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News Supreme Court weighs Guantanamo habeas cases
Supreme Court weighs Guantanamo habeas cases
Jeannie Shawl
December 5, 2007 11:16:00 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases of Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al Odah v. United States (06-1196) on whether detainees at...

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News Chad completes probe into  ‘Darfur orphan’ airlift, case goes to prosecutor
Chad completes probe into ‘Darfur orphan’ airlift, case goes to prosecutor
Brett Murphy
December 5, 2007 10:39:00 am

Investigators in Chad Tuesday completed a criminal probe into French charity Zoe's Ark for its involvement in an October attempt to airlift 103 alleged Darfur orphans from Chad to Europe,...

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News Ousted Pakistan judges involuntarily retired
Ousted Pakistan judges involuntarily retired
Brett Murphy
December 5, 2007 09:55:00 am

The Pakistan Law and Justice Ministry Tuesday announced the formal forced retirement from the Pakistan Supreme Court and other high courts of 37 judges, including ousted Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry , who was replaced immediately after...

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News New oil law needed in Iraq: US Treasury official
New oil law needed in Iraq: US Treasury official
Brett Murphy
December 5, 2007 09:37:00 am

The Iraqi legislature's failure to pass an oil law , rather than the security situation in the country, is preventing international oil corporations from investing in Iraq, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt said Tuesday....

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News Guantanamo detainee recovering from self-inflicted injury
Guantanamo detainee recovering from self-inflicted injury
Brett Murphy
December 5, 2007 08:56:00 am

A Guantanamo Bay detainee survived a self-inflicted injury last month when he cut open his throat using a sharpened fingernail during his daily shower, Navy Cmdr. Andrew Haynes said Tuesday. The detainee received stitches after losing...

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News Duch bail denial [ECCC]
Duch bail denial [ECCC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 4, 2007 09:45:00 pm

Decision on Appeal against Provisional Detention Order of Kaing Guek Eav alias "Duch", Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Pre-Trial Chamber, December 3, 2007 [denying bail to former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, for...

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News Pakistan police arrest US rights activists pressing for top lawyer’s release
Pakistan police arrest US rights activists pressing for top lawyer’s release
Josh Camson
December 4, 2007 03:34:00 pm

Pakistani police acting at the direction of what one official called "higher ups" arrested two American human rights activists in Lahore Tuesday, according to AP. Medea Benjamin and Tighe Barry are members of the US-based human rights...

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News Padilla sentencing postponed to January
Padilla sentencing postponed to January
Josh Camson
December 4, 2007 02:57:00 pm

The sentencing of convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla will be delayed until January, according to US federal court officials cited by AP Tuesday. Sentencing hearings that were due to begin this week were rescheduled due to...

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News Bangladesh jails professors for role in August anti-government protests
Bangladesh jails professors for role in August anti-government protests
Patrick Porter
December 4, 2007 01:38:00 pm

A Bangladesh court sentenced four university professors Tuesday for participating in anti-government student protests that took place in August. Police inspector Mahbub Siddiqui told AFP that the academics were found guilty of breaking emergency laws ...

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News Supreme Court hears jury selection, FDA regulation cases
Supreme Court hears jury selection, FDA regulation cases
Mike Rosen-Molina
December 4, 2007 01:09:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Snyder v. Louisiana , 06-10119, where it considered whether a prosecutor improperly excluded all black potential jurors from serving on...

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Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Read a biography of Nelson Mandela from the Nobel Foundation.

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