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News Alabama AG trying to block release of Wallace shooter from Maryland prison
Alabama AG trying to block release of Wallace shooter from Maryland prison
Bernard Hibbitts
August 25, 2007 01:39:00 pm

The Alabama Attorney General's office said Friday that Attorney General Troy King would try to prevent the early release from a Maryland state prison of Arthur Bremer , the man who shot ex-Alabama Governor...

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News Liberia high court orders former interim president tried for corruption
Liberia high court orders former interim president tried for corruption
Bernard Hibbitts
August 25, 2007 11:36:00 am

The Liberian Supreme Court ruled Friday that former interim Liberian President Gyude Bryant can stand trial on embezzlement charges. Bryant was charged in February with embezzling $1.3 million during his tenure from October 2003 until...

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News Federal bankruptcy judge orders San Diego clergy sex abuse trials
Federal bankruptcy judge orders San Diego clergy sex abuse trials
Bernard Hibbitts
August 25, 2007 08:33:00 am

US Bankruptcy Judge Louise DeCarl Adler ordered 42 clergy sex abuse cases against the Catholic Diocese of San Diego to go to trial Friday, accepting arguments by plaintiffs lawyers that the move could push pressure on the...

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News Sharif return petition order [Pakistan SC]
Sharif return petition order [Pakistan SC]
Bernard Hibbitts
August 23, 2007 08:36:00 pm

Pakistan Muslim League and Nawaz Sharif v. Federation of Pakistan, Supreme Court of Pakistan, August 23, 2007 [ruling that former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can return to the country, effectively ending the 10-year exile imposed after Sharif was deposed...

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News Global warming report release ruling [US DC]
Global warming report release ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
August 22, 2007 09:13:00 pm

Center for Biological Diversity v. Dr. William Brennan, US District Court for the Northern District of California, August 21, 2007 . Read...

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News Texas executions statement [European Union]
Texas executions statement [European Union]
Bernard Hibbitts
August 21, 2007 08:53:00 pm

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the 400th execution in Texas, August 21, 2007 [urging Texas Gov. Rick Perry to halt all executions in the state and to consider introducing a moratorium on death sentences...

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News FISA court to consider making wiretapping rulings public
FISA court to consider making wiretapping rulings public
Bernard Hibbitts
August 18, 2007 04:45:00 pm

A judge on the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court said in an order released Friday that the court would consider what she called an "unprecedented" ACLU motion [PDF text;...

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News Tajikistan high court sentences ex-Guantanamo detainees
Tajikistan high court sentences ex-Guantanamo detainees
Bernard Hibbitts
August 18, 2007 03:18:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Tajikistan Friday sentenced two former Guantanamo Bay detainees to 17 years in prison each for serving as mercenaries in Afghanistan. Mukit Vokhidov and Rukhiddin Sharopov crossed to Afghanistan in 2001 as members of the al...

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News Senate Judiciary chair balks at White House bid for wiretapping subpoenas extension
Senate Judiciary chair balks at White House bid for wiretapping subpoenas extension
Bernard Hibbitts
August 18, 2007 11:08:00 am

A spokesman for US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) reacted coolly Friday to a White House bid to extend until after Labor Day the deadline for compliance with committee subpoenas [JURIST report; subpoena packets,...

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News White House aides subpoena compliance report [US House Judiciary Comm.]
White House aides subpoena compliance report [US House Judiciary Comm.]
Bernard Hibbitts
July 25, 2007 10:32:00 pm

Report on the Refusal of Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to Comply With Subpoenas By the House Judiciary Committee, July 24, 2007 [detailing a House investigation that, according to Committee Chairman...

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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.
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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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