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News England to plead guilty in Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case
England to plead guilty in Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case
Bernard Hibbitts
April 30, 2005 12:14:00 pm

The lawyer for Pfc. Lynndie England said Friday that the 22-year old reservist made infamous by photographs that showed her posing with with humiliated Iraqi detainees in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison has agreed to plead guilty to...

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News 2004 Wiretap Report [Administrative Office US Courts]
2004 Wiretap Report [Administrative Office US Courts]
Bernard Hibbitts
April 30, 2005 11:30:00 am

2004 Wiretap Report , Administrative Office of the United States Courts, April 28, 2005 [reporting that wiretaps increased by 19 percent in 2004, with federal and state judges approving 1,710 applications while...

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News Death penalty reinstatement bill [MA Gov. Mitt Romney]
Death penalty reinstatement bill [MA Gov. Mitt Romney]
Bernard Hibbitts
April 29, 2005 09:13:00 pm

An Act Reinstating Capital Punishment in the Commonwealth, filed with the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives, April 29, 2005 [to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts for deadly acts of terrorism, killing sprees, murders involving torture, and the killing...

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Ethics rules reinstatement resolution [US House]
Bernard Hibbitts
April 28, 2005 09:46:00 pm

HR 240 . Read the full text of the...

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"Designer babies" ruling [UK HL]
Bernard Hibbitts
April 28, 2005 07:28:00 pm

Quintavalle v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, UK House of Lords, April 28, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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Iraq war legal advice [UK AG]
Bernard Hibbitts
April 28, 2005 04:32:00 pm

Advice on the legality of a war with Iraq, Lord Goldmsith, Attorney General for England and Wales, to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, March 7, 2003 [released by the PMO April 28, 2005; indicating that a war could be considered...

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UPDATE ~ UK PM releases Iraq war legal advice
Bernard Hibbitts
April 28, 2005 08:20:00 am

A day after the BBC published a leaked document appearing to contain part of the UK Attorney General's advice to the Prime Minister on the legality of the Iraq war, 10 Downing Street Thursday released the...

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News Mexico Attorney General resigns over mayor dispute
Mexico Attorney General resigns over mayor dispute
Bernard Hibbitts
April 28, 2005 08:02:00 am

Mexican President Vicente Fox announced in a nationwide TV broadcast Wednesday night that he had accepted the resignation of Mexican Attorney General Rafael Macedo De La Concha. De La Concha had been at...

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News IAEA postpones decision on ElBaradei reappointment after US voices opposition
IAEA postpones decision on ElBaradei reappointment after US voices opposition
Bernard Hibbitts
April 28, 2005 07:35:00 am

The United States Wednesday formally indicated its opposition to the reappointment of International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei to a third term, citing his stances on Iran's nuclear program and nuclear inspections in Iraq...

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News House bill would bar taking minors across state lines for abortions
House bill would bar taking minors across state lines for abortions
Bernard Hibbitts
April 28, 2005 07:03:00 am

The US House of Representatives passed a bill late Wednesday that would make it illegal to take minors across the state lines for abortions. The option is seen as a way of getting around parental consent laws legislated in...

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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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