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CIA reportedly holding al Qaeda terror suspects in covert prison system

November 2, 2005 07:22:00 PM

The Central Intelligence Agency has held and interrogated some of its most important al Qaeda suspects at a Soviet-era compound in Eastern Europe, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. According to current and former intelligence officials and diplomats...

US soldier seeks asylum in Canada after Iraq objections

June 3, 2005 09:25:00 AM

US Army Pvt. Brandon Hughey , who fled to Canada after refusing a deployment order to Iraq and deserting his unit at Fort Hood, formally asked the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board for asylum Thursday. Hughey...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

On May 19, 1948, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States. Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the US Library of Congress.