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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Padilla transferred to civilian custody to face terror charges
BREAKING NEWS ~ Padilla transferred to civilian custody to face terror charges
Jeannie Shawl
January 5, 2006 03:14:00 pm

AP is reporting that law enforcement officials have said that Jose Padilla has been transferred from military to civilian custody in order to face terror charges in Miami. The transfer, previously delayed ...

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News EU representative pulls Bosnian Serb party funds over war crimes fugitive
EU representative pulls Bosnian Serb party funds over war crimes fugitive
Katerina Ossenova
January 5, 2006 02:53:00 pm

Lord Paddy Ashdown , the EU High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Thursday confiscated funds from the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) because its founder and wanted war crimes criminal Radovan Karadzic remains a fugitive. In...

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News Florida Supreme Court strikes down school voucher law
Florida Supreme Court strikes down school voucher law
Katerina Ossenova
January 5, 2006 02:14:00 pm

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday held that the state's 1999 school voucher law violates the state constitutional requirement of a uniform system of free public schools. The Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) , which was...

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News Bosnian war crimes suspect captured by EU troops
Bosnian war crimes suspect captured by EU troops
Katerina Ossenova
January 5, 2006 01:49:00 pm

A suspected Bosnian Serb war criminal was captured by European Union EUFOR peacekeeping troops on Thursday in a firefight at the suspect's home. Dragomir Abazovic and his 12-year-old son were shot and injured , while his...

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News Levin disputes Bush administration move to dismiss Guantanamo cases
Levin disputes Bush administration move to dismiss Guantanamo cases
Katerina Ossenova
January 5, 2006 01:07:00 pm

US Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-MI) has said that the Bush administration cannot use recent legislation in an attempt to dismiss already filed habeas corpus petitions of Guantanamo Bay detainees . The 2006...

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News US may refer Iran to UN Security Council, Rice says
US may refer Iran to UN Security Council, Rice says
Katerina Ossenova
January 5, 2006 12:41:00 pm

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a warning on Thursday that the US is considering referring Iran to the UN Security Council if it continues its plans to resume nuclear fuel...

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News UK judge approves extradition of British terror suspect to the US
UK judge approves extradition of British terror suspect to the US
Krystal MacIntyre
January 5, 2006 12:05:00 pm

A British judge on Thursday said that Haroon Rashid Aswat , a British citizen wanted in the US on suspicion of setting up a terrorist training camp, could be extradited to the United States. Aswat was arrested in...

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News UN rights chief calls for respect for international law in Nepal
UN rights chief calls for respect for international law in Nepal
Katerina Ossenova
January 5, 2006 12:02:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Thursday called for the full respect for international humanitarian and human rights law in the ongoing conflict in Nepal . Last...

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News Bush assertions on right to waive torture ban slammed by top Republicans
Bush assertions on right to waive torture ban slammed by top Republicans
Kate Heneroty
January 5, 2006 11:46:00 am

Three leading Republican senators, John W. Warner (R-VA) , John McCain (R-AZ) , and Lindsey O. Graham (R-SC) , on Wednesday condemned President Bush's statement that he can bypass the newly-passed ban on torture...

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News Lay, Skilling request change of venue in Enron trial
Lay, Skilling request change of venue in Enron trial
Krystal MacIntyre
January 5, 2006 11:07:00 am

Lawyers for former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay and ex-CEO Jeffrey Skilling on Wednesday afternoon filed a motion to move the location of the trial, where both defendants face charges of conspiracy and...

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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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