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News EU imposes travel ban against Belarus president, officials over elections
EU imposes travel ban against Belarus president, officials over elections
Lisl Brunner
April 10, 2006 10:17:00 am

The European Union on Monday approved a travel ban on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and 30 other top government officials in response to his government's crackdown on political protesters following...

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News US pilot reprimanded in Canadian ‘friendly fire’ deaths sues Air Force for privacy violation
US pilot reprimanded in Canadian ‘friendly fire’ deaths sues Air Force for privacy violation
Lisl Brunner
April 10, 2006 09:38:00 am

National Guard Major Harry Schmidt is suing the US Air Force for violating his privacy after it published a letter of reprimand for his involvement in a friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan . On April 18, 2002 Schmidt...

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News Australia oil-for-food inquiry to get statement from PM
Australia oil-for-food inquiry to get statement from PM
Lisl Brunner
April 10, 2006 09:06:00 am

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday that he will provide a statement to the judicial inquiry into Australia's involvement in the oil-for-food scandal , offering to appear before...

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News Katrina evacuees begin voting in disputed New Orleans election
Katrina evacuees begin voting in disputed New Orleans election
Jeannie Shawl
April 10, 2006 08:19:00 am

The first voters will cast their ballots Monday in New Orleans municipal elections under Louisiana's displaced voters plan , after a federal judge refused to delay elections late last month. Hurricane Katrina [JURIST...

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News Villepin CPE labor law statement [France PM]
Villepin CPE labor law statement [France PM]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 10, 2006 07:07:00 am

Transcript of a TV address on the CPE (contrat premiere embauche) by French Prime Minister Dominque de Villepin, April 10, 2006 .Text:Depuis plusieurs semaines, notre pays connaît l'agitation. Les désordres dans...

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News French CPE labor law to be ‘replaced’
French CPE labor law to be ‘replaced’
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 10, 2006 06:20:00 am

French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Dominque de Villepin said in separate statements Monday in Paris following a morning meeting that the First Employment Contract (contrat premiere embauche, CPE) established in a recent...

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News French CPE labor law changes to be announced after Monday tête-à-tête
French CPE labor law changes to be announced after Monday tête-à-tête
Katerina Ossenova
April 9, 2006 06:16:00 pm

Changes to the controversial French labor law establishing the First Employment Contract (contrat premiere embauche, CPE) are expected to be announced Monday after an early-morning meeting between President Jacques Chirac and Prime...

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News Suspected Rwanda war criminal arrested in Germany
Suspected Rwanda war criminal arrested in Germany
Katerina Ossenova
April 9, 2006 05:29:00 pm

German officials Sunday announced the arrest in Mannheim of Ignace Murwanashyaka , leader of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) . While the arrest was based on immigration violations, Murwanashyaka could face deportation or extradition to Rwanda...

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News Senate Judiciary chairman urges Bush, Cheney to explain leaks
Senate Judiciary chairman urges Bush, Cheney to explain leaks
Elizabeth Schultz
April 9, 2006 12:56:00 pm

US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) Sunday urged President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to go public about their roles in disclosure of classified information in the CIA leak case ....

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News UK rights envoy says some Iraqi detainees in a ‘black hole’
UK rights envoy says some Iraqi detainees in a ‘black hole’
Elizabeth Schultz
April 9, 2006 12:42:00 pm

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal envoy on human rights has told the Observer newspaper in an interview published Sunday that some Iraqis who have been detained by Coalition forces since the start of the war in Iraq have...

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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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