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News US senators slam Gitmo interrogation techniques revealed by log
US senators slam Gitmo interrogation techniques revealed by log
Tom Henry
June 13, 2005 08:54:00 am

US senators Chuck Hagel and Dianne Feinstein have responded to a newly released log of a Guantanamo interrogation with anger and bewilderment. Hagel, a Vietnam Veteran, said the practices reflected in the record telling...

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News Venezuela may take US to international court over Cuban exile
Venezuela may take US to international court over Cuban exile
Tom Henry
June 13, 2005 08:23:00 am

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he will sue the US in an international court if the US does not comply with a request to extradite Cuban exile and naturalized Venezuelan Luis Posada Carriles ....

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News Pakistani court frees 12 men in gang-rape case
Pakistani court frees 12 men in gang-rape case
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 03:57:00 pm

The Lahore High Court in Pakistan released 12 men Friday with ties to a highly publicized gang-rape, including six men who were convicted of rape and 6 members of the village council. The case centers around Mukhtar...

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News Illinois pharmacist sues to avoid filling ‘morning-after pill’ prescriptions
Illinois pharmacist sues to avoid filling ‘morning-after pill’ prescriptions
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 02:57:00 pm

Illinois pharmacist Luke Vander Bleek has filed suit to oppose a state order that the emergency contraceptive "morning-after pill" be made available immediately. Vander Bleek, a Roman Catholic who owns two pharmacies, claims that the Illinois Health Care Right...

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News Uganda high court upholds death penalty but limits scope
Uganda high court upholds death penalty but limits scope
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 02:12:00 pm

Uganda's Court of Appeals Friday dismissed an appeal by death row inmates to ban capital punishment in the country but did find that laws mandating the death penalty for certain crimes are unconstitutional and require Parliamentary amendment....

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News Bosnian Serb president condemns videotaped Srebrenica killings
Bosnian Serb president condemns videotaped Srebrenica killings
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 01:32:00 pm

Bosnian Serb President Dragan Cavic Friday denounced the brutal killing of six Bosnian Muslim youths by Serb paramilitaries recorded on video in Srebrenica in 1995 and shown on Serbian television after being introduced in evidence...

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News UN says Krygyz deportations to Uzbekistan may violate international law
UN says Krygyz deportations to Uzbekistan may violate international law
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 11:48:00 am

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Friday denounced the deportation of four Uzbek men from Kyrgyzstan and appealed to the Kyrgyz government to cease further deportation of asylum seekers until procedures determine if they are refugees...

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ACLU leader warns against Patriot Act reauthorization
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 10:57:00 am

Speaking in San Francisco Thursday, ACLU national executive director Anthony Romero criticized parts of the Patriot Act and urged judicial review and public scrutiny of any investigations into alleged terrorism. Romero, who was responding in part to...

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News Second General Re exec pleads guilty in AIG accounting probe
Second General Re exec pleads guilty in AIG accounting probe
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 10:32:00 am

Senior Vice President at Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary General Re Richard Napier pleaded guilty Friday to helping international insurance giant AIG misstate its finances. Both Napier and former General Re executive John Houldsworth, who...

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Hate crimes on the rise in Europe
Tom Henry
June 10, 2005 10:07:00 am

The Washington-based monitoring group Human Rights First has released a new report detailing a significant rise in violent hate crimes against Jews, Muslims, and immigrants in Europe. In France, anti-Semitic hate crimes rose...

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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.
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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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