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News Environmental brief ~ Red dye scare in UK leads to food recalls
Environmental brief ~ Red dye scare in UK leads to food recalls
Tom Henry
February 22, 2005 04:03:00 pm

In Tuesday's environmental law news, over 400 food products in the UK have been revealed to be contaminated with the industrial food dye Sudan 1 by the Food Standards Agency...

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News Nuclear fuel production should be internationalized, IAEA report concludes
Nuclear fuel production should be internationalized, IAEA report concludes
Chris Buell
February 22, 2005 03:43:00 pm

A report issued Tuesday by the International Atomic Energy Agency urges that nuclear fuel production should not be left under the control of individual countries. An expert panel assigned to consider nonproliferation of nuclear technology found that...

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News Rights group says Egypt tortured detainees after terror attacks
Rights group says Egypt tortured detainees after terror attacks
Chris Buell
February 22, 2005 03:05:00 pm

The Egyptian government failed to release the names of an estimated 2,400 people detained in the wake of terror attacks last fall and has since tortured many of the detainees, according to a report issued Tuesday by Human Rights...

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News UPDATE ~ FL circuit court judge grants emergency stay in Schiavo case
UPDATE ~ FL circuit court judge grants emergency stay in Schiavo case
Chris Buell
February 22, 2005 02:38:00 pm

AP is reporting that a Pinellas Circuit Court judge in Florida has issued an emergency stay to prevent the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube until late Wednesday afternoon.3 PM ET - An AP report is now available online....

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News Judge certifies class action by United Airlines employees
Judge certifies class action by United Airlines employees
Chris Buell
February 22, 2005 02:31:00 pm

A federal district judge has ruled that United Airlines employees can proceed with a class action lawsuit against the beleagered airline's employee stock ownership plan and the plan trustees, attorneys for the employees said Tuesday. The suit...

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News FL court allows husband to remove feeding tube from Terri Schiavo
FL court allows husband to remove feeding tube from Terri Schiavo
Matt Lubniewski
February 22, 2005 01:46:00 pm

The Second District Court of Appeals in Florida issued a one-page mandate on Tuesday allowing Michael Schiavo to remove the feeding tube which sustains his brain-damaged wife Terri Schiavo . Terri's parents were seeking an...

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News Hong Kong to promote ‘three-child policy’
Hong Kong to promote ‘three-child policy’
Matt Lubniewski
February 22, 2005 01:04:00 pm

The Hong Kong government announced on Tuesday that it will begin encouraging couples to have three children, in an effort to reverse the territory's falling birth rate. In a radio interview, Chief Secretary Donald Tsang said the...

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News IRS offers settlement deal to executives, companies using abusive tax shelters
IRS offers settlement deal to executives, companies using abusive tax shelters
Matt Lubniewski
February 22, 2005 12:43:00 pm

The Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday a plan to reduce penalties for executives and companies that admit to using an abusive tax shelter designed to avoid taxes on stock options. IRS Commissioner Mark Everson said that the...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Winn-Dixie files for bankruptcy
Corporations and securities brief ~ Winn-Dixie files for bankruptcy
Amit Patel
February 22, 2005 12:40:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, supermarket giant Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. and 23 of its US subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York [official...

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News DC Circuit hears broadcast flag challenge
DC Circuit hears broadcast flag challenge
Matt Lubniewski
February 22, 2005 12:04:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit heard oral argument Tuesday morning concerning a challenge to the FCC-imposed broadcast flag for digital television. Two of the three panel judges noted that the FCC never received...

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Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule. Read Gandhi's famous statement to the trial court. Gandhi served two years of his sentence and was then released.

Supreme Court requires states to provide counsel for indigent defendants

On March 18, 1963, the US Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright held that the Constitution requires states to provide counsel for indigent criminal defendants. For a unanimous Court, Justice Hugo Black wrote, "Any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." Counsel had been required for indigent federal defendants since 1938.

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