Day June 1, 2004

Judge rules against partial-birth abortion law A controversial ban on late-term, or partial-birth, abortions signed into law by President Bush late last year was ruled unconstitutional on Tuesday by a judge in the first federal court decision against the law.

New Saudi attack ‘probable’ Britain’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia warned today that another terrorist attack in the kingdom was “probable” Oil price fear after Saudi attack <The president of OPEC> has said he is worried by the weekend attack on…

3rd of detainees who died were assaulted More than a third of the prisoners who died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan were shot, strangled or beaten by U.S. personnel before they died, according to death certificates and a…

Upcoming Green party convention There’s a storm brewing over convention rules at the upcoming Green nominating convention the end of June, with some wanting to force rules that block open discussion of issues. Peter Camejo, twice Green candidate for governor…

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