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News Burundi releases political prisoners in reconciliation effort
Burundi releases political prisoners in reconciliation effort
Tom Henry
January 11, 2006 09:17:00 am

Burundi's Justice Minister Clotilde Niragira said Tuesday that 673 political prisoners held for alleged crimes related to Burundi's 12-year civil war have been released. Niragira said that those released will face a special commission that will...

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News Alito confirmation hearings transcript: Day 2 [AP]
Alito confirmation hearings transcript: Day 2 [AP]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 11, 2006 08:59:00 am

Transcript of Day 2 of confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., nominated to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, January 10, 2006. Read the full text transcript as provided...

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News California high school sued over ‘intelligent design’ elective
California high school sued over ‘intelligent design’ elective
Tom Henry
January 11, 2006 08:49:00 am

A group of parents filed a lawsuit against Frazier Mountain High School on Tuesday, arguing that a religion-based class teaching an alternative to evolution should be removed from the curriculum because it violates the US Constitution. The...

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News Cambodia PM defends defamation lawsuits against rights activists
Cambodia PM defends defamation lawsuits against rights activists
Tom Henry
January 11, 2006 08:21:00 am

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday defended his use of criminal defamation lawsuits to silence critics of his ruling Cambodian People's Party , claiming the lawsuits were in response to unjust accusations. The US and...

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News Alito faces more questions as confirmation hearings resume
Alito faces more questions as confirmation hearings resume
Jeannie Shawl
January 11, 2006 08:18:00 am

The US Senate Judiciary Committee enters its third day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito Wednesday morning with more questions scheduled from senators. On Tuesday, Alito parried questions on abortion and...

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News UK records turn up three CIA rendition flight requests
UK records turn up three CIA rendition flight requests
Tom Henry
January 11, 2006 07:56:00 am

UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday that a records search conducted by the British government seeking US rendition requests has found three instances where the Clinton administration sought permission to transport prisoners through its airspace. The...

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News Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 [White House]
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 [White House]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 10, 2006 09:35:00 pm

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, signed by President George W. Bush, Janaury 10, 2005. Read the full text of the Act . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News Legality of NSA domestic spying [NYRB]
Legality of NSA domestic spying [NYRB]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 10, 2006 08:44:00 pm

On NSA Spying: A Letter to Congress, January 9, 2006 . Read the full text of the letter as published in...

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News Bush signs human trafficking bill into law
Bush signs human trafficking bill into law
Joshua Pantesco
January 10, 2006 06:33:00 pm

President Bush Tuesday signed into law a renewal of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 , providing $361 million over two years towards to investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases, most involving the sex...

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News Gitmo prosecutor defends war crimes case against Canadian teen
Gitmo prosecutor defends war crimes case against Canadian teen
Joshua Pantesco
January 10, 2006 06:08:00 pm

One day before hearings resume before military commissions at Guantanamo Bay in the cases of two alleged terrorists, chief US prosecutor Col. Moe Davis Tuesday characterized defendant Omar Khadr [US DOD chargesheet, PDF; DOD...

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Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

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