BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate approves spending bill with detainee treatment restrictions News
BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate approves spending bill with detainee treatment restrictions

[JURIST] AP is reporting that the US Senate has passed a bill [summary] that gives President Bush $50 billion for military spending, but also puts restrictions on the treatment of detainees. Earlier this week, the Senate approved an amendment [JURIST document; JURIST report] to the military spending bill that sets restrictions on the detention, interrogation and prosecution of terror suspects. The White House has repeatedly threatened to veto [IHT report] the measure. The version of the spending bill passed by the US House does not contain language banning the "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" of anyone in US custody, and the White House says that the provision is unlikely to survive conference negotiations. AP has more.

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Pope Urban II sparks First Crusade

Pope Urban II threw his support behind what would become the First Crusade on November 27, 1095 during the Council of Clairmont. The Pope urged the council's participants to render aid to the Byzantine Empire, which was being attacked by the Seljuks. Pope Urban called for a wide coalition of rich and poor to combat the threat, which eventually resulted in the conquest of much of the Muslim-controlled Levant by the Crusaders and the establishment of the Crusader States. Read Pope Urban's address.  

Catholic Code of Canon Law revised

On November 27, 1983, the revised Code of Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church went into effect. Learn more about the history of Canon Law from Professor Kenneth Pennington of the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law.

Alfred Nobel creates Nobel Prize in his will

On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his will, creating the Nobel Prize. Learn more about the history of the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Commission.