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News Taiwan prosecutors appeal corruption acquittal of opposition leader
Taiwan prosecutors appeal corruption acquittal of opposition leader
Brett Murphy
January 9, 2008 09:29:00 am

Taiwanese prosecutors filed an appeal Wednesday to a decision by the Taiwan High Court last month upholding the acquittal of former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges. Prosecutors hope that...

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News Federal judge rules that public has no right to view entire execution process
Federal judge rules that public has no right to view entire execution process
Brett Murphy
January 9, 2008 08:57:00 am

A federal judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas has ruled that journalists and the public do not have the right to view every part of the execution process under the First...

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News Hong Kong court rules local radio laws unconstitutional
Hong Kong court rules local radio laws unconstitutional
Leslie Schulman
January 9, 2008 08:23:00 am

A Hong Kong court ruled Tuesday that the Chinese special administrative region's Telecommunications Ordinance was unconstitutional because it violates the freedom of expression guaranteed by Hong Kong's Basic Law and Bill of Rights by giving the government...

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News US Army sergeant to face court-martial in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian murder
US Army sergeant to face court-martial in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian murder
Leslie Schulman
January 9, 2008 07:56:00 am

The US Army said Tuesday that Army Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales will be court-martialed on charges of premeditated murder for his alleged role in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi civilian near the Iraqi city...

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News DOJ drops appeal of decision to block US national forest regulation
DOJ drops appeal of decision to block US national forest regulation
Leslie Schulman
January 9, 2008 07:08:00 am

The US Justice Department has withdrawn its appeal of a federal judge's decision to invalidate a 2005 regulation governing the management of national forests, advocacy groups said Tuesday. The appeal was filed in a...

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News Federal magistrate orders White House to confirm e-mail backup
Federal magistrate orders White House to confirm e-mail backup
Caitlin Price
January 8, 2008 04:30:00 pm

US Magistrate Judge John Facciola Tuesday ordered the White House to report within five business days whether the millions of e-mails from 2003 to 2005 that have been deleted from White House servers in...

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News Georgia prison inmates allege systematic abuse and cover-up in class action
Georgia prison inmates allege systematic abuse and cover-up in class action
Caitlin Price
January 8, 2008 03:46:00 pm

A class of over forty Georgia inmates filed suit Tuesday in the US District Court for Middle District of Georgia , seeking compensation for alleged widespread physical abuse - including two deaths - and intimidation of prisoners statewide....

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News Tunisia appeals court affirms terror conviction of former Guantanamo detainee
Tunisia appeals court affirms terror conviction of former Guantanamo detainee
Caitlin Price
January 8, 2008 02:58:00 pm

A former Guantanamo Bay detainee convicted in Tunisia of criminal association lost an appeal Tuesday in a Tunis court. Lotfi Lagha , who was transferred to Tunisian custody in June 2007 after five...

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News Padilla sentencing hearing begins
Padilla sentencing hearing begins
Michael Sung
January 8, 2008 01:25:00 pm

US District Judge Marcia Cooke began hearing arguments Tuesday in the sentencing hearing of convicted terrorist Jose Padilla and his two co-defendants, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi . The government is...

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News Supreme Court rules in Federal Claims Court statute of limitations case
Supreme Court rules in Federal Claims Court statute of limitations case
Jeannie Shawl
January 8, 2008 10:11:00 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Court of Federal Claims is required to consider whether lawsuits are filed within the relevant statute of limitations even when the parties waive the issue. In...

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed, ending Russia involvement in WWI

On March 3, 1918, the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the communist government of Russia, ending Russian involvement in World War I. The treaty furthermore opened independence for Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Read the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and other documents related to the Peace of Brest-Litovsk from the Avalon Project at Yale University.

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On March 3, 1879, Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

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