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Rove appears before grand jury for a fourth time

[JURIST] White House Deputy Chief of Staff and top advisor Karl Rove [Washington Post backgrounder] testified for a fourth and final time Friday before a grand jury investigating the leak of the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame [Wikipedia profile] to the media in 2003. Rove emerged from the courthouse without comment, but sources close to the investigation indicate that he is not the target of the investigation and will likely avoid an indictment, although Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald [Washington Post profile] has not commented on whether he will file charges against Rove. Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper reportedly told the grand jury in July that Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby [official profile] served as his confidential sources for a story that revealed Plame's identity. AP has more.

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Pope Urban II sparks First Crusade

Pope Urban II threw his support behind what would become the First Crusade on November 27, 1095 during the Council of Clairmont. The Pope urged the council's participants to render aid to the Byzantine Empire, which was being attacked by the Seljuks. Pope Urban called for a wide coalition of rich and poor to combat the threat, which eventually resulted in the conquest of much of the Muslim-controlled Levant by the Crusaders and the establishment of the Crusader States. Read Pope Urban's address.  

Catholic Code of Canon Law revised

On November 27, 1983, the revised Code of Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church went into effect. Learn more about the history of Canon Law from Professor Kenneth Pennington of the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law.

Alfred Nobel creates Nobel Prize in his will

On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his will, creating the Nobel Prize. Learn more about the history of the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Commission.