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News Former civil servant convicted in Canada sponsorship scandal case
Former civil servant convicted in Canada sponsorship scandal case
Joe Shaulis
June 6, 2006 04:16:00 pm

A former civil servant was found guilty Tuesday of defrauding the Canadian government of more than $1.6 million in the so-called sponsorship scandal that helped bring down Canada's Liberal Party government in January. After seven days...

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News UK court-martial acquits three more British soldiers in drowning of Iraqi teen
UK court-martial acquits three more British soldiers in drowning of Iraqi teen
Joe Shaulis
June 6, 2006 04:14:00 pm

A UK court-martial found three British soldiers not guilty of manslaughter Tuesday in the drowning death of a 15-year-old Iraqi boy. The infantrymen - two members of the Irish Guards and one member of the Scots Guards...

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DOJ defends right to prosecute journalists for leaking classified information
Joe Shaulis
June 6, 2006 02:35:00 pm

The head of the criminal division of the US Justice Department , testifying Tuesday at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee , reiterated the DOJ's position that the federal government has the authority to...

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Anti-terrorism bill stalled in Kenya parliament
Joe Shaulis
June 6, 2006 01:07:00 pm

A committee of the Kenyan National Assembly has shelved the latest version of a long-pending anti-terrorism bill , saying it will not be debated until the United States accepts responsibility for attacks on American interests in...

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Iraq VP calls for UN investigation into civilian deaths
Joe Shaulis
June 5, 2006 04:27:00 pm

Allegations that members of the US military killed civilians in Iraq should be investigated by the United Nations and an Iraqi-US committee, Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi said Monday. Al-Hashimi, a Sunni,...

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June 5, 2006 03:59:00 pm

President Bush Monday denounced "activist judges" who have struck down state laws banning same-sex marriage as he urged Congress to approve the so-called Marriage Protection Amendment defining marriage as the union of a man...

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Serbia follows Montenegro in declaring independence
Joe Shaulis
June 5, 2006 03:32:00 pm

Serbian members of parliament declared Serbia a sovereign nation Monday, two days after the parliament of Montenegro proclaimed its own independence from the former Serbia-Montenegro union. The breakup marks the final dissolution of what...

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Iraq court convicts 1 for kidnapping CARE worker; 2 others freed
Joe Shaulis
June 5, 2006 01:56:00 pm

A Baghdad court has convicted one man but acquitted two others in connection with the abduction and murder of Margaret Hassan , the Irish-born aid worker kidnapped in Iraq in 2004 . Mustafa Salman, charged with aiding...

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Indonesia AG sued for dropping charges against ex-president Suharto
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June 5, 2006 01:11:00 pm

Several activist groups have sued the attorney general of Indonesia for dropping corruption charges against former President Suharto . Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh dismissed the charges last month because of the former...

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Nepal parliament adopts resolution on women’s rights
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May 31, 2006 11:25:00 am

The parliament of Nepal has unanimously adopted a resolution that would guarantee citizenship papers to children in their mother's name only, even if the father is away or divorced, and require more-proportionate representation of women in...

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US suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate

On September 20, 1884, a group of American suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class."
Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party.

The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries, and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.

Catholic Church tries Galileo for heresy

On September 20, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church tried Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was brought before the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith for his assertion that the Earth orbits the Sun. He was sentenced to spend the rest of his life under house arrest.
Read documents from the trial of Galileo.

Suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate

On September 20, 1884, a group of suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class."
Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party.

The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries, and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.

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