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Iraqi national reconciliation plan [Iraq PM]

June 27, 2006 01:54:00 PM

Iraq National Reconciliation and Dialogue Plan, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, June 25, 2006 .English text...

May 31, 2006 09:53:00 AM

The Conservative Party government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced new legislation in the federal House of Commons Tuesday that would set fixed dates for regular federal elections and would potentially...

May 18, 2006 06:35:00 PM

Proclamation, Nepal House of Representatives, May 18, 2006 .In respect of the sacrifices and participation made by the Nepalese people in the peaceful joint people's movement, In...

November 5, 2005 05:00:00 PM

More than 250 people were arrested Friday night in France as rioting spread from the poor suburbs of Paris into the cities of Strasbourg and Rennes. The riots, which began late last week, originated in Parisian ghettos, where jobless...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).