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News UPDATE ~ Sunnis offer proposed amendments to Iraq constitution draft
UPDATE ~ Sunnis offer proposed amendments to Iraq constitution draft
Tatyana Margolin
August 27, 2005 10:27:00 am

Sunni Arab negotiators met with Iraqi parliament speaker Hajim al-Hassani Saturday and presented him with a counter-proposal to the Iraqi draft constitution . A meeting with the US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad was also planned for...

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News Rwandan genocide suspect transferred to Hague detention center
Rwandan genocide suspect transferred to Hague detention center
Tatyana Margolin
August 21, 2005 12:04:00 pm

Indicted former Rwandan government official Michel Bagaragaza has been transferred from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to The Hague due to security concerns. Earlier this week, Bagaragaza pleaded not guilty to genocide charges...

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News London police chief defends handling of subway shooting investigation
London police chief defends handling of subway shooting investigation
Tatyana Margolin
August 21, 2005 11:49:00 am

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, London’s chief of police, is defending his handling of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes , by his officers July 22. In an interview Sunday...

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News Iraq defends reinstatement of death penalty
Iraq defends reinstatement of death penalty
Tatyana Margolin
August 21, 2005 11:25:00 am

The Iraqi government Sunday defended its decision to reinstate the death penalty, saying that without sufficient punishment there will be no security in the country. The statements come a day after Ashraf Qazi, special representative of UN Secretary-General Kofi...

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News Iraqi leaders may seek new deadline for constitution
Iraqi leaders may seek new deadline for constitution
Tatyana Margolin
August 21, 2005 10:50:00 am

A spokesperson for Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said Sunday that Iraq's constitutional committee may seek more time to work on the draft constitution if they cannot meet Monday's deadline to submit the document...

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Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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