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News Chertoff chides EU on passenger data restrictions in light of airplane plot
Chertoff chides EU on passenger data restrictions in light of airplane plot
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 29, 2006 12:10:00 pm

US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff called for broader US access to European airline passenger data Tuesday in a Washington Post editorial, citing the recently-alleged plot by UK terror suspects to detonate explosives aboard US airliners flying...

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News Annan welcomes agreement on new UN disability rights treaty
Annan welcomes agreement on new UN disability rights treaty
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 29, 2006 10:13:00 am

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday welcomed Friday's agreement by a UN General Assembly committee on the draft terms of a new UN disability rights treaty. In a statement released by his official spokesman in...

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News Mexico presidential challenger rejects electoral court recount
Mexico presidential challenger rejects electoral court recount
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 29, 2006 08:35:00 am

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , the leftist candidate challenging the results of Mexico's disputed July 2 presidential election , has rejected Monday's ruling by the country's Federal Electoral Tribunal reducing the...

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News Lubanga Congo war crimes charges [ICC]
Lubanga Congo war crimes charges [ICC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 28, 2006 10:25:00 pm

The Prosecutor vs. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Document Containing the Charges, Article 61(3)(a), International Criminal Court, August 28, 2006 . Read the...

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News Florida third-party voter registration law ruling [US DC]
Florida third-party voter registration law ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 28, 2006 10:22:00 pm

League of Women Voters of Florida et al. v. Sue M. Cobb, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Judge Patricia Seitz, August 28, 2006 [rejecting Florida's Third-Party Registration Law, which had imposed steeply scaled fines on organizations and...

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News Oklahoma abortion law challenge ruling [10th Circuit]
Oklahoma abortion law challenge ruling [10th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 28, 2006 08:31:00 pm

Nova Health Systems et al. v. W.A. Drew Edmundson, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, August 25, 2006 [refusing to grant an injunction to block a new Oklahoma law requiring parental notification at least 48 hours in...

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News Iran court sentences outspoken editor for publishing articles ‘against constitution’
Iran court sentences outspoken editor for publishing articles ‘against constitution’
Jaime Jansen
August 28, 2006 04:13:00 pm

An Iranian court has sentenced the managing editor of the monthly Aftab, Isa Saharkhiz , to four years in jail and barred him from working in the press for five years after he was convicted of publishing...

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News International Criminal Court lays first charge against Congo militia leader
International Criminal Court lays first charge against Congo militia leader
Jaime Jansen
August 28, 2006 03:49:00 pm

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday formally charged Thomas Lubanga , founder of the militant Union of Patriotic Congolese , accusing him...

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News Israel war conduct inquiry to include legal experts
Israel war conduct inquiry to include legal experts
Jeannie Shawl
August 28, 2006 03:38:00 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that he will establish two inquiry committees to investigate Israel's conduct during the latest crisis in the Middle East , one to examine "the functioning of...

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News Federal judge rejects Florida third party registration law as unconstitutional
Federal judge rejects Florida third party registration law as unconstitutional
Jaime Jansen
August 28, 2006 03:12:00 pm

US District Judge Patricia Seitz of the Southern District of Florida on Monday threw out Florida's Third-Party Registration Law , which had imposed steeply scaled fines on organizations and volunteers who failed to submit voter applications within...

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty extended indefinitely

On May 11, 1995, over 170 signatory nations agreed to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) indefinitely. The NPT is an agreement signed by 189 countries to control the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology based on the principles of disarmament, non-proliferation, and the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The treaty was opened for signature in 1968 with a provision for review conferences every five years. During the 1995 review conference in New York City, member countries decided to keep the treaty open indefinitely. Learn more about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from the United Nations.

Massachusetts repealed law banning Christmas

On May 11, 1682, the Massachusetts General Court repealed two laws that had banned the celebration of Christmas and had authorized capital punishment for expelled Quakers returning to the colony. Learn more about the state's ban on Christmas.

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