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First compensation payments made to London bombing victims

Wanda Kudrycka

October 5, 2005 06:45:00 am

Britain's Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) made the first compensation payments to victims of July 7 London bombings Tuesday. CICA has so far sent out two checks and offered interim payments totaling £400,000 ($700,000...

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EU opens membership talks with Turkey

Wanda Kudrycka

October 4, 2005 02:34:00 am

The European Union officially opened accession negotiations Tuesday with Turkey after member states were able to overcome a deadlock on whether to offer Turkey full membership . Late Monday, Austria...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US House voted to impeach President Clinton

On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.

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UK signs Hong Kong over to China

On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which ceded control of Hong Kong to the government of mainland China in 1997. The treaty also ensured that Hong Kong would retain its capitalist and democratic systems for at least 50 year after the transfer of power.