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News Kenya constitution draft [Kenya AG]
Kenya constitution draft [Kenya AG]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 21, 2005 10:11:00 pm

The Proposed New Constitution of Kenya, Drafted and Published by the Attorney-General Pursuant to Section 27 of the Constitution of Kenya Review Act, August 22, 2005 . Read the full text of...

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Tunis Commitment [WSIS]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 18, 2005 06:20:00 pm

Tunis Commitment, final declaration of the World Summit on the Information Society, November 18, 2005 . Read the...

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News Conrad Black Hollinger indictment [US DOJ]
Conrad Black Hollinger indictment [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 17, 2005 10:20:00 pm

US v. Conrad M. Black et al, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [federal criminal fraud indictment against financier Conrad Black and three other executives at Hollinger International related to the $2.1 billion sale of several...

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News Georgia voter ID law rejection memo [US DOJ]
Georgia voter ID law rejection memo [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 17, 2005 09:33:00 pm

Voting Rights Act Section 5 Recommendation Memorandum on the Georgia voter ID law, US Department of Justice, August 25, 2005; released by the Washington Post November 17, 2005 [recommendation by four of five staff members reviewing the Georgia law under...

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News Missouri abortion consent law injunction ruling [8th Circuit]
Missouri abortion consent law injunction ruling [8th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 16, 2005 10:26:00 pm

Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, Inc., et al. v. Jeremiah M. Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, November 16, 2006 [ordering the US District Court to...

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News Ninth Circuit split recommendation [US DOJ]
Ninth Circuit split recommendation [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 16, 2005 08:40:00 pm

Letter supporting House legislation to split up the largest federal appeals court in the US, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which currently covers 54 million people and has 28 judgeships; US Department of Justice, November 14,...

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News Graham-Levin amendment on detainee judicial review  [US Senate]
Graham-Levin amendment on detainee judicial review [US Senate]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 15, 2005 09:51:00 pm

Senate Amendment 2524 to S. 1042 (the 2006 defense appropriations bill), US Senate, November 10, 2005 [mitigating an earlier amendment by Senator Lindsey Graham by giving detainees an opportunity to appeal the rulings of a military tribunal, but otherwise cutting...

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News Hicks military commission trial stay ruling [US DC]
Hicks military commission trial stay ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 15, 2005 08:37:00 pm

David M. Hicks v. George W. Bush, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, November 14, 2005 [staying the military commission trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks until the US Supreme Court rules on...

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Iraq human rights report [UNAMI]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 14, 2005 05:56:00 pm

Human Rights Report, UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) . Read the full...

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Capital Punishment 2004 [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts
November 14, 2005 11:12:00 am

Capital Punishment 2004, US Department of Justice, November 13, 2005 [reporting that a dozen US states executed 59 prisoners in 2004, six less than in 2003 and 125 people convicted of murder received the death penalty, the smallest number since...

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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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