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News US, UK knew of oil-for-food kickbacks, Australia inquiry told
US, UK knew of oil-for-food kickbacks, Australia inquiry told
Krystal MacIntyre
February 24, 2006 10:04:00 am

The United States and British governments knew about illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq over four years ago, an Australian judicial inquiry into the UN oil-for-food program was told Friday. During Friday's...

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News Libby asks federal judge to dismiss indictment in CIA leak case
Libby asks federal judge to dismiss indictment in CIA leak case
Asha Puttaiah
February 24, 2006 09:12:00 am

Defense lawyers for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , former chief of staff for Vice President Cheney, have asked a federal judge to dismiss the case against him, arguing that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was improperly appointed...

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News International brief ~ South Korea to create national DNA database of sex offenders
International brief ~ South Korea to create national DNA database of sex offenders
D. Wes Rist
February 24, 2006 09:05:00 am

Leading Friday's international brief, South Korea has announced plans to create a national database containing the genetic profiles of individuals convicted of criminal sexual offenses and a national registry accessible by the public that would list names and addresses...

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News Ports takeover approval alleged illegal
Ports takeover approval alleged illegal
Jeannie Shawl
February 24, 2006 08:54:00 am

US Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) said Thursday that the Bush administration is ignoring federal law by refusing to extend its investigation into the takeover of operations of six US ports by Dubai Ports World , a...

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News Federal judge orders DOD release of Guantanamo detainee names by March 3
Federal judge orders DOD release of Guantanamo detainee names by March 3
Asha Puttaiah
February 24, 2006 08:33:00 am

US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York on Thursday ordered the Defense Department to release uncensored transcripts, including detainee names, of 317 Combatant Status Review Tribunal hearings held at...

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News Moussaoui defense says potential jurors tainted by Sept. 11 links
Moussaoui defense says potential jurors tainted by Sept. 11 links
Asha Puttaiah
February 24, 2006 07:41:00 am

As questioning of potential jurors winds down, defense lawyers for al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui have expressed concern about the possibility of a jury stacked with individuals connected to Sept. 11 victims. Moussaoui pleaded guilty [JURIST...

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News US soldier not guilty in Afghan prisoner abuse case
US soldier not guilty in Afghan prisoner abuse case
Asha Puttaiah
February 24, 2006 07:03:00 am

A military jury acquitted US Army Sgt. Alan J. Driver Thursday on charges of prisoner abuse at Bagram Control Point in Afghanistan . Driver was the last of 11...

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News Microsoft EU antitrust defense filing [Microsoft]
Microsoft EU antitrust defense filing [Microsoft]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 23, 2006 10:11:00 pm

Response of Microsoft Corporation to the Statement of Objections by the European Commission Dated 21 December 2005, February 15, 2006; released February 23, 2006 [responding to European Commission complaints of non-compliance with orders from a 2004 EC antitrust ruling to...

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News Human Rights Council draft resolution [UN GA]
Human Rights Council draft resolution [UN GA]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 23, 2006 09:48:00 pm

Draft resolution by the President of the UN General Assembly: Human Rights Council . Read the full text of the draft resolution ....

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News Saddam defense seeks disqualification of presiding judge
Saddam defense seeks disqualification of presiding judge
Jeannie Shawl
February 23, 2006 08:21:00 pm

Lawyers defending former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein , on trial before the Iraqi High Criminal Court, have filed a formal motion seeking the disqualification of chief judge Rauf Abdel-Rahman . Abdel-Rahman began presiding over the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Rosenbergs convicted of espionage

On March 29, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of passing US atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The couple was sentenced to death on April 3 under the Espionage Act of 1917, 18 U.S.C 794. They were then executed two years later on June 19, 1953 in New York State's Sing Sing Prison. View the FBI's files on the Rosenbergs.

British parliament passed act creating Canada

On March 29, 1867, the British Parliament passed the British North America Act, a constitutional document creating a united Dominion of Canada. It went into effect on July 1 that year.

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