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News Ethiopia ending ban on election protests
Ethiopia ending ban on election protests
Holly Manges Jones
July 14, 2005 06:47:00 pm

The Ethiopian government has said that it will not renew a ban on post-election demonstrations against accusations of election fraud after it expires Friday. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi originally instituted a month-long ban against...

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News NHL, players reach agreement in principle to end record sports lockout
NHL, players reach agreement in principle to end record sports lockout
Holly Manges Jones
July 14, 2005 06:45:00 pm

The NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) have come to an agreement in principle , ending the longest labor interruption in North American professional sports history. The two...

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News Top Army general refused to reprimand former Gitmo commander for abuse
Top Army general refused to reprimand former Gitmo commander for abuse
Holly Manges Jones
July 12, 2005 09:48:00 pm

According to a congressional aide speaking on the condition of anonymity, an unreleased Pentagon report reveals that a top Army general rejected the recommended reprimand of former Guantanamo Bay prison commander Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller for...

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News UK police, Muslim community leaders work to head off post-bombing hate crimes
UK police, Muslim community leaders work to head off post-bombing hate crimes
Holly Manges Jones
July 12, 2005 09:09:00 pm

British police are bracing for hate crimes against Muslims in response to the announcement Tuesday that the perpetrators of the London bombings were British citizens and are vowing to handle any calls swiftly and vigorously. Police chiefs...

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News US calls for opposition to G-4 Security Council expansion plan
US calls for opposition to G-4 Security Council expansion plan
Holly Manges Jones
July 12, 2005 06:59:00 pm

The US Tuesday urged the UN General Assembly to vote against a draft resolution by the so-called G-4 to expand the UN Security Council by adding six additional permanent seats and four non-permanent seats to...

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News Egyptian court orders release of Sadat assassin
Egyptian court orders release of Sadat assassin
Holly Manges Jones
July 12, 2005 06:59:00 pm

An Egyptian court Tuesday ordered Tarek el-Zomor released from prison for his involvement in the 1981 assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat . El-Zomor was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group which...

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News Federal judge blasts DOI, orders admission to Indians that trust info unreliable
Federal judge blasts DOI, orders admission to Indians that trust info unreliable
Holly Manges Jones
July 12, 2005 06:20:00 pm

US District Judge Royce Lamberth blasted the US Interior Department Tuesday and ordered it to admit to American Indian plaintiffs that information being provided to them regarding outstanding lost royalties on earnings from Indian...

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News Italian police arrest 142 in post-London anti-terror sweep
Italian police arrest 142 in post-London anti-terror sweep
Holly Manges Jones
July 9, 2005 11:52:00 am

Italian police have arrested 142 people over the past two days in a security sweep to forestall potential terrorist attacks in the wake of the London bombings, according to a Saturday report from Italian news agency...

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News UK Home Secretary not rushing counter-terror laws after London bombings
UK Home Secretary not rushing counter-terror laws after London bombings
Holly Manges Jones
July 9, 2005 11:00:00 am

UK Home Office Secretary Charles Clarke is sticking to his late fall timetable to introduce a new bill to combat terrorism despite pressure to push through laws now in the aftermath of the...

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News Judge refuses to admit England statements on Abu Ghraib abuse
Judge refuses to admit England statements on Abu Ghraib abuse
Holly Manges Jones
July 9, 2005 10:37:00 am

Military judge Col. James Pohl ruled Friday that the statements Pfc. Lynndie England made to Army investigators in January 2004 regarding her actions in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal cannot be...

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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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