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News ICTY knew Milosevic had access to drugs, alcohol: officials
ICTY knew Milosevic had access to drugs, alcohol: officials
Joshua Pantesco
March 14, 2006 08:38:00 pm

Two anonymous officials at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Tuesday that the Tribunal had been informed several times by the ICTY prison warden that former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic ,...

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News Energy executives defend high prices, mergers at Judiciary Committee hearing
Energy executives defend high prices, mergers at Judiciary Committee hearing
Joshua Pantesco
March 14, 2006 08:00:00 pm

Top executives from Exxon, Chevron, Shell and other major oil companies told members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing Tuesday that high oil prices could be reduced by opening onshore and offshore locations...

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News Vietnam War Marines deserter could be discharged in a week
Vietnam War Marines deserter could be discharged in a week
Andrew Wood
March 14, 2006 04:38:00 pm

The US Marine Corps said Tuesday that Allen Abney, a Vietnam War deserter who is now a Canadian citizen, will probably be released within a week from Camp Pendleton , California. Abney deserted the Corps and...

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News Europe rights court throws out Saddam lawsuit
Europe rights court throws out Saddam lawsuit
Andrew Wood
March 14, 2006 03:59:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday denied the admissibility of a lawsuit brought by Saddam Hussein against 21 European countries on the grounds that the case fell outside its jurisdiction. Saddam's lawyers had...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui judge rules death penalty case can go on
BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui judge rules death penalty case can go on
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 14, 2006 03:55:00 pm

Wire services are reporting that US District Judge Leonie Brinkema has ruled that the government can continue to seek the death penalty in the Zacarias Moussaoui case, but that the government aviation witnesses who were improperly...

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News Environmental brief ~ Iowa laws to comply with Clean Water Act
Environmental brief ~ Iowa laws to comply with Clean Water Act
Tom Henry
March 14, 2006 03:22:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, the Iowa Administrative Rules Review Committee has agreed to allow a set of water quality rules to go into effect on March 22. The rules will bring Iowa into compliance with...

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News Federal judge disinclined to grant DOJ access to Google search terms
Federal judge disinclined to grant DOJ access to Google search terms
Andrew Wood
March 14, 2006 02:59:00 pm

Judge James Ware of the US District Court of the Northern District of California said Tuesday after hearing arguments by Google and US Department of Justice lawyers over a government subpoena of search data that...

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News UN report: Hariri probe progressing, killers were experienced terrorists
UN report: Hariri probe progressing, killers were experienced terrorists
Holly Manges Jones
March 14, 2006 02:32:00 pm

Progress continues to be made in the investigation into the February 2005 Beirut bombing assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , according to an interim report presented to the UN Security Council Tuesday....

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News Rights group accuses Uganda government of threatening independent media
Rights group accuses Uganda government of threatening independent media
Holly Manges Jones
March 14, 2006 01:55:00 pm

The government of Uganda has been intimidating members of the media since before the February 23 presidential elections , including filing criminal charges against some journalists for their work, according to a...

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News Microsoft bid for public antitrust hearing denied by EU
Microsoft bid for public antitrust hearing denied by EU
Holly Manges Jones
March 14, 2006 01:02:00 pm

Microsoft said Tuesday that its request for a European antitrust hearing set for later this month to be public has been denied by the European Commission . The hearing is being held to...

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US Supreme Court said bussing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

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On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations. Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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