Tenth Hariri assassination investigation report [UNIIIC] News
Tenth Hariri assassination investigation report [UNIIIC]

Tenth report of the International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1595 (2005), 1636 (2005), 1644 (2005), 1686 (2006), and 1748 (2007), March 28, 2006 [latest report of the probe headed by D.A. Bellemare looking into the February 14, 2005 bombing in Beirut that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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First gay civil union law goes into effect

On October 1, 1989, the Registered Partnership Act went into effect in Denmark. It was the first law in the world that allowed civil unions between homosexual couples. Read a report on the world's first civil unions from the New York Times.

Chief Justice Rehnquist born

On October 1, 1924, William Rehnquist, late Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Read remarks by President Ronald Reagan at the swearing-in ceremony for Chief Justice Rehnquist (joined by new Associate Justice Antonin Scalia).