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News UN Lockerbie trial observer urges probe of UK-US Pan Am 103 investigation
UN Lockerbie trial observer urges probe of UK-US Pan Am 103 investigation
Natalie Hrubos
July 9, 2007 06:38:00 am

The United Nations observer overseeing the Lockerbie trial, Dr. Hans Koechler, has called for a probe into UK and US handling of the investigation of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am 103 over the Scottish village of...

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News Israel cabinet approves release of 250 Palestinian prisoners
Israel cabinet approves release of 250 Palestinian prisoners
Natalie Hrubos
July 8, 2007 01:11:00 pm

The Israeli cabinet Sunday approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed to the release at a June 25 summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort...

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News New Jersey governor signs legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
New Jersey governor signs legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Natalie Hrubos
July 8, 2007 11:54:00 am

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed legislation to cut emissions of greenhouse gases Friday, making New Jersey the third state in the nation to pass such laws to prevent global warming....

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News France appeals court strikes down labor law in Sarkozy setback
France appeals court strikes down labor law in Sarkozy setback
Michael Sung
July 7, 2007 11:54:00 am

The Appeals Court of Paris Friday struck down the CNE, contrat nouvelles embauches as a violation of international and basic French labor standards, dealing a setback to efforts by...

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News Iraqi-trained UK doctor first charged in Glasgow airport attack
Iraqi-trained UK doctor first charged in Glasgow airport attack
Michael Sung
July 7, 2007 11:18:00 am

Bilal Abdulla, the driver of the burning vehicle involved in last weekend's attack on the Glasgow International Airport , appeared in court Saturday to face conspiracy to cause explosion charges for his alleged role in the...

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News US Army officer opposing Iraq war can be court-martialed again: military judge
US Army officer opposing Iraq war can be court-martialed again: military judge
Michael Sung
July 7, 2007 10:50:00 am

US military judge Lt. Col. John Head ruled Friday that the refiling of charges in the court-martial of US Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada after a February mistrial does not...

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News DOJ rejects allegations Guantanamo ‘enemy combatant’ rulings pressured
DOJ rejects allegations Guantanamo ‘enemy combatant’ rulings pressured
Michael Sung
July 7, 2007 10:06:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday rejected allegations made by a US Army officer previously involved in Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay that the CSRTs were pressured to declare detainees...

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News Former France PM investigated in Sarkozy smear probe
Former France PM investigated in Sarkozy smear probe
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 6, 2007 08:05:00 pm

Investigators searched the offices of former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Friday as part of a probe into an alleged smear campaign conducted against Villepin political rival and now French...

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News Russia lower house approves expanded anti-extremism law
Russia lower house approves expanded anti-extremism law
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 6, 2007 07:21:00 pm

The Duma , the lower house of the Russian parliament, Friday approved legislative amendments to change the prevailing definition of extremist crime in Russian law to include activities taken for "political or ideological hatred." Opponents of...

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News Serbia president pledges arrest of war crimes fugitive Mladic within year
Serbia president pledges arrest of war crimes fugitive Mladic within year
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 6, 2007 06:37:00 pm

Serbia will arrest wanted war crimes fugitive Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic and transfer him to the UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague within the year, President Boris Tadic ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

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