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| Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:00:00 EST U.S. to charge troops in death of Iraqi |
| Military prosecutors are expected to file charges today against U.S. troops in the shooting death of an Iraqi man, according to defense and military sources. The charges under consideration by prosecutors include murder, kidnapping, and obstruction of justice, according to the sources. |
| Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:00:00 EST U.S. to charge troops in death of Iraqi |
| Military prosecutors are expected to file charges today against U.S. troops in the shooting death of an Iraqi man, according to defense and military sources. The charges under consideration by prosecutors include murder, kidnapping, and obstruction of justice, according to the sources. |
| Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:00:00 EST The Voting Rights Act |
| The most effective civil rights law in our history was the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Before it was passed, millions of black Americans were effectively denied the right to vote. By the time of the next presidential election, in 1968, very few blacks were denied access to the ballot, and by 1972, all American blacks could vote. Tomorrow, the House is going to take up reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, the current version of which expires in 2007; the reauthorization would extend it 25 years, to 2032. One could argue that reauthorization is unnecessary, since no one seeks to exclude blacks from voting. Or one could argue that it's salutary to keep this law on the books, even though the right to vote is solidly established. |
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| Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:58:33 EDT Marines file murder charges |
| Seven U.S. Marines and a Navy medical corpsman are charged with murder in connection with the killing of a disabled Iraqi civilian. They also face kidnap and other charges related to the death of Hasham Ibrahim Awad. The eight men are accused of killing Awad and then trying to portray him as a bomb-planting insurgent. |
| Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:12:18 EDT Al Qaeda's No. 2 releases new video |
| A new video message from the No. 2 figure in al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was posted on Islamist Web sites Wednesday evening. |
| Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:20:33 EDT Sex-with-inmates probe triggers gunfight |
| A prison guard indicted in a sex-with-inmates probe opened fire as federal agents tried to arrest him, officials said. An agent and the gunman were killed in the shootout at the prison in Tallahassee, Florida, and a prison official was wounded. The shooter and five other guards were accused of trading contraband for sex with female inmates. |
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