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* '''[[Human rights situation in post-Saddam Iraq]]''': [[The Pentagon]] confirms a report in ''[[The New York Times]]'' that [[United States|U.S.]] [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] ordered the secret detainment of an [[Iraq|Iraqi]] prisoner, a condition which | * '''[[Human rights situation in post-Saddam Iraq]]''': [[The Pentagon]] confirms a report in ''[[The New York Times]]'' that [[United States|U.S.]] [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] ordered the secret detainment of an [[Iraq|Iraqi]] prisoner, a condition which might violate the [[Geneva Convention]]. | ||
*In football, on the sixth day of '''[[2004 European Football Championship|EURO 2004]]''', [[England national football team|England]] beats [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], 3-0, whilst [[Croatian national football team|Croatia]] hold [[French national football team|France]] to a 2-2 draw. | *In football, on the sixth day of '''[[2004 European Football Championship|EURO 2004]]''', [[England national football team|England]] beats [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], 3-0, whilst [[Croatian national football team|Croatia]] hold [[French national football team|France]] to a 2-2 draw. | ||
* Notorious kidnapper and rapist '''[[Marc Dutroux]]''' is found guilty of murder by a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[jury]]. | * Notorious kidnapper and rapist '''[[Marc Dutroux]]''' is found guilty of murder by a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[jury]]. | ||
Revision as of 04:21, 18 June 2004
- Human rights situation in post-Saddam Iraq: The Pentagon confirms a report in The New York Times that U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered the secret detainment of an Iraqi prisoner, a condition which might violate the Geneva Convention.
- In football, on the sixth day of EURO 2004, England beats Switzerland, 3-0, whilst Croatia hold France to a 2-2 draw.
- Notorious kidnapper and rapist Marc Dutroux is found guilty of murder by a Belgian jury.
- In Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturns the ruling of a lower court to remove the phrase under God from the Pledge of Allegiance, because the challenge lacked legal standing.