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News London police say shot man not bomber; Brazilian government protests
London police say shot man not bomber; Brazilian government protests
Bernard Hibbitts
July 23, 2005 06:56:00 pm

London's Metropolitan Police Service announced in a statement Saturday that a man originally said to be a suicide bomber shot dead by plainclothes police at point blank range at the Stockwell Tube station in London Friday...

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News Roberts US Supreme Court nomination [White House]
Roberts US Supreme Court nomination [White House]
Bernard Hibbitts
July 19, 2005 10:36:00 pm

Nomination of Judge John G. Roberts, Jr., US DC Circuit Court of Appeals, to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush, July 19, 2005. Excerpt:I'm honored to announce that I am nominating...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush announces  Roberts, says he will "apply laws strictly"
BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush announces Roberts, says he will "apply laws strictly"
Bernard Hibbitts
July 19, 2005 09:15:00 pm

At a brief East Room ceremony, President Bush has formally announced his nomination of US DC Circuit Court of Appeals judge John Roberts to be an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court . Calling him one...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush picks appeals judge John Roberts for Supreme Court
BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush picks appeals judge John Roberts for Supreme Court
Bernard Hibbitts
July 19, 2005 08:06:00 pm

Wire services are reporting that President Bush will nominate federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts for the US Supreme Court seat opened by the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, according to Washington sources. Roberts, a former law...

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Military commissions resumption statement [US DOD]
Bernard Hibbitts
July 18, 2005 08:59:00 pm

Press statement on resumption of military commissions, US Department of Defense, July 18, 2005 . Excerpt:The Office of Military Commissions...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ First charge filed against Saddam Hussein
BREAKING NEWS ~ First charge filed against Saddam Hussein
Bernard Hibbitts
July 17, 2005 08:36:00 am

The Iraqi Special Tribunal announced Sunday that it has filed its first formal criminal charge against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in connection with the 1982 killing of some 150 Shiites...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Cairo arrest made in London bombings case
BREAKING NEWS ~ Cairo arrest made in London bombings case
Bernard Hibbitts
July 15, 2005 07:55:00 am

BBC News is reporting that chemistry student Magdi al-Nashar has been arrested in Cairo in connection with the London bombings. BBC News has more.11:36 AM ET - Magdi al-Nashar has denied any role in the London attacks during interrogations...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ First arrests in London bombings
BREAKING NEWS ~ First arrests in London bombings
Bernard Hibbitts
July 12, 2005 11:05:00 am

BBC television is reporting that UK police have made a "series of arrests" in the London bombings case after they identified the body of a bomber who died in the Tavistock Square bus blast. It is not clear whether...

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News Released US filmmaker tells of 54-day detention at Camp Cropper
Released US filmmaker tells of 54-day detention at Camp Cropper
Bernard Hibbitts
July 11, 2005 10:06:00 am

Cyrus Kar, the American filmmaker detained by US forces in Iraq in May and held for 54 days after the taxi he was riding in was stopped at a checkpoint and found to be carrying timing devices...

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News BREAKING NEWS – Luxembourg votes Yes in European constitution referendum
BREAKING NEWS – Luxembourg votes Yes in European constitution referendum
Bernard Hibbitts
July 10, 2005 11:11:00 am

Luxembourg has voted Yes in Sunday's national referendum on the European constitution, supporting the beleaguered EU treaty by a wide margin of roughly 57%-43%, with all precincts reporting . This is the first European referendum...

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Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

OPEC founded

On September 14 1960, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq. OPEC was created to promote higher crude oil prices for its members through the restriction of global supply.

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Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

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