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News Marine cleared in shooting of unarmed Iraqi
Marine cleared in shooting of unarmed Iraqi
Jamie Sterling
May 5, 2005 08:36:00 am

The US Marine Corps has dropped charges against the Marine corporal responsible for shooting a wounded and unarmed Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque last November in an incident caught on a dramatic videotape aired on...

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News Colorado lawmakers kill vote on same-sex marriage ban
Colorado lawmakers kill vote on same-sex marriage ban
Jamie Sterling
May 5, 2005 08:19:00 am

Colorado's House Judiciary Committee have killed SB 140 , a bill that would have allowed Colorado voters in the upcoming November election to vote on the addition of a same-sex marriage ban to the state Constitution....

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News Mexico drops case against Mexico City mayor
Mexico drops case against Mexico City mayor
Jamie Sterling
May 4, 2005 04:04:00 pm

The Mexican attorney general's office (PGR) Wednesday dropped a land dispute case brought against Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador . Lopez Obrador , the popular front-runner in the country's 2006...

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News US soldiers arrested for attempted arms smuggling in Colombia
US soldiers arrested for attempted arms smuggling in Colombia
Jamie Sterling
May 4, 2005 02:53:00 pm

Colombian police arrested two American soldiers Wednesday for attempted arms smuggling, potentially to illegal far-right Colombian para-military groups. This is the second set of arrests for US military smuggling in the past month; the other involved a US Air...

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News IRA member charged with murder for 1998 terrorist bombing
IRA member charged with murder for 1998 terrorist bombing
Jamie Sterling
May 4, 2005 02:36:00 pm

Sean Gerard Hoey, a member of the Irish Republican Army , was charged Wednesday with the murder of 29 people in the largest terrorist bombing in the history of Northern Ireland's "troubles." The 1998 Omagh bombing [BBC archive...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ FBI charges Pentagon analyst with leaking classified documents
BREAKING NEWS ~ FBI charges Pentagon analyst with leaking classified documents
Jamie Sterling
May 4, 2005 11:26:00 am

AP is reporting that Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin , previously demoted and stripped of his security clearance in the wake of August allegations that he had spied for Israel, was arrested Wednesday after turning himself in on charges...

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News Annan says Security Council reforms will not alter veto entitlement
Annan says Security Council reforms will not alter veto entitlement
Jamie Sterling
May 4, 2005 09:06:00 am

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that expecting any of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to endorse reforms that would give other nations the same veto powers they already enjoyed...

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News UPDATE ~ Judge questions England guilty plea after psychologist testimony
UPDATE ~ Judge questions England guilty plea after psychologist testimony
Jamie Sterling
May 4, 2005 08:46:00 am

Following up on a earlier report in JURIST's Paper Chase, Judge Col. James Pohl asked Pfc. Lynndie England late Tuesday whether she wanted to consider withdrawing her guilty plea after her childhood psychologist testified to her reduced...

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News Air Force investigating constitutionality of religious activities at Academy
Air Force investigating constitutionality of religious activities at Academy
Jamie Sterling
May 4, 2005 08:18:00 am

Acting Air Force Secretary Michael L. Dominguez , announced Tuesday that the Pentagon will investigate reported religious activities at the Colorado Springs United States Air Force Academy to determine if the climate there respects the Establishment...

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News England sentencing panel chosen
England sentencing panel chosen
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2005 03:28:00 pm

A US military court Tuesday selected a panel of six soldiers, all American Iraqi war veterans, to sentence Pfc. Lynndie England, the face of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. England pleaded guilty Monday to seven charges and...

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First Non-Aligned Movement conference closes

On September 6, 1961, the Non-Aligned Movement concluded its first official conference in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The organization was founded in 1955 to support mostly developing countries who did not wish to side with either of the great Cold War powers. It also worked to shepherd these nations through the process of decolonization.

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about the history and founding principles of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Pilgrims leave Plymouth, England for North America

On September 6, 1620, the Pilgrims left Plymouth, England. They set sail on the Mayflower for North America, where they would found the Plymouth Colony in modern-day Massachusetts.
While in transit, the Pilgrims promulgated the Mayflower Compact, which would serve as their colony's first governing document.

Law requiring German Jews to wear star announced

On September 6, 1941, German authorities announced the adoption of a regulation, formally enacted on September 1, requiring all Jews in German territories to wear a star. Read an English translation of the Police Decree Concerning the Marking of Jews.

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