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News France parliament clears way for EU reform treaty vote
France parliament clears way for EU reform treaty vote
Alexis Unkovic
February 4, 2008 02:00:00 pm

The French Senate and National Assembly voted 560-181 at a special parliamentary session Monday to pass an amendment to the French Constitution that paves the way for France to...

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News US military commission hears jurisdiction arguments in Khadr case
US military commission hears jurisdiction arguments in Khadr case
Caitlin Price
February 4, 2008 01:04:00 pm

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr Monday argued that the US military commission responsible for trying him lacks jurisdiction over the case , saying that Khadr did not commit a war crime...

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News EU criticizes Bulgaria, Romania for slow progress in fight against corruption
EU criticizes Bulgaria, Romania for slow progress in fight against corruption
Michael Sung
February 4, 2008 09:44:00 am

The European Commission (EC) said Monday that new EU members Bulgaria and Romania must do more to achieve judicial reform and fight corruption and organized crime. An interim report on Bulgaria criticized Bulgarian efforts...

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News Russia court rejects Berezovsky appeal of embezzlement conviction
Russia court rejects Berezovsky appeal of embezzlement conviction
Michael Sung
February 4, 2008 09:22:00 am

The Moscow City Court on Monday rejected the appeal of exiled business tycoon Boris Berezovsky . Berezovsky has been sentenced to six years in prison, after being found guilty last November of embezzling...

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News ECCC hearing for Khmer Rouge second-in-command delayed over lawyer dispute
ECCC hearing for Khmer Rouge second-in-command delayed over lawyer dispute
Joshua Pantesco
February 4, 2008 09:05:00 am

Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea made his first public appearance before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday, though the court quickly adjourned the pre-trial hearing. The...

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News Spain court orders release of 10 suspected National Court bomb plotters
Spain court orders release of 10 suspected National Court bomb plotters
Michael Sung
February 4, 2008 08:57:00 am

A Spanish court on Monday ordered the release of 10 suspected terrorists accused of participating in a plot to bomb the Spanish National Court in Madrid, several days before the court is scheduled to announce the verdicts and sentences...

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News Indonesia Supreme Court to hear second appeal of 2002 Bali bombers
Indonesia Supreme Court to hear second appeal of 2002 Bali bombers
Joshua Pantesco
February 4, 2008 08:28:00 am

The Supreme Court of Indonesia on Monday announced it will consider a second appeal of the convictions of three men found responsible at trial for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings . The Supreme Court ordered a lower district...

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News Bangladesh ex-PM corruption trial adjourned after judge accused of bias
Bangladesh ex-PM corruption trial adjourned after judge accused of bias
Joshua Pantesco
February 4, 2008 07:48:00 am

A Bangladesh trial judge on Monday adjourned proceedings and admonished defense lawyers for former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed after they accused the judge of partiality in open court for refusing to allow cross...

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News Nepal human rights violations threatening peace: UN official
Nepal human rights violations threatening peace: UN official
Benjamin Klein
February 3, 2008 03:10:00 pm

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang said Sunday that unchecked human rights violations in Nepal remain a barrier to achieving sustainable peace in the country. Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist rebel...

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News Iraq bill allowing reinstatement of ex-Baath party members becomes law
Iraq bill allowing reinstatement of ex-Baath party members becomes law
Devin Montgomery
February 3, 2008 03:01:00 pm

Iraq's three-member Presidency Council said Sunday that a bill allowing most former members of Saddam Huessein's Baath party to be reinstated to public life has become law. The controversial Accountability and Justice Law , passed by the...

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English legal historian Frederic Maitland born

Frederic Maitland, legal historian and co-author of the History of English Law, was born on May 28, 1850.

Learn more about Frederic Maitland.

Indian Removal Act passed

On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act. The act authorized Johnson to exchange federal lands in the West for Indian lands in the American Southeast. While some tribes gave up their lands peacefully, others resisted. The "Trail of Tears" killed approximately 4,000 Cherokees in a forced march into the West. Learn more about the Indian Removal Act from the US Library of Congress.

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