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News Kerry calls for release of Supreme Court nominee Roberts’ GOP files
Kerry calls for release of Supreme Court nominee Roberts’ GOP files
Holly Manges Jones
July 23, 2005 09:59:00 am

US Senator John Kerry (D-MA) called on the White House Friday to release the complete file of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts during the time he served in two Republican administrations. Democrats are seeking the...

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News Congressional investigators say TSA violated Privacy Act
Congressional investigators say TSA violated Privacy Act
Holly Manges Jones
July 23, 2005 09:58:00 am

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has violated the 1974 Privacy Act by collecting personal information on nearly 250,000 people without their knowledge, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Friday. Congressional...

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News Scrushy asks court to drop SEC suit against him
Scrushy asks court to drop SEC suit against him
Holly Manges Jones
July 21, 2005 08:39:00 pm

Former CEO of HealthSouth Corp. Richard Scrushy petitioned a judge Thursday to terminate the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) civil suit against him for corporate fraud charges since he was acquitted of criminal...

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News Gitmo prisoners protest detentions with hunger strike
Gitmo prisoners protest detentions with hunger strike
Holly Manges Jones
July 21, 2005 08:02:00 pm

Fifty-two detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp are protesting their detentions and allegedly inhumane treatment by refusing meals, according to a statement released Thursday by the naval base's Joint Task Force . The prisoners have so far...

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London police arrest two men in bus, subway attacks
Holly Manges Jones
July 21, 2005 07:00:00 pm

London police arrested two men Thursday as suspects in the noon hour attacks on a bus and three subway trains . Officials said one of the men was arrested near the home of Prime Minister Tony Blair [official...

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Saddam questions limited access to lawyer
Holly Manges Jones
July 21, 2005 06:59:00 pm

Saddam Hussein on Thursday questioned why he only has access to his lawyer during interrogation sessions before judges investigating the charges against him. In a new released videotape of Saddam, he asked Judge Munir Haddad, "The lawyer only sees...

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GOP senators propose bill to force millions of illegal aliens out of US
Holly Manges Jones
July 19, 2005 08:01:00 pm

US Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bill Tuesday which could force millions of illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States to leave. The proposed bill includes the...

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News Senate debate on Hawaii native sovereignty bill delayed
Senate debate on Hawaii native sovereignty bill delayed
Holly Manges Jones
July 19, 2005 07:29:00 pm

The Senate Tuesday delayed a floor debate on the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 which proposes giving native Hawaiians self-governance privileges . The Akaka bill is sponsored by US Senators Daniel Inouye...

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News Egyptian report clears chemist as London bombings suspect
Egyptian report clears chemist as London bombings suspect
Holly Manges Jones
July 19, 2005 07:06:00 pm

An Egyptian Interior Ministry report has concluded that there are no links between detained chemist Magdi al-Nashar and the al-Qaeda suspects responsible for the bombings in London. Nashar was arrested in Cairo last week as part of...

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TIME reporter says Cheney chief of staff contributed to Plame leak
Holly Manges Jones
July 17, 2005 04:13:00 pm

TIME magazine reporter Matthew Cooper said Sunday in an article he has written on his grand jury testimony that Dick Cheney's chief of staff Lewis Libby contributed information to the story revealing the identity of Valerie...

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US House voted to impeach President Clinton

On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.

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On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which ceded control of Hong Kong to the government of mainland China in 1997. The treaty also ensured that Hong Kong would retain its capitalist and democratic systems for at least 50 year after the transfer of power.

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