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News Canada appeals court quashes 1959 verdict that helped undermine death penalty
Canada appeals court quashes 1959 verdict that helped undermine death penalty
Brett Murphy
August 29, 2007 10:02:00 am

The Court of Appeal for Ontario on Tuesday overturned the 1959 guilty verdict against Steven Truscott for the rape and murder of 12-year-old Lynne Harper. Last year, the Canadian appeals court heard new evidence suggesting...

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News Pentagon auditors investigating alleged Iraq contract fraud
Pentagon auditors investigating alleged Iraq contract fraud
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 28, 2007 07:13:00 pm

The US Department of Defense will send an investigative team headed by Pentagon Inspector General Claude M. Kicklighter to Iraq to probe allegations of fraud and corruption related to military contracts, a DOD spokesman said...

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News Russia says UK not providing enough evidence to prosecute Lugovoy
Russia says UK not providing enough evidence to prosecute Lugovoy
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 28, 2007 06:54:00 pm

Russia has not yet received any evidence from Britain with which to prosecute Andrei Lugovoy , the primary suspect in the November 2006 murder of British citizen and former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko [BBC...

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News Pakistan reaffirms rejection of nuclear weapons treaty after latest missile test
Pakistan reaffirms rejection of nuclear weapons treaty after latest missile test
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 28, 2007 06:10:00 pm

The government of Pakistan has reiterated its refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in the wake of its latest test of a nuclear-capable missile, saying that nuclear arms are vital to a...

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News Gul elected Turkish president as military warns against undermining constitution
Gul elected Turkish president as military warns against undermining constitution
Jeannie Shawl
August 28, 2007 03:55:00 pm

Abdullah Gul was sworn in as Turkey's new president Tuesday after winning a majority of votes in the Turkish parliament's third round of voting on his candidacy. Gul, supported by the Islamist-leaning Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

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News Abu Ghraib officer acquitted of not controlling soldiers, convicted on other charges
Abu Ghraib officer acquitted of not controlling soldiers, convicted on other charges
Jeannie Shawl
August 28, 2007 03:01:00 pm

US Army Lt. Col. Steven Jordan was acquitted by a military jury Tuesday of failing to control soldiers under his command who abused detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison . He was...

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News Russia police charge several suspects in journalist murder
Russia police charge several suspects in journalist murder
Alexis Unkovic
August 28, 2007 02:52:00 pm

Russian authorities have charged at least four of the 10 suspects arrested Monday in connection with last October's killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya , a defense lawyer told reporters Tuesday....

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News Federal appeals court orders re-sentencing of former Wal-Mart exec
Federal appeals court orders re-sentencing of former Wal-Mart exec
Alexis Unkovic
August 28, 2007 02:10:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Tuesday ordered former Wal-Mart vice chairman Tom Coughlin to face a new sentencing hearing, holding that his sentence was too lenient and improperly...

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News Federal judge overturns bankruptcy court ruling limiting Enron debt claims
Federal judge overturns bankruptcy court ruling limiting Enron debt claims
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 28, 2007 02:06:00 pm

A Manhattan federal judge Monday overturned a federal bankruptcy court's highly-controversial decision in the Enron case, ruling that holders of claims against a bankrupt company should have their claims extinguished if they purchased them from a...

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News Noriega can be extradited to France: US judge
Noriega can be extradited to France: US judge
Alexis Unkovic
August 28, 2007 01:22:00 pm

A US magistrate judge for the Southern District of Florida issued a ruling Tuesday recommending that the US Department of State extradite former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France when he is released...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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