First ‘control orders’ issued under new UK anti-terror law News
First ‘control orders’ issued under new UK anti-terror law

[JURIST] UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke Saturday issued the first "control orders" limiting the movements of uncharged terror suspects under authority granted by the Prevention of Terrorism Act that was passed by Parliament [JURIST report] Friday. The orders were issued against a total of 10 suspects previously released on bail [JURIST report] under strict conditions. Pursuant to a compromise provision [JURIST report] of the Act the orders have to be confirmed by a judge within seven days. AFP has more.

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Ku Klux Klan founded

The US hate group known as the Ku Klux Klan was founded on December 24, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee as a reaction to reconstruction efforts following the Union victory in the American Civil War. The group would later become notorious for its attacks on Black Americans, being targeted by the Enforcement Act of 1871, which imposed civil and criminal liability for deprivation of constitutional rights. Read the Enforcement Act of 1871.  

Hamid Karzai born

On December 24, 1957, Hamid Karzai was born in Karz, Afghanistan. He would go on to become in 2004 his country's first elected president after the end of Taliban rule in 2001.