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News Japan PM visits war shrine despite court ruling
Japan PM visits war shrine despite court ruling
Sara R. Parsowith
October 17, 2005 07:59:00 am

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi honored the country's war dead by praying at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine Monday, despite conflicting court decisions on the constitutionality of Koizumi's visits to the shrine. Last month, the...

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News High court nominee Miers to respond to criticism in Senate questionnaire
High court nominee Miers to respond to criticism in Senate questionnaire
Sara R. Parsowith
October 17, 2005 07:38:00 am

US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers will offer her first rebuttal to concerns over her qualifications Monday in answers to a Senate questionnaire on several topics, including judicial activism. White House...

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News Indonesian court to speed up executions of Bali nightclub bombers
Indonesian court to speed up executions of Bali nightclub bombers
Sara R. Parsowith
October 17, 2005 07:20:00 am

An official from Bali's Denpasar district court said Monday that politicians and legal officials will be sent to the prison which houses three men convicted in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings in an attempt to speed up...

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News Egypt orders release of Muslim Brotherhood members
Egypt orders release of Muslim Brotherhood members
Sara R. Parsowith
October 17, 2005 07:00:00 am

The Egyptian government ordered Sunday that five members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood be released after they had been detained for five months without charges. The Muslim Brotherhood, established in 1928 and banned...

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News Army officer investigated after reporting Iraq prisoner abuse
Army officer investigated after reporting Iraq prisoner abuse
Sara R. Parsowith
September 28, 2005 08:42:00 am

US Army Capt. Ian Fishback , who served as an anonymous source for a recent Human Rights Watch report on the alleged abuse of Iraqi detainees, said Tuesday that Army investigators tried to track down young soldiers...

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News Turkey EU bid threatened by abuse allegations
Turkey EU bid threatened by abuse allegations
Sara R. Parsowith
September 28, 2005 08:23:00 am

Advocacy group Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) , Wednesday released a report of human rights abuses revealing a high prevalence of torture and starvation in Turkey's psychiatric institutions. The results...

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News Federal judges, ABA slam death penalty appeals proposal
Federal judges, ABA slam death penalty appeals proposal
Sara R. Parsowith
September 28, 2005 07:55:00 am

The Judicial Conference of the United States , the policy making body for federal judges, and the American Bar Association (ABA) have sent a letter to US Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)...

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News US judge prevents deportation of Cuban terror suspect on torture concerns
US judge prevents deportation of Cuban terror suspect on torture concerns
Sara R. Parsowith
September 28, 2005 07:35:00 am

Texas Judge William L. Abbott ruled Tuesday that former anti-Castro CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles will not be deported to either Cuba or Venezuela where local officials want to prosecute him for alleged terrorist acts. US attorneys...

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News British police arrest suspect in failed bomb attack
British police arrest suspect in failed bomb attack
Sara R. Parsowith
September 28, 2005 07:11:00 am

Scotland Yard announced Tuesday that anti-terrorist officers have arrested a suspect in connection with the failed July 21 London bomb attacks , which occurred just two weeks after the fatal July 7 London bombings [JURIST news...

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Saudi Shiites petition king for greater rights
Sara R. Parsowith
September 27, 2005 09:51:00 pm

Minority Shiites who make up about about ten percent of Saudi Arabia's population have petitioned King Abdullah for prisoner releases and equal opportunities a month after the new monarch in his first address to the nation ...

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Sewing machine patented

On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines.
Learn more about Elias Howe from the University of Rochester.

Last French execution by guillotine

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine in France.

The French death penalty was formally abolished by President Francois Mitterand in 1981. Learn more about the history of the guillotine.

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