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US Guantanamo trials 'to proceed' Attorney General Michael Mukasey: A ruling by the US Supreme Court on detainees will not affect military trials of enemy combatants
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Major Guantanamo setback for Bush U.S. Supreme Court: Foreign suspects held in Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detention in civilian courts
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| Mar.8 |
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 Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding President vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists
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| Dec.5 |
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Guantanamo legal showdown begins U.S. Supreme Court: The Court is deciding whether inmates at the camp should have the right to contest their detention in US civilian courts
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UK teacher jailed over teddy row
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| Nov.20 |
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Supreme Court ponders gun law U.S. Supreme Court: The Court is to consider an American's right to bear arms for the first time in nearly 70 years
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| Oct.9 |
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Court rejects CIA kidnap case U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has thrown out an appeal by a Lebanese-born German citizen who accuses the CIA of kidnapping and torturing him
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| Oct.3 |
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 Bush veto for child health bill US President has vetoed a bill to expand a children's health care insurance scheme, after it was passed with a majority in the Senate
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| Aug.4 |
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House passes clean energy bill U.S. Congress: The House of Representatives has passed a radical bill to expand the use of renewable fuels and cut tax breaks to oil firms
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| Aug.3 |
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Bush eavesdropping bill gets boost. U.S. Congress
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| Jul.27 |
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Congress passes anti-terror bill U.S. Congress: The bill is implementing many recommendations of the commission which investigated the 9/11 attacks
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HIV medics released to Bulgaria
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| Jun.29 |
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Supreme court admits Guantanamo cases. U.S. Supreme Court
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| Jun.28 |
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White House firm on prosecutors
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| Jun.27 |
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Bush faces eavesdropping subpoena. U.S. Congress
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| Jun.20 |
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Bush vetoes stem cell funds bill
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| Apr.2 |
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Top court rejects Guantanamo test U.S. Supreme Court: The US Supreme Court will not decide whether detainees have the right to challenge their detention in US federal courts
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Country's top judge suspended
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| Jan.18 |
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New rules on terror detainees
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| Oct.26 |
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 Bush signs Mexico fence into law| US President has authorised 700 miles of new fencing along the border, in a move to curb illegal immigration | | |
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| Oct.17 |
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Bush signs US terror trial bill
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| Sep.28 |
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Senate backs terror trial bill U.S. Congress: The legislation is endorsing Bush's proposals to interrogate and prosecute foreign terror suspects
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| Jul.19 |
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Bush uses veto on stem cell bill
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| Jul.18 |
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US Senate approves stem cell bill. U.S. Congress
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| Jul.13 |
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 Cheney sued in CIA identity case A former CIA officer Valerie Plame whose identity was leaked to the media is suing US Vice-President
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| Jun.29 |
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Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal'| U.S. Supreme Court: The US Supreme Court: the administration does not have the authority to try suspects by military tribunal | |
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France to replace youth job law
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| Mar.6 |
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South Dakota tightens abortion laws. U.S. Supreme Court
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| Feb.28 |
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US settles suit by 9/11 detainee
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Nour jailed for 5 years
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| Dec.20 |
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'Intelligent design' teaching ban A court has ruled against the teaching of the theory of 'Intelligent design' alongside Darwinian evolution
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| Dec.2 |
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Civil rights group to sue CIA ACLU it is taking the CIA to court to stop the transportation of terror suspects to countries outside US authority
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| Oct.31 |
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Bush nominates Alito to Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court: President is moving quickly to pick a Supreme Court nominee after his last selection withdrew her name
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| Jul.19 |
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Bush names Roberts to Supreme Court| U.S. Supreme Court: US President has nominated federal appeals court judge to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court | |
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| Jul.1 |
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Supreme Court justice O'Connor retires| U.S. Supreme Court: Sandra Day O'Connor, 75, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court and a crucial centrist, is to retire | |
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| Jun.27 |
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File-sharing suffers major defeat U.S. Supreme Court: The Supreme Court has ruled that file-sharing companies are to blame for what users do with their software
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Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years
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| Mar.24 |
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Top court rejects Schiavo plea U.S. Supreme Court: The US Supreme Court in one-page ruling has refused to intervene in the case of brain-damaged woman
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| Mar.20 |
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Bush bids to save feed-tube woman President has signed a law designed to force doctors to keep a severely brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive
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| Nov.5 |
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Critics challenge US abortion ban
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| Dec.31 |
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 Criminal Court Treaty Signed Treaty creates the first permanent criminal court for accused of the world's worst atrocities
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Pinochet's immunity ends
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