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UN investigation of Lebanese PM assassination moves to Syria

September 12, 2005 10:56:00 AM

The UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri moved to Syria Monday, after Lebanon charged four pro-Syrian generals with planning Hariri's death earlier this month. Chief UN investigator Detlev Mehlis...

August 30, 2005 02:46:00 PM

Lebanon has arrested three former pro-Syrian security chiefs, and the head of the presidential guard Mustafa Hamdan turned himself into authorities after an arrest warrant was issued for him in connection with the killing of former...

August 26, 2005 03:14:00 PM

Syria is ready to assist the UN investigation into the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , a Syrian foreign ministry official told AFP Friday. Lebanese news reports said that German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis [JURIST...

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UN investigator to probe Hariri murder

May 26, 2005 09:53:00 AM

The Commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation into the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri arrived in Beirut on Thurday to begin his inquiries. Commissioner Detlev Mehlis, a veteran German prosecutor, was authorized by...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially-restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

World Press Freedom day

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. On May 3, 1845, Macon B. Allen, the first African American to practice law in the United States, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Learn more about Allen's admission.