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FBI under pressure to adopt 9/11 Commission reforms

[JURIST] The US House Appropriations Committee [official site] Tuesday continued to press the FBI to adopt recommended reforms in hearings on the the FBI's new budget [committee press release]. On Monday, members of the 9/11 Commission also expressed concern [CBS News report] that the Bureau hasn't made enough progress [official FBI response] in restructuring and reorganizing since the 9/11 attacks. The battle over reforming the FBI will heat up in the coming weeks as the full House gets the budget to vote on, and the Justice Department and White House finalize their own recommendations for change. The Los Angeles Times has more.

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Algerian National Liberation Front announces independence campaign

The pro-Algerian independence National Liberation Front released a proclamation on November 1, 1954 announcing the beginning of its campaign for Algerian independence from France, marking the start of the Algerian War. The war would rage for seven years and claim hundreds of thousands of lives until it was ended by the 1962 Évian Accords. Algeria would win its independence on July 3, 1962. Read the full November 1 declaration.

Rent control established in New York City

On November 1, 1943, the federal Office of Price Administration first established rent control in wartime New York City.