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News Iraq investigates release of unauthorized Saddam hanging video
Iraq investigates release of unauthorized Saddam hanging video
Alexis Unkovic
January 2, 2007 10:13:00 am

The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki initiated an investigation Tuesday into the taping and distribution of a graphic camera phone video showing the actual Saturday execution of ousted Iraqi president Saddam...

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News Protests continue in wake of Saddam hanging
Protests continue in wake of Saddam hanging
Alexis Unkovic
January 2, 2007 09:07:00 am

Sunnis demonstrated in the streets of Iraq Monday in continuing opposition to the Saturday execution of Saddam Hussein , which was captured on camera phone video taken at the scene. Most...

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News Former Saddam trial judge calls execution during Eid illegal under Iraqi law
Former Saddam trial judge calls execution during Eid illegal under Iraqi law
Jeannie Shawl
January 2, 2007 08:54:00 am

Rizgar Mohammed Amin , the Iraqi Kurdish judge who presided over the Saddam Hussein Dujail trial before resigning in early 2006 over criticisms of his handling of the case, has said that...

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News Federal courts closed in mourning for ex-President Ford
Federal courts closed in mourning for ex-President Ford
Jeannie Shawl
January 2, 2007 08:15:00 am

Federal courts are closed Tuesday under a proclamation issued last week appointing Tuesday as a National Day of Mourning for former US President Gerald R. Ford , who died last week at...

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News Pope says respect for human rights is foundation for peace
Pope says respect for human rights is foundation for peace
Caitlin Price
January 1, 2007 03:58:00 pm

Pope Benedict XVI stressed the importance of respecting human rights as the foundation for peace in a New Year's homily at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome Monday. In his message for World Peace Day, marked by...

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News Roberts calls lack of pay hike for judges ‘constitutional crisis’ in year-end report
Roberts calls lack of pay hike for judges ‘constitutional crisis’ in year-end report
Caitlin Price
January 1, 2007 02:55:00 pm

US Chief Justice John Roberts called failure to raise the pay of federal judges a "constitutional crisis" in his 2006 year-end report on the federal judiciary , released Monday. Making that the...

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News Germany promises to put constitution back on EU agenda as Bulgaria, Romania join
Germany promises to put constitution back on EU agenda as Bulgaria, Romania join
Caitlin Price
January 1, 2007 01:57:00 pm

Germany took over the six-month rotating European Union presidency with the New Year on Monday, promising to put the stymied European constitution back on the regional bloc's agenda. In a statement posted...

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News Unruly Saddam hanging prompts Sunni protests, American anger
Unruly Saddam hanging prompts Sunni protests, American anger
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 1, 2007 09:29:00 am

The unruly nature of the weekend hanging of Saddam Hussein as especially revealed by a grainy but graphic camera phone video taken at the scene prompted protest and disavowal Monday as Sunnis condemned the treatment...

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News Australia military prosecutor slams treatment of Guantanamo detainee Hicks
Australia military prosecutor slams treatment of Guantanamo detainee Hicks
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 1, 2007 08:56:00 am

Australia's new independent military prosecutor has called the treatment of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks "abominable" in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald. Brigadier Lyn McDade told the Herald, "Quite frankly, I think...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

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