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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Roberts hearings to begin next week
BREAKING NEWS ~ Roberts hearings to begin next week
Jeannie Shawl
September 6, 2005 10:56:00 am

AP is reporting that the Senate will begin confirmation hearings next Monday on the nomination of John Roberts as Chief Justice of the US. The Senate Judiciary Committee was originally scheduled to begin its...

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News Iraq constitution talks end, Iraqi lawmaker says
Iraq constitution talks end, Iraqi lawmaker says
Jeannie Shawl
September 6, 2005 09:28:00 am

A member of the Iraqi constitution drafting committee said Tuesday that the extended negotiations over the final wording of the draft constitution have ended without an agreement on changes to...

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News Russian UN official arrested on money laundering charges
Russian UN official arrested on money laundering charges
Jeannie Shawl
September 2, 2005 08:56:00 am

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Russian UN official Vadim Kouznetsov Thursday on money laundering charges. An FBI official said the still-sealed charges against Kouznetsov, who heads a UN budget oversight panel, are only remotely connected...

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News Shiites hold rally in support of Iraqi constitution
Shiites hold rally in support of Iraqi constitution
Jeannie Shawl
September 2, 2005 08:41:00 am

At least 5,000 Shiite Muslims held a rally Friday in the Southern Iraqi city of Basra, in a show of support for the draft Iraqi constitution . Friday's rally follows smaller Sunni demonstrations ...

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News Senate passes emergency hurricane relief bill
Senate passes emergency hurricane relief bill
Jeannie Shawl
September 2, 2005 08:16:00 am

In an emergency session Thursday night, the US Senate passed a bill to provide $10.5 billion in emergency relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina . The measure was approved by voice...

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Saddam trial to begin in October, Iraqi official says
Jeannie Shawl
September 2, 2005 08:00:00 am

The Iraqi Special Tribunal will put Saddam Hussein on trial in mid-October, a government official said Thursday. Hussein will face charges related to the 1982 killing of 150 Shiites...

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Al Qaeda claims responsibility for London attacks
Jeannie Shawl
September 1, 2005 02:40:00 pm

Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the July 7 London bombings , according to a video broadcast Thursday afternoon on Arab television channel Al-Jazeera. The video included statements from al Qaeda second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and...

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Martha Stewart home confinement ends
Jeannie Shawl
September 1, 2005 08:22:00 am

Martha Stewart will hand over her electronic ankle bracelet to federal authorities Thursday, ending the five-month house arrest portion of her sentence . Stewart was convicted in 2004 for conspiracy, making false statements...

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Nicaraguan court relaxes sentence of former president
Jeannie Shawl
August 31, 2005 08:57:00 am

The Supreme Court of Nicaragua has ruled that former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman , who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2003, can leave his home and move freely around Managua, Nicaragua's...

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Jeannie Shawl
August 31, 2005 08:31:00 am

AP is reporting that Philippine legislators have quashed the impeachment case against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . With opposition members boycotting, the House Committee on Justice voted to quash all impeachment complaints against...

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Indian National Congress founded

The Indian National Congress (INC) was founded on December 28, 1885 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. In subsequent decades, the so-called Congress Party would advocate for Indian independence from the UK, which was eventually achieved in 1947. The first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was elected as a member of the INC. Learn more about the history and founding of the Indian National Congress.

Congress recognized Pledge of Allegiance

On December 28, 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance and encouraged its recitation in schools. The Pledge was supposedly written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day. The words “under God” were added by Congress in 1954. The revised version of the Pledge was the subject of litigation before the United States Supreme Court originally brought by Michael Newdow, a parent who unsuccessfully objected to his daughter's school district policy requiring daily recitation of the Pledge. The court ruled that Newdow had no standing.

Nepal ends monarchy, establishes republic

On December 28, 2007, the Kingdom of Nepal's interim parliament ended the country's monarchy and established the Republic of Nepal. Free elections were held on April 10 of the following year to elect a Constituent Assembly.

Learn more about the rise of democracy in Nepal.

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