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Monday, June 28, 2004

6:32:25 PM

ABCNews Supreme Court Rules on Enemy Combatants. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Bush administration can hold a U.S. citizen [~] like a U.S.-born terrorism suspect [~] without filing charges or setting a trial date. However, the detainee has the right to challenge his treatment in court. [ABCNEWS]

...Ruling in the Hamdi case, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said the court has "made clear that a state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens..."

5:22:58 PM

Reuters U.S. Formally Hands Iraq Self-Rule Two Days Early. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States handed sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government two days earlier than expected Monday, aiming to forestall guerrilla attacks with a secretive ceremony formally ending 14 months of occupation. [Reuters: Top News]

5:21:02 PM

Yahoo! US Supreme Court says US courts can rule on foreign detainees (AFP). AFP - The US Supreme Court ruled that US courts have jurisdiction to hear appeals from foreign detainees held as enemy combatants in the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [Yahoo! News - Reader Ratings]

5:12:01 PM

A.P.O.D.

Yahoo! Massive Black Hole Stumps Researchers (SPACE.com). SPACE.com - A team of astronomers have found a colossal black hole so ancient, they're not sure how it had enough time to grow to its current size, about 10 billion times the mass of the Sun. [Yahoo! News - Reader Ratings]

Updated: 7/1/04; 1:58:32 AM.

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