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News BREAKING NEWS ~ British police release former Gitmo detainees without charge
BREAKING NEWS ~ British police release former Gitmo detainees without charge
Jeannie Shawl
January 26, 2005 04:19:00 pm

BBC News is reporting that British police have released all four British detainees recently freed from Guantanamo Bay without charge. The four men were released from Guantanamo Bay to British officials on Tuesday and London Metropolitan Police...

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News O’Connor tops list of preferred Chief Justice nominees, poll results show
O’Connor tops list of preferred Chief Justice nominees, poll results show
Jeannie Shawl
January 26, 2005 04:01:00 pm

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has topped a roster of potential nominees to replace Chief Justice William Rehnquist should he retire, according to the results of a Zogby poll released Wednesday. O'Connor garnered...

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News House Judiciary Committee chair introduces terrorist travel legislation
House Judiciary Committee chair introduces terrorist travel legislation
Jeannie Shawl
January 26, 2005 03:35:00 pm

US House Committee on the Judiciary chairman James Sensenbrenner, Jr. introduced legislation Wednesday that contains provisions restricting terrorist travel that were dropped from the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 , which...

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News Japanese high court allows promotion discrimination against foreigners
Japanese high court allows promotion discrimination against foreigners
Jeannie Shawl
January 26, 2005 03:14:00 pm

The Japanese Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government can block foreigners from being promoted in public service jobs without violating the country's constitution . South Korean citizen Chong Hyang-gyun sued the Japanese government for the right...

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News Prostitutes used in Gitmo torture, lawyer for Australian detainee says
Prostitutes used in Gitmo torture, lawyer for Australian detainee says
Jeannie Shawl
January 26, 2005 02:30:00 pm

Steven Hopper, lawyer for soon-to-be-released Australian Gitmo detainee Mamdouh Habib , has said that Habib has been subject to atrocities fit for a "vulgar concentration camp" while detained at Guantanamo Bay. Hopper said that interrogators...

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News Israel to halt targeted killings of Palestinian militants
Israel to halt targeted killings of Palestinian militants
Jeannie Shawl
January 26, 2005 02:12:00 pm

Israeli security officials said Wednesday that Israel would suspend its targeted killings of Palestinian militants as part of its preparations for a cease-fire and a resumption of peace talks with the Palestinian Authority. Israel will not...

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News British government unveils referendum on EU Constitution
British government unveils referendum on EU Constitution
Jeannie Shawl
January 26, 2005 01:37:00 pm

British Foreign Minister Jack Straw Wednesday unveiled the question voters will be asked in an upcoming referendum on the EU Constitution : Should the United Kingdom approve the treaty establishing a Constitution for the European Union?"...

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News McDonald’s obesity lawsuit reinstated
McDonald’s obesity lawsuit reinstated
Jeannie Shawl
January 26, 2005 01:20:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has reinstated part of an obesity lawsuit against McDonald's , ruling that two New York children should be allowed to pursue their deceptive advertising claims. US District...

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News Defense of Marriage Act challenge dropped
Defense of Marriage Act challenge dropped
Jeannie Shawl
January 26, 2005 12:45:00 pm

Lawsuits brought by three same-sex couples married in Massachusetts and Canada seeking to have their marriages recognized in Florida have been dropped because the plaintiffs do not want to risk having the US Supreme Court set precedent by rejecting...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Condoleezza Rice confirmed as Secretary of State
BREAKING NEWS ~ Condoleezza Rice confirmed as Secretary of State
Jeannie Shawl
January 26, 2005 12:16:00 pm

AP is reporting that the US Senate has confirmed Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State by a vote of 85-13. Rice will be sworn in at the White House Wednesday night with a more elaborate swearing-in ceremony by President...

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Ford pardoned Nixon for Watergate

On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford, in a televised address to the American people, pardoned ex-President Richard Nixon for any offenses committed in association with the Watergate break-in.

Read the full text of Ford's address, or listen to him read the pardon (via Watergate.info).

Treaty of San Francisco signed, officially ending WWII in the Pacific

On September 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco was signed between 49 nations and Japan, ending World War II in the Pacific region. In addition to dismantling the Japanese Empire, the accord also provided for compensation to be paid by Japan to prisoners of war and civilians who were victimized by Japan during the War. Communist China did not participate in the San Francisco negotiations and thus signed the separate Treaty of Tapei with Japan.

Ford pardoned Nixon

On Sepetmber 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned predecessor Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. Read President Ford's remarks explaining the pardon.

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