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News Pakistan charges against suspended chief justice disclosed
Pakistan charges against suspended chief justice disclosed
Brett Murphy
March 21, 2007 07:29:00 am

Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is accused of misusing his influence to get his son jobs and promotions, according to details released for the first time Wednesday. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf suspended ...

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News US Defense Department investigators to press Iraq reconstruction fraud penalties
US Defense Department investigators to press Iraq reconstruction fraud penalties
Brett Murphy
March 21, 2007 07:08:00 am

US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Stuart Bowen told the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that investigators will be employing stricter standards when dealing with companies performing contract work in Iraq that engage in...

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News UK judge denies extradition of convicted war criminal to Croatia
UK judge denies extradition of convicted war criminal to Croatia
Alexis Unkovic
March 20, 2007 08:31:00 pm

British magistrate Timothy Workman ruled Tuesday that Balkan war criminal Milan Spanovic need not return to Croatia to face an international arrest warrant. Workman refused to extradite Spanovic, who was convicted of...

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News US Attorney testimony offer [White House]
US Attorney testimony offer [White House]
March 20, 2007 08:23:00 pm

Letter from Counsel to the President Fred F. Fielding, March 20, 2007 . Read...

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News UK military to stop using ‘dumb’ cluster bombs
UK military to stop using ‘dumb’ cluster bombs
Alexis Unkovic
March 20, 2007 08:00:00 pm

The UK Ministry of Defence announced Tuesday that British armed forces will no longer use certain types of cluster bombs . UK Secretary of State for Defence Des Browne ...

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News Bush tells Congress to accept compromise on White House US Attorney testimony
Bush tells Congress to accept compromise on White House US Attorney testimony
Ryan Olden
March 20, 2007 07:43:00 pm

US President George W. Bush warned Congressional Democrats Tuesday to accept his compromise to allow top White House aides to testify about the firings of US Attorneys before the Senate Judiciary Committee ....

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in ‘harmless error’ case
Supreme Court hears arguments in ‘harmless error’ case
Alexis Unkovic
March 20, 2007 07:00:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Fry v. Pliler , 06-5247, a case in which the defendant was convicted on two...

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News Trial begins for Azerbaijan journalists accused of defaming Islam
Trial begins for Azerbaijan journalists accused of defaming Islam
Ryan Olden
March 20, 2007 06:38:00 pm

Reporter Rafig Tagi and editor Samir Huseinov, both of the newspaper Senet, went on trial Tuesday in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan for allegedly insulting Islam. Both claim the prosecution is...

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News France signs extradition treaty with China despite death penalty record
France signs extradition treaty with China despite death penalty record
Lisl Brunner
March 20, 2007 05:27:00 pm

France signed an extradition treaty with China Tuesday in Paris over the objections of human rights groups that oppose China's use of the death penalty. After signing the treaty, Justice Minister Pascal Clement [official profile, in...

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News China website editor sentenced to prison for defaming government
China website editor sentenced to prison for defaming government
Lisl Brunner
March 20, 2007 04:46:00 pm

The editor of a website in China that called for political reform has been sentenced to six years in prison by the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang province for defaming the government. Zhang Jianhong [Reporters...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Alabama removes 10 Commandments from courthouse

On August 28, 2003, the Supreme Court of Alabama removed a monument of the Biblical Ten Commandments from its courthouse rotunda. The monument had been installed on the orders of Chief Justice Roy Moore, triggering a federal lawsuit. In Glassroth v. Moore, the federal District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ordered Moore to remove the monument. This decision was upheld on appeal to the Eleventh Circuit. When Moore refused, he was removed from his post by the Supreme Court of Alabama.

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered "I Have a Dream" speech

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to 200,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington. Listen to King's speech. The march was later credited with helping to achieve passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Peace Palace opens

On August 28, 1913, the Peace Palace was opened in the Hague by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. The Palace was conceived of as a forum to host the international Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). In addition to the PCA, the Palace today hosts the International Court of Justice, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the Peace Palace Library of International Law. Learn more about the creation of the Peace Palace.

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