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News Supreme Court hears Exxon Valdez punitive damages case
Supreme Court hears Exxon Valdez punitive damages case
Alexis Unkovic
February 27, 2008 03:27:00 pm

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker 07-219, where the Court considered the punitive damages to be paid by Exxon Mobil...

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News Turkish opposition appeals constitutional amendments lifting headscarf ban
Turkish opposition appeals constitutional amendments lifting headscarf ban
Katerina Ossenova
February 27, 2008 02:54:00 pm

Turkey's main pro-secular opposition party appealed to the nation's Constitutional Court Wednesday to overturn recently approved amendments to the country's constitution easing a ban on Islamic headscarves in universities. The Republican People's...

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News Spain court convicts 20 on lesser charges in National Court bomb plot
Spain court convicts 20 on lesser charges in National Court bomb plot
Katerina Ossenova
February 27, 2008 02:31:00 pm

A Spanish National Court judge Wednesday acquitted 20 suspected terrorists of the most serious charges related to an alleged plot to bomb the National Court in Madrid but convicted them on lesser charges ....

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Pakistan opposition party promises independent judiciary
Katerina Ossenova
February 27, 2008 01:49:00 pm

The Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which along with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML(N)) will form Pakistan's new coalition government, vowed Tuesday to make Pakistan's judiciary fully independent. Asif Zardari , the new...

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News Mexico lower house approves judicial reform bill
Mexico lower house approves judicial reform bill
Katerina Ossenova
February 27, 2008 01:21:00 pm

Mexico's lower house of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies , on Tuesday passed a bill on Tuesday authorizing a variety of judicial reforms . With a vote...

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News US Supreme Court allows FedEx age discrimination lawsuit
US Supreme Court allows FedEx age discrimination lawsuit
Jeannie Shawl
February 27, 2008 10:30:00 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a group of former and current Federal Express employees met the requirements for filing an age discrimination lawsuit against the company under the Age Discrimination in Employment...

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EU levies $1.3B fine against Microsoft for noncompliance with antitrust decision
Brett Murphy
February 27, 2008 10:16:00 am

The European Commission (EC) issued a record fine of 899 million euros ($1.3 billion) against Microsoft on Wednesday as penalty for failing to comply with a 2004 landmark ruling requiring...

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News Military commission charges confirmed against Guantanamo detainee al Bahlul
Military commission charges confirmed against Guantanamo detainee al Bahlul
Brett Murphy
February 27, 2008 09:44:00 am

The US Department of Defense said Tuesday that three charges have been referred against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul for his alleged ties to al Qaeda. Al Bahlul [DOD...

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Moussaoui lawyers say secrecy rules prevented adequate defense
Brett Murphy
February 27, 2008 09:01:00 am

Zacarias Moussaoui had his rights violated when a federal judge mandated secrecy rules that prevented his lawyers from showing him classified evidence, according to a brief asking for Moussaoui's guilty plea to be overturned....

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Employee in vitro fertilization treatment firing ruling [ECJ]
February 26, 2008 09:34:00 pm

Sabine Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHG, European Court of Justice, February 26, 2008 . Read the full...

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UN replaces Republic of China with People's Republic of China

On October 25, 1971, the United Nations dismissed the Republic of China (Taiwan) and allowed the People's Republic of China to replace it in all UN bodies, including China's permanent seat on the Security Council. The Republic of Taiwan has sought to rejoin the UN in its own right, but these efforts have been consistently blocked by the People's Republic of China.

First trial televised in New York

On October 25, 1988, the murder trial of Joel Steinberg became the first trial to be televised in New York during an 18-month experiment with televised courtroom proceedings that eventually led to the founding of Court TV in July 1991.

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