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News NATO arrests Bosnian Serb for assisting war crimes fugitives
NATO arrests Bosnian Serb for assisting war crimes fugitives
Kate Heneroty
December 24, 2004 02:52:00 pm

NATO troops Friday arrested former Bosnian Serb policeman Dusan Tesic for allegedly assisting suspected war crimes fugitives. NATO believes Tesic has information on a network that helps fugitives evade the law. NATO did not release the names of those...

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News Puerto Rico announces governor after recount
Puerto Rico announces governor after recount
Kate Heneroty
December 24, 2004 01:10:00 pm

Puerto Rican election authorities have announced Anibal Acevedo Vila, the Popular Democratic Party's candidate, as the country's new governor following a recount of the November 2nd election. The election results are expected to be officially certified on Tuesday. Acevedo...

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News WA GOP asks for reconsideration of rejected ballots
WA GOP asks for reconsideration of rejected ballots
Brandon Smith
December 24, 2004 11:00:00 am

Republicans in Washington state Friday asked county auditors to reconsider ballots that were rejected on election day in the state's tight race for governor, a quick move in the wake of Thursday's final recount tally that awarded the race...

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News Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act 2004
Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act 2004
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 24, 2004 10:53:00 am

Signed into law by President Bush December 23, 2004 . Read the full text of the Act here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News Saddam deputy PM Aziz denies Iraq role in oil-for-food scandal
Saddam deputy PM Aziz denies Iraq role in oil-for-food scandal
Brandon Smith
December 24, 2004 10:29:00 am

Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, has denied that Iraq used the UN oil-for-food program to extort billions of dollars according to lawyer Badih Aref, speaking Friday for Aziz after having been allowed to...

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News Chinese court enforces Honda copyright in IP crackdown
Chinese court enforces Honda copyright in IP crackdown
Brandon Smith
December 24, 2004 10:19:00 am

A Beijing court spokesman announced Friday that the court had ruled against the Chongqing Lifan Industry Group, which must stop selling lookalike Honda brand motorbikes and must pay the Japanese Honda Motor Company 1.47 million yuan ($177,600 USD) in...

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News Bush signs Sudan sanctions bill
Bush signs Sudan sanctions bill
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 24, 2004 09:59:00 am

President Bush has signed into law a bill that permits the imposition of US sanctions on Sudan in response to the violence in Darfur, which the US has on several occasions characterized as genocide. The legislation, passed by Congress...

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News Russian state oil firm buys Yukos production arm as Putin defends deal again
Russian state oil firm buys Yukos production arm as Putin defends deal again
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 24, 2004 09:39:00 am

Russian state oil company Rosneft announced Thursday that it had bought 100% of Baikal Finance Group, the mysterious entity that last weekend purchased the production arm of Russian oil giant Yukos for over $9B despite temporary restraining order from...

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News California same-sex marriage ruling may be months away
California same-sex marriage ruling may be months away
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 24, 2004 09:19:00 am

After hearing two days of oral argument on the constitutionality of California same-sex marriages, Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer asked Thursday for written arguments to be submitted to him by January 14. After submission, he will have up to...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Democrat wins WA governor’s race after disputed ballots counted
BREAKING NEWS ~ Democrat wins WA governor’s race after disputed ballots counted
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 23, 2004 07:41:00 pm

AP is reporting that Democrat Christine Gregoire has won the Washington governor's race by 130 votes over Republican Dino Rossi, with all votes from King County counted per Wednesday's Washington state Supreme Court ruling.7:45 PM ET - View the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.

Lockerbie bombers turned over for trial

On April 5, 1999, the government of Libya turned over to British authorities two of its citizens who were accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The subsequent trial of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah began on May 3, 2000. When the court reached its verdict, Fhimah was found not guilty and returned to Libya, while Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Learn more about the Lockerbie Air Disaster and the trial of Megrahi and Fhimah from the Syracuse University Law School. Also, learn more about the investigation into the disaster from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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