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News Air Force orders religious tolerance after task force inquiry into Academy practices
Air Force orders religious tolerance after task force inquiry into Academy practices
Krista-Ann Staley
May 27, 2005 12:11:00 pm

Following allegations of religious intolerance and a subsequent Air Force task force visit to the Colorado Air Force Academy , the Air Force has specifically instructed its commanders to exercise “religious respect” and...

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News NY officials file suit against AIG
NY officials file suit against AIG
Krista-Ann Staley
May 27, 2005 10:31:00 am

Citing a pattern of fraud at American International Group Inc. , the world's largest insurer by market value, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has filed suit against AIG, its former chief executive, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg ,...

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News Chirac struggles to keep EU constitution hopes alive in France as Sunday vote looms
Chirac struggles to keep EU constitution hopes alive in France as Sunday vote looms
Krista-Ann Staley
May 27, 2005 09:25:00 am

Despite the recent campaign by French President Jacques Chirac to push the European Union constitution , thirteen successive polls indicate that the majority of French voters will vote "no" to the charter in a referendum...

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News Germany approves EU constitution in legislative vote
Germany approves EU constitution in legislative vote
Krista-Ann Staley
May 27, 2005 08:28:00 am

The proposed European Union Constitution received overwhelming legislative approval in Germany Friday. With all but one of Germany's 16 states in support of the constitution, the final "yes" vote in the Bundesrat , the...

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News Pitcairn men lose Supreme Court appeal
Pitcairn men lose Supreme Court appeal
Krista-Ann Staley
May 24, 2005 11:15:00 am

Six Pitcairn Island men, found guilty of multiple sexual abuse charges in October 2004 , have lost their appeal in the Pitcairn Supreme Court sitting in Auckland, New Zealand. The Court denied all of the defense's arguments, including...

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News UPDATE ~ Iran reinstates two reformists in presidential election
UPDATE ~ Iran reinstates two reformists in presidential election
Krista-Ann Staley
May 24, 2005 10:12:00 am

Upon reconsidering its former ban on reformist candidates, Iran's Guardian Council has now officially reinstated former higher education minister Mostafa Moin and incumbent Vice President Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh as candidates in the...

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News Senate to confirm Owen to 5th Circuit
Senate to confirm Owen to 5th Circuit
Krista-Ann Staley
May 24, 2005 09:24:00 am

The US Senate Tuesday prepared to confirm Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday following a bipartisan deal reached Monday night that avoided a showdown...

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News Spain arrests 3 more suspects in connection with Madrid train bombing
Spain arrests 3 more suspects in connection with Madrid train bombing
Krista-Ann Staley
May 24, 2005 08:52:00 am

Spain's Interior Ministry Tuesday announced the arrests of three more suspects in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombing , al-Qaeda's deadliest attack on Europe. The three Moroccan men, Mourad Bhar, 20, Abdelkhalak Chergui, 29, and Abdelhak Chergui,...

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News UN Kosovo report citing rights progress could open door to independence
UN Kosovo report citing rights progress could open door to independence
Krista-Ann Staley
May 20, 2005 11:13:00 am

In a version of a report to be released next Tuesday, Kosovo UN Governor Soren Jessen-Petersen indicates "significant progress" in security and in the area of minority rights under the Kosovo Standards Implementation Plan . Under the...

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News US military says Hussein pictures may violate Geneva Convention
US military says Hussein pictures may violate Geneva Convention
Krista-Ann Staley
May 20, 2005 09:52:00 am

The US military has strongly condemned a British tabloid's Friday publication of pictures of a semi-clothed Saddam Hussein that it says were taken "in clear violation of directives and possibly Geneva Convention guidelines for the humane...

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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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