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News Kuwait parliament removes ailing leader amid showdown
Kuwait parliament removes ailing leader amid showdown
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 10:49:00 am

Kuwait's parliament on Tuesday averted a constitutional crisis by ousting seriously ill emir, Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, and handing temporary leadership to the cabinet, led by Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah. The...

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Indonesia leaders reject truth commission report on East Timor deaths
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 10:27:00 am

Indonesian leaders have rejected conclusions of an independent report that faults the Indonesian military for up to 185,000 civilian deaths in East Timor during its 24-year rule. Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Tuesday that the...

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News Louisiana legislature panel approves New Orleans election plan under legal pressure
Louisiana legislature panel approves New Orleans election plan under legal pressure
Krystal MacIntyre
January 24, 2006 10:21:00 am

Members of a joint Louisiana House-Senate committee Monday approved a plan to set an April date for New Orleans city elections two days before US District Judge Ivan Lemelle was scheduled to hold hearings in a lawsuit ...

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News US soldier to face reprimand for interrogation death of Iraqi general
US soldier to face reprimand for interrogation death of Iraqi general
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 10:04:00 am

A military jury on Monday recommended issuing a reprimand rather than a prison sentence for Army Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer Jr. in connection with the interrogation death of an Iraqi general. Welshofer was convicted of negligent...

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Canadian Conservatives pledge to clean up corruption, fight crime after election win
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 24, 2006 09:42:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister-elect Stephen Harper pledged Monday night to clean up government corruption and get tough on crime after his Conservative Party defeated the governing Liberals in Canada's federal election and won enough seats [Elections...

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West Virginia legislators unanimously approve mine safety bill
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 09:36:00 am

The West Virginia Legislature on Monday approved a bill, S. 247 , that covers a variety of mine safety improvements, including a rapid-response system, only days after a second mine accident in the state in a month...

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FBI finds post-Katrina fraud by public officials
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 09:20:00 am

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has uncovered fraud by public officials in the wake of Hurricane Katrina , according to a top agent in the affected region. John G. Raucci, FBI special agent in Mississippi,...

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Cambodia PM drops defamation charges against critics
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 08:48:00 am

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said that criminal defamation charges against four critics would be dropped after he received letters from the four apologizing for the incident. Hun Sen faced increasing international...

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Federal judge orders Pentagon to reveal Guantanamo detainee names
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 08:29:00 am

A federal judge on Monday ruled that the US Department of Defense must release the names of detainees being held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay . District Judge Jed Rakoff rejected...

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Alito approval expected in Judiciary Committee
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 08:05:00 am

US Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito is expected to take the first step toward confirmation Tuesday, with an already apparent approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee . All ten Republicans on the committee have announced...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Sir Thomas More beheaded for treason

On July 6, 1535, former Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More was beheaded in London after being convicted of treason against King Henry VIII. More had not supported the King's policy toward the church or his marriage to Anne Boleyn, had refused to swear to the Act of Succession, and had similarly declined to take the Oath of Supremacy. His last words before execution are said to have been "The King's good servant, but God's first."

Supreme Court upholds death sentence for racially motivated murder

On July 6, 1983, the US Supreme Court upheld the death sentence that was given in part for the racial motivation behind a murder in Barclay v. Florida.

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