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Mohamed Jawad had ruled that evidence that was the result of torture could not be used. [28] On February 9, 2009, three judges from the Court, Frank J. Williams, Dan O'Toole, and D. Francis were empaneled to consider whether they should comply with the President's Executive Order halting all their proceedings.
Three Jundallah members who bombed a mosque in Zahedan, Iran, on May 28 are hanged. Chelsea F.C. defeat Everton F.C. to win the 2009 FA Cup Final. Former Iraqi Trade Minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani is arrested at Baghdad International Airport for corruption. Pakistan's military captures Mingora, Swat, from the Taliban. (AP via Google News)
The examinations were governed in part by the City of New Haven's contract with the firefighters' union (which stated that the written exam result counted for 60% of an applicant's score and the oral exam for 40%, and that a total score above 70% on the exam would constitute a passing score).
China announces that 5,335 schoolchildren died during an earthquake in Sichuan on May 12, 2008. (The Guardian) An American man is arrested in Burma for trespassing on National League for Democracy General Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi's property. The Central Bank reduces the Eurozone's interest rate to 1% and implements €60 billion of ...
On May 30, 2009, 29-year-old Raul Flores Jr. and his daughter, nine-year-old Brisenia Ylianna Flores, were murdered during a home invasion in Arivaca, Arizona. The perpetrators were Shawna Forde, Jason Eugene Bush and Albert Gaxiola, all members of Forde's vigilante nativist group, Minutemen American Defense (MAD). Gina Gonzalez, the victims ...
The U.S. State Department will not renew security contractor Blackwater Worldwide's license when it expires in May 2009. Michael S. Steele becomes the U.S. Republican National Committee's first African-American chairman. Somalia's Transitional Federal Government collapses after Al-Shabaab captures Baidoa.
A senior Chinese admiral says the country may build its first foreign naval base in the Middle East. (The Daily Telegraph) Bushfires consume 13,400 hectares (33,000 acres) of land and destroy at least 37 homes near Toodyay, northeast of Perth, Western Australia.
Justice Appointment history Agreement with judgment Opinions filed Seniority Name President Date confirmed % # Total Chief Justice: John Roberts: George W. Bush