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Suspected '20th hijacker' recants evidence on Gitmo detainees obtained by torture

March 3, 2006 11:15:00 AM

Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called "20th hijacker" from the Sept. 11 attacks, has disclaimed information he provided about 30 Guantanamo Bay detainees, alleging that the statements were coerced by torture, TIME magazine reported Friday. Qahtani was refused...

Military report: Gitmo detainee degraded and abused

July 13, 2005 08:57:00 PM

A military investigator appearing Wednesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee told lawmakers that certain terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay were degraded and abused by interrogators, but not tortured. Air Force Lt. Gen. Randall...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

West Germany becomes a sovereign nation

On May 5, 1955, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) became a fully sovereign nation. Four days later on May 9, West Germany joined NATO. West Germany then became a founding member of the European Economic Community in 1958. Read the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz), which served as the constitution of West Germany and became the governing document of the reunited Germany in 1990.

Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in TN public schools

On May 5, 1925, high school science teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in the Tennessee public schools. Learn more about the Scopes Monkey Trial.