San Diego cross expropriation act [White House] News
San Diego cross expropriation act [White House]

An Act to preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, by providing for the immediate acquisition of the memorial by the United States, signed by President George W. Bush, August 14, 2006 [transfering ownership to the federal government of a 29-foot cross at a Korean War Memorial on Mount Soledad in San Diego at the center of a constitutional challenge]. Read the full text of the Act [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires

On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.