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News UK control orders ruling [UK HC]
UK control orders ruling [UK HC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
June 30, 2006 11:20:00 pm

Secretary of State for the Home Department v JJ & Ors EWHC 1623 (Admin), June 28, 2006, UK High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division Adminitrative Court, in the matter of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, Mr. Justice...

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Rights of indigenous peoples declaration [UN HRC]
June 30, 2006 11:05:00 pm

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, UN Human Rights Council, June 30, 2006 . Read the full text of the declaration....

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News ICTY convicts former Bosnian commander on Srebrenica charges
ICTY convicts former Bosnian commander on Srebrenica charges
Jaime Jansen
June 30, 2006 01:45:00 pm

The International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday convicted Naser Oric , a former senior commander of Bosnian Muslim forces in Srebrenica, for failing to prevent the murder and...

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News Iraqi tribunal says former deputy PM safe in judicial custody
Iraqi tribunal says former deputy PM safe in judicial custody
Jaime Jansen
June 30, 2006 01:23:00 pm

The Iraqi High Tribunal said on Friday that while coalition forces still provide physical protection for former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz , he has been safe and in no danger in the legal custody...

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News Newspaper hedges report on telecom cooperation with NSA on phone records
Newspaper hedges report on telecom cooperation with NSA on phone records
Joshua Pantesco
June 30, 2006 01:11:00 pm

USA Today reported Friday that its inside sources at BellSouth and Verizon are unable to "document a contractual relationship" between the two phone companies and the National Security Agency, or document that "the companies turned over...

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News Arkansas governor wants legislation banning gay foster parents
Arkansas governor wants legislation banning gay foster parents
Jaime Jansen
June 30, 2006 01:06:00 pm

Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee said on Friday that he would like the state legislature to consider reinstating a ban on same-sex foster parents after the Arkansas Supreme Court Thursday struck down ...

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News US military investigating five soldiers for rape, murder of Iraqis at Mahmudiyah
US military investigating five soldiers for rape, murder of Iraqis at Mahmudiyah
Joshua Pantesco
June 30, 2006 12:48:00 pm

The US military is investigating reports that five US soldiers raped a young woman in the city of Mahmudiyah and then killed her and three family members last March, an anonymous official...

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News Uzbekistan president appoints group to draft law abolishing death penalty
Uzbekistan president appoints group to draft law abolishing death penalty
Joshua Pantesco
June 30, 2006 12:20:00 pm

Uzbekistan moved closer to abolishing the death penalty on Thursday as Uzbek President Islam Karimov ordered the establishment of a commission charged with drafting anti-death penalty legislation as well as new criminal laws, both substantive and procedural,...

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News Federal judge sets deadline for proposing changes to Texas redistricting plan
Federal judge sets deadline for proposing changes to Texas redistricting plan
Jaime Jansen
June 30, 2006 12:17:00 pm

A panel of federal judges in Texas has given parties to a lawsuit over Texas' congressional district two weeks to propose a solution to the 2003 Texas redistricting plan for the 23rd Congressional District, which...

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News Israel AG says arrested Hamas leaders won’t be held as unlawful combatants
Israel AG says arrested Hamas leaders won’t be held as unlawful combatants
Joshua Pantesco
June 30, 2006 11:44:00 am

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has said that a group of two dozen Hamas MPs and ministers who were detained Thursday will not be held in administrative detention under the Incarceration of Unlawful...

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Puerto Ricans granted US Citizenship

On March 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act, granting Puerto Rico status as a United States territory and granting all of its residents US citizenship. The Bill furthermore constructed a government and a bill of rights for the island and allowed its residents to serve in the US military. In 1952, the rights of Puerto Rico and its residents were further extended when the island promulgated its own constitution.

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Lord Mansfield (William Murray), Chief Justice of the King's Bench and developer of English commercial law, was born in Scone, Scotland, on March 2, 1702. Learn more about Lord Mansfield.

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