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News Pakistan lawyers urge election boycott
Pakistan lawyers urge election boycott
Devin Montgomery
December 1, 2007 03:29:00 pm

Two major Pakistani lawyers' groups are pressing efforts to encourage a boycott of the country's January 8 general elections, Pakistan's Post daily reported Saturday. Joining ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry's call for opposition political parties...

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News Ken Lay widow rejects US claim to Enron founder’s estate
Ken Lay widow rejects US claim to Enron founder’s estate
Patrick Porter
December 1, 2007 02:43:00 pm

Linda Lay, widow of former Enron chairman Ken Lay , formally rejected a US government claim to his assets in court papers filed Friday. In an answer to the government's civil suit against...

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News Bush presses case for ‘modernizing’ FISA
Bush presses case for ‘modernizing’ FISA
Howard Kline
December 1, 2007 02:11:00 pm

President Bush urged Congress in his weekly radio address Saturday to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in time to replace the temporary Protect America Act , set...

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News Ousted Pakistan judges reject government offer to reinstate all but CJ: report
Ousted Pakistan judges reject government offer to reinstate all but CJ: report
Patrick Porter
December 1, 2007 01:20:00 pm

The Pakistani government offered to reinstate all superior court judges sacked under emergency rule except for ousted Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry but the deposed judges rejected the proposal, according to a report in the Pakistani...

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News Khadr judge orders military commission witness identities withheld: NYT
Khadr judge orders military commission witness identities withheld: NYT
Nick Fiske
December 1, 2007 12:24:00 pm

US military judge Col. Peter Brownback has issued a blanket order protecting the identities of prosecution witnesses in the military commission trial of Omar Khadr , the New York Times reported Saturday. The order, originally...

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News UN rights experts concerned over proposed Venezuela constitutional reforms
UN rights experts concerned over proposed Venezuela constitutional reforms
Steve Czajkowski
December 1, 2007 11:19:00 am

Three United Nations human rights experts joined together Friday to voice their distress over the effect planned constitutional reforms in Venezuela may have on civil liberties and the rule of law in the country. Ambeyi Ligabo, Special...

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News Countries pledge to increase efforts to protect journalists in armed conflicts
Countries pledge to increase efforts to protect journalists in armed conflicts
Nick Fiske
December 1, 2007 10:43:00 am

Seven countries on Friday committed to new efforts to protect journalists and their crews in armed conflicts following the conclusion of a meeting in Switzerland of the 194 signatories of the Geneva Conventions. The 30th International Conference of the...

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News Federal judge rejects challenge to Virginia county immigration measures
Federal judge rejects challenge to Virginia county immigration measures
Steve Czajkowski
December 1, 2007 09:57:00 am

US District Judge James Cacheris of the Eastern District of Virginia Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging measures adopted by the Prince William County Board of Supervisors that required local police to...

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Guyana gains independence

On May 26, 1966, Guyana gained independence from the United Kingdom.

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