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News Sudan suing French charity involved in ‘Darfur orphans’ airlift
Sudan suing French charity involved in ‘Darfur orphans’ airlift
Jaime Jansen
November 27, 2007 07:58:00 am

The government of Sudan is planning a lawsuit against French charity Zoe's Ark for its involvement in last month's attempt to airlift 103 children alleged to be...

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News Iran ex-nuclear negotiator acquitted of espionage charges
Iran ex-nuclear negotiator acquitted of espionage charges
Jaime Jansen
November 27, 2007 07:31:00 am

An Iranian court has acquitted Hossein Mousavian, a former key nuclear negotiator, of espionage charges but convicted him of "propagating" against the Islamic government, judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi said Tuesday. Mousavian was arrested in May on...

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News Pakistan minister apologizes for ordering ousted judges to vacate government housing
Pakistan minister apologizes for ordering ousted judges to vacate government housing
Jaime Jansen
November 27, 2007 07:00:00 am

Pakistani Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz apologized Tuesday for demanding that that all of the Supreme Court of Pakistan judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf when he declared emergency rule in early November vacate...

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News Blackwater Iraq shootings lawsuit [CCR]
Blackwater Iraq shootings lawsuit [CCR]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
November 26, 2007 10:02:00 pm

Estate of Himoud Saed Abtan et al. v. Blackwater Worldwide, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, November 26, 2007 [complaint filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of Iraqi civilians killed by Blackwater security guards...

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News UN rights expert says Philippines army deliberately killed left-wing activists
UN rights expert says Philippines army deliberately killed left-wing activists
Kiely Lewandowski
November 26, 2007 06:24:00 pm

The Philippines armed forces have followed a "deliberate strategy" of killing left-wing activists, according to a report Monday by UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston . According to...

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News Senegal probe for Habre crimes against humanity trial to begin within months
Senegal probe for Habre crimes against humanity trial to begin within months
Deirdre Jurand
November 26, 2007 03:30:00 pm

Senegalese prosecutors will begin an investigation into former Chadian president Hissene Habre within months so that Habre can face trial for alleged torture and mass killings in Senegal in the 1980s, victims' lawyers said...

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News US Supreme Court hears arguments in ERISA retirement plan case
US Supreme Court hears arguments in ERISA retirement plan case
Mike Rosen-Molina
November 26, 2007 03:03:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates , 06-856, a case where the Court considered whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...

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News ICTR prosecutors seek life sentence for Rwandan Catholic priest
ICTR prosecutors seek life sentence for Rwandan Catholic priest
Michael Sung
November 26, 2007 02:03:00 pm

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Monday pushed for a life sentence for Father Athanase Seromba , arguing that Seromba's 15 year prison sentence for committing genocide and extermination...

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News Russia court denies opposition figure Kasparov’s appeal
Russia court denies opposition figure Kasparov’s appeal
Michael Sung
November 26, 2007 01:50:00 pm

A Russian court ruled against former chess champion and liberal United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov Monday, denying Kasparov's appeal and ordering him to serve a five day jail sentence [JURIST...

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News Rights groups argue against extending UK pre-charge terror detentions
Rights groups argue against extending UK pre-charge terror detentions
Michael Sung
November 26, 2007 01:16:00 pm

Human rights groups Amnesty International and JUSTICE Monday argued against the UK government's proposal to extend the pre-charge detention period of suspected terrorists from 28 days to 56 days, saying separately that the extended detention is neither...

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Inquisition of Galileo begins

On April 12, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church began its formal inquisition of Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was tried by the Roman Inquisition "for holding as true the false doctrine taught by some that the sun is the center of the world" in direct contradiction to the Catholic Church's teaching that man and the Earth are the center of the Universe. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy" and sentenced to life in prison. His punishment was later commuted to house arrest. Learn more about the trial of Galileo Galilei.

President Clinton cited for contempt in Paula Jones case

On April 12, 1999, US District Judge Susan Webber Wright found President Bill Clinton in contempt of court in the Paula Jones case, concluding that the President had provided "intentionally false" evidence in that case about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Read a contemporary CNN report here.

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