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News New Jersey verdict for Vioxx drugmaker upheld
New Jersey verdict for Vioxx drugmaker upheld
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 5, 2007 03:45:00 pm

A New Jersey superior court judge Monday upheld a Friday jury verdict for Merck & Co , finding that the company had given adequate warning to physicians of the risks associated with its painkiller Vioxx [FDA...

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News Libby trial judge refuses to answer jury level of proof question
Libby trial judge refuses to answer jury level of proof question
Melissa Bancroft
March 5, 2007 03:15:00 pm

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton refused to answer a jury question Monday in the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial on the level of proof that would have to be...

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News Home Office reports less than half of UK terror detainees charged
Home Office reports less than half of UK terror detainees charged
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 5, 2007 02:28:00 pm

Less than half of terrorism suspects arrested in the United Kingdom after September 11, 2001 under the Terrorism Act 2000 were ever charged with any crime, according to figures released Monday by the UK Home Office [official...

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News Former Iraq deputy PM denies genocide against Kurds in Anfal campaign
Former Iraq deputy PM denies genocide against Kurds in Anfal campaign
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 5, 2007 01:17:00 pm

Former Saddam-era deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz , brought before the Iraqi High Tribunal Monday to testify against six defendants accused of genocide in the Anfal trial ,...

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News Jordan lawmakers approve bill to jail journalists for defaming religions
Jordan lawmakers approve bill to jail journalists for defaming religions
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 5, 2007 11:29:00 am

The lower house of the Jordanian parliament approved a bill Sunday that would subject journalists to jail sentences for defaming any religion protected under the country's constitution - i.e. Islam, Christianity or Judaism - or "offending...

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News Uganda judges strike to protest government siege of High Court
Uganda judges strike to protest government siege of High Court
Michael Sung
March 5, 2007 11:26:00 am

Ugandan judges began a week-long general strike Monday to protest last Thursday's siege of the High Court and seizure of defendants by government forces. Court witnesses said that six defendants were rearrested by security forces in court after having...

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News Iraqi PM denounces ‘illegal’ UK-led raid on Basra intelligence facilty
Iraqi PM denounces ‘illegal’ UK-led raid on Basra intelligence facilty
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 5, 2007 10:57:00 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Monday denounced a weekend raid by UK-led coalition forces and Iraqi soldiers on the local Basra headquarters building of the National Iraqi Intelligence Agency, ordering an investigation into...

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News Sudan ex-militia leader rejects ICC accusation of attacking Darfur civilians
Sudan ex-militia leader rejects ICC accusation of attacking Darfur civilians
Melissa Bancroft
March 5, 2007 10:50:00 am

A former Sudanese militia leader recently accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court denied attacking Darfur civilians or displacing refugees in an article published in Sudan's Al Intibaha newspaper Sunday. Ali Kushayb...

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News Supreme Court rules in Colorado redistricting, jurisdiction cases
Supreme Court rules in Colorado redistricting, jurisdiction cases
Jeannie Shawl
March 5, 2007 10:49:00 am

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases Monday, including Lance v. Coffman, where the Court concluded that four Republican voters in Colorado did not have standing to challenge a court-ordered congressional...

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News Japan PM says draft US resolution on WWII sex slaves lacks basis in ‘objective facts’
Japan PM says draft US resolution on WWII sex slaves lacks basis in ‘objective facts’
Michael Sung
March 5, 2007 10:47:00 am

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that the US House of Representatives' proposed resolution , which urges Japan to apologize to women who were forced into sexual slavery...

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On August 9, 1977, the military government of Uruguay announced that it would hold free elections in 1981 to return the country to civilian rule.

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