesperson from the Chilean government. Earlier this...

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ACLU settles no-fly list case with US government
Greg Sampson
January 25, 2006 12:03:00 pm

Two US agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Transportation Security Administration , have agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) $200,000 in attorneys fees to settle a case brought by...

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Sewing machine patented

On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines.
Learn more about Elias Howe from the University of Rochester.

Last French execution by guillotine

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine in France.

The French death penalty was formally abolished by President Francois Mitterand in 1981. Learn more about the history of the guillotine.

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