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News ICTY prosecutors appeal ‘lenient’ sentences in Vukovar massacre trial
ICTY prosecutors appeal ‘lenient’ sentences in Vukovar massacre trial
James M Yoch Jr
October 30, 2007 12:01:00 pm

Prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday appealed the sentences imposed on war crimes convicts Mile Mrksic and Veselin Sljivancanin , who were convicted in...

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News Iraq cabinet approves private security contractor regulations
Iraq cabinet approves private security contractor regulations
James M Yoch Jr
October 30, 2007 11:39:00 am

The Iraqi cabinet Tuesday approved a draft law that would strip foreign security contractors of immunity from Iraqi prosecution granted under Order 17 passed by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) . The draft law...

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News Pakistan high court considers challenge against ex-PM Sharif deportation
Pakistan high court considers challenge against ex-PM Sharif deportation
James M Yoch Jr
October 30, 2007 11:04:00 am

The Supreme Court of Pakistan heard arguments Tuesday in a challenge against the September 10 deportation of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Saudi Arabia. Pakistani authorities arrested Sharif on corruption and money laundering...

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News US counter-terrorism and human rights report [UN HRC]
US counter-terrorism and human rights report [UN HRC]
October 30, 2007 10:04:00 am

Mission to the United States of America, report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, UN Human Rights Council, October 29, 2007 [calling on the US to quickly prosecute...

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News Mississippi stay of execution order [US SC]
Mississippi stay of execution order [US SC]
October 30, 2007 09:58:00 am

Order in Pending Case: Berry, Earl W. V. Epps., Comm'R, MS DOC, et al., US Supreme Court, October 30, 2007 [granting a stay of execution to death row inmates pending the Court's decision on whether to grant certiorari in the...

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News Japan parliament fails to renew expiring anti-terror law
Japan parliament fails to renew expiring anti-terror law
Michael Sung
October 30, 2007 09:53:00 am

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DJP) Tuesday failed to reach a consensus on new anti-terror legislation necessary to extend Japan's support mission for US operations in the Indian Ocean....

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News Indonesia high court upholds capital punishment in drug smugglers appeal
Indonesia high court upholds capital punishment in drug smugglers appeal
Michael Sung
October 30, 2007 09:30:00 am

The Constitutional Court of Indonesia rejected an appeal by five convicted drug smugglers against the death penalty Tuesday, ruling that capital punishment did not violate the Indonesian constitution . Lawyers representing the five had argued that the...

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News Israel attorney general suspends Gaza electricity cut plan
Israel attorney general suspends Gaza electricity cut plan
Michael Sung
October 30, 2007 08:59:00 am

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz temporarily suspended a government plan to cut electricity to the Palestinian Gaza Strip Monday, pending legal challenges from several human rights groups in the Israeli Supreme...

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News China arrests hundreds in substandard products crackdown
China arrests hundreds in substandard products crackdown
Jaime Jansen
October 30, 2007 08:23:00 am

China has arrested 774 people in a crackdown on the production of substandard products, officials said Monday. The Chinese General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) conducted 626 criminal investigations into the manufacture...

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News Cattle producers sue USDA to stop Canada cattle imports said to carry ‘mad cow’ risk
Cattle producers sue USDA to stop Canada cattle imports said to carry ‘mad cow’ risk
James M Yoch Jr
October 30, 2007 08:11:00 am

Eleven plaintiffs, including the R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF) have sued the US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) to prevent a rule change that would allow Canadian cattle over 30 months old and beef...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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