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News Pakistan TV network back on air after government lifts emergency ban
Pakistan TV network back on air after government lifts emergency ban
Steve Czajkowski
January 21, 2008 02:04:00 pm

The most popular independent television network in Pakistan, Geo-TV , resumed on-air broadcasting Monday after the government lifted a ban imposed during the declaration of emergency rule issued by President Pervez Musharraf in...

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News Canada to remove US from list of states where prisoners risk torture
Canada to remove US from list of states where prisoners risk torture
Steve Czajkowski
January 19, 2008 03:05:00 pm

Canadian Foreign Minster Maxime Bernier said Saturday that the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will remove the US from an internal document that lists countries that employ interrogation methods that amount to torture [JURIST...

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News Canadian terror suspect gets life sentence for US embassy bomb plot
Canadian terror suspect gets life sentence for US embassy bomb plot
Steve Czajkowski
January 18, 2008 04:47:00 pm

A US federal judge on Friday sentenced Mohamed Mansour Jabarah to life in prison for plotting to bomb US embassies in Singapore and the Philippines . Jabarah, a Canadian citizen of Iraqi descent, pleaded guilty...

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News Switzerland suspends Abu Omar CIA rendition investigation
Switzerland suspends Abu Omar CIA rendition investigation
Steve Czajkowski
January 18, 2008 03:18:00 pm

Switzerland has suspended an investigation into US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents allegedly involved in the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr , a spokesperson from the Swiss Federal Prosecutor's...

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News No UN Hariri-style probe of Bhutto assassination: Musharraf
No UN Hariri-style probe of Bhutto assassination: Musharraf
Steve Czajkowski
January 12, 2008 03:05:00 pm

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ruled out the possibility of a United Nations investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in an interview with a French newspaper published Friday. He told...

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News INTERPOL chief to be charged with corruption in South Africa
INTERPOL chief to be charged with corruption in South Africa
Steve Czajkowski
January 11, 2008 04:19:00 pm

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of South Africa will charge Jackie Selebi , chief of the South African Police Services (SAPS) and President of INTERPOL , with corruption and defeating the course of...

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News Anti-Guantanamo protesters arrested at US Supreme Court
Anti-Guantanamo protesters arrested at US Supreme Court
Steve Czajkowski
January 11, 2008 03:02:00 pm

Seventy-one people were arrested at the US Supreme Court Friday during a protest calling for the closing of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba . Protesters were arrested inside and outside the building...

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News Retired Bosnian Serb general charged with war crimes for Tuzla shelling
Retired Bosnian Serb general charged with war crimes for Tuzla shelling
Steve Czajkowski
January 4, 2008 06:03:00 pm

Retired Bosnian Serb general Novack Djukic was indicted Friday by the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina for allegedly ordering a 1995 attack on the town of Tuzla in...

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News Italy prosecutor to appeal dismissal of murder charge against US soldier
Italy prosecutor to appeal dismissal of murder charge against US soldier
Steve Czajkowski
January 4, 2008 04:58:00 pm

Italian prosecutor Franco Ionta said Friday that he would "almost certainly" appeal a Rome court's October 2007 dismissal of a criminal case against US Army Spc. Mario Lozano for the murder of Italian intelligence agent...

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News Oklahoma immigration law facing new court challenge
Oklahoma immigration law facing new court challenge
Steve Czajkowski
January 4, 2008 01:12:00 pm

Lawyers for an Oklahoma man filed a taxpayer lawsuit Thursday seeking to overturn a state immigration law as an alleged violation of the state constitution. The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007 [HB 1804 text,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

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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