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News Muslim cartoons controversy address [Danish PM]
Muslim cartoons controversy address [Danish PM]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 3, 2006 08:28:00 pm

Address by Denmark Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to Muslim ambassadors. February 3, 2006 . Excerpt:We are faced with a problem, which can grow to a...

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Scholars' response to DOJ domestic surveillance memo
Bernard Hibbitts
February 3, 2006 03:07:00 pm

Scholars' response to US Department of Justice domestic surveillance memo of January 19, 2006; February 2, 2006. Read the full text of the letter ....

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News Global Corruption Report 2006 [Transparency International]
Global Corruption Report 2006 [Transparency International]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 1, 2006 10:19:00 pm

Global Corruption Report 2006, Transparency International, March 16, 2005 . Read the...

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News Gomery commission sponsorship scandal report #2 [Canada]
Gomery commission sponsorship scandal report #2 [Canada]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 1, 2006 10:05:00 pm

Restoring Accountability: Phase 2 Report, Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, Justice John H. Gomery, Commissioner [second report of the Canadian judicial inquiry into the "Sponsorship Scandal" containing 18 recommendations for reining in prime-ministerial power and...

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News Tsunami response human rights report [ActionAid]
Tsunami response human rights report [ActionAid]
Bernard Hibbitts
February 1, 2006 09:40:00 pm

Tsunami Response: A Human Rights Assessment, ActionAid International, February 1, 2006 . Read the full text of...

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2006 State of the Union Address [White House]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 31, 2006 11:15:00 pm

State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush, January 31, 2006. Read the full text of the Address. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News Bush defends surveillance, celebrates court confirmations in State of the Union
Bush defends surveillance, celebrates court confirmations in State of the Union
Bernard Hibbitts
January 31, 2006 10:30:00 pm

President Bush Tuesday evening used the occasion of his 2006 State of the Union address to insist again on the legality of his domestic surveillance program and to celebrate the recent confirmations of two of his...

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News Partial-birth abortion ban ruling [9th Circuit]
Partial-birth abortion ban ruling [9th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 31, 2006 10:26:00 pm

Planned Parenthood Federation of America v. Gonzales et al., US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, January , 2005 . Excerpt:This...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ MLK widow Coretta Scott King dies
BREAKING NEWS ~ MLK widow Coretta Scott King dies
Bernard Hibbitts
January 31, 2006 07:42:00 am

Wire services are reporting that Coretta Scott King , wife of the late US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and a key figure in the civil rights movement herself, has died. She was 78, and...

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Gay civil rights bill [Washington Senate]
Bernard Hibbitts
January 27, 2006 11:37:00 pm

An act relating to the jurisdiction of the Washington human rights commission, Washington Senate, January 27, 2006 . Read the full text of the bill . Reported in JURIST's Paper...

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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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