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News UN Security Council to meet after North Korea nuclear test
UN Security Council to meet after North Korea nuclear test
Joshua Pantesco
October 9, 2006 07:13:00 am

The UN Security Council is set to meet in emergency session to discuss possible courses of action after North Korea (DPRK) exploded several test nuclear weapons underground Monday. North Korea's official Central News Agency...

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News Hague war crimes defendant reelected as Serbian party chief
Hague war crimes defendant reelected as Serbian party chief
Caitlin Price
October 8, 2006 04:21:00 pm

The Serbian Radical Party unanimously reelected an indicted war criminal to head it at a meeting in Belgrade Sunday. Vojislav Seselj , a former close ally of late ex-Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic [JURIST news...

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News US soldier disputing legality of Iraq war facing court-martial for desertion
US soldier disputing legality of Iraq war facing court-martial for desertion
Melissa Bancroft
October 8, 2006 04:19:00 pm

US Army Sgt. Ricky Clousing , an Iraq war veteran, will face a court-martial this week for charges of desertion after leaving his barracks on his return from Iraq last year. Clousing’s attorney said that he has agreed...

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News UK top judge questions efficacy of crowded prisons
UK top judge questions efficacy of crowded prisons
Caitlin Price
October 8, 2006 03:26:00 pm

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers expressed doubts about whether non-violent offenders are actually rehabilitated in prison during an interview published Sunday in the British newspaper The Observer. In light...

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News Russia proposes tougher immigration laws after Putin call for crackdown
Russia proposes tougher immigration laws after Putin call for crackdown
Melissa Bancroft
October 8, 2006 03:09:00 pm

Russian immigration officials have proposed stricter migrant laws hard on the heels of a call by President Vladimir Putin to crack down on illegal immigrants at a Thursday cabinet meeting. The proposals include harsher...

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News Russia top prosecutor probing murder of journalist who championed human rights
Russia top prosecutor probing murder of journalist who championed human rights
Natalie Hrubos
October 8, 2006 02:07:00 pm

Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika Sunday took over the investigation of Saturday's murder of Anna Politkovskaya , an award-winning Russian journalist likely killed for her stories about human rights abuses by...

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News New Jersey judge denies British Vioxx plaintiffs US venue
New Jersey judge denies British Vioxx plaintiffs US venue
Leslie Schulman
October 8, 2006 11:19:00 am

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee has issued an order striking down about 50 lawsuits brought by British plaintiffs in the New Jersey state court against Merck & Co. , the manufacturer of...

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News Hussein defense to continue genocide trial boycott
Hussein defense to continue genocide trial boycott
Michael Sung
October 8, 2006 10:35:00 am

Khalid al-Dulaimi , lead counsel for Saddam Hussein, said Sunday that the defense team will continue its boycott of Hussein’s genocide trial when it resumes Monday. The protest began when chief judge...

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News Italian prosecutors complete CIA kidnapping probe
Italian prosecutors complete CIA kidnapping probe
Michael Sung
October 8, 2006 09:29:00 am

Italian prosecutors Saturday announced the end of their investigation into the alleged CIA kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr in 2003. The cleric, also known as Abu Omar, was seized on the...

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US terrorism watch list report [GAO]
October 7, 2006 09:03:00 pm

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress passed first graduated income tax

On August 24, 1894, the US Congress passed the first graduated income tax law, which the US Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the next year in Pollack v. Farmer's Loan and Trust Company, 157 US 429 (1895) and (on rehearing) 158 US 601 (1895).

Netherlands constitution signed

On August 24, 1815, the first modern constitution for the Netherlands was signed. It was later revised in 1848 to create the country's parliamentary democracy. In 1983, the Dutch Constitution was rewritten again. Read the version of the Netherlands Constitution in effect today.

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