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News Cambodia genocide tribunal seeks additional $114 million to fulfill mandate
Cambodia genocide tribunal seeks additional $114 million to fulfill mandate
Alexis Unkovic
March 24, 2008 02:53:00 pm

Officials from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) made a formal request to the United Nations Monday for $114 million in additional funds to allow the court to continue...

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News Nepal police arrest hundreds as pro-Tibet protests continue
Nepal police arrest hundreds as pro-Tibet protests continue
Caitlin Price
March 24, 2008 02:35:00 pm

Nepalese police arrested at least 400 Tibetan exiles, monks, and other protesters near the Nepalese UN headquarters in Kathmandu Monday as demonstrations continued against China's recent crackdown against pro-Tibet protests . Police reported that an additional...

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News Supreme Court to hear gun possession, Fourth Amendment cases
Supreme Court to hear gun possession, Fourth Amendment cases
Caitlin Price
March 24, 2008 01:13:00 pm

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear two cases , including US v. Hayes (07-608) , in which the Court will consider whether a federal law [18 USC...

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News Federal judge allows Connecticut campaign finance law challenge to proceed
Federal judge allows Connecticut campaign finance law challenge to proceed
Alexis Unkovic
March 24, 2008 11:05:00 am

US District Judge Stefan Underhill of the District of Connecticut has ruled that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of certain portions of Connecticut's campaign finance law could proceed....

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News Tibet government-in-exile says 130 killed in pro-independence protests
Tibet government-in-exile says 130 killed in pro-independence protests
David Frueh
March 24, 2008 10:15:00 am

The Tibetan government-in-exile said Monday that 130 people have been confirmed dead after skirmishes between pro-Tibet protesters and Chinese authorities, 31 more than an earlier estimate of 99. China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported the...

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News New Pakistan PM seeking immediate release of ousted judges from house arrest
New Pakistan PM seeking immediate release of ousted judges from house arrest
Michael Sung
March 24, 2008 10:07:00 am

Newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Monday that he will ask President Pervez Musharraf to immediately lift house arrest orders against former Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and other judges....

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News Turkish politician charged over alleged involvement with secular extremist group
Turkish politician charged over alleged involvement with secular extremist group
Michael Sung
March 24, 2008 09:37:00 am

Turkish authorities Monday charged Turkish Workers' Party leader Dogu Perincek for his alleged involvement with a secular extremist group suspected of plotting to overthrow the ruling government headed by the Justice...

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News China rights activist sentenced to 5 years for subversion
China rights activist sentenced to 5 years for subversion
Joshua Pantesco
March 24, 2008 09:14:00 am

A Chinese court sentenced land rights activist Yang Chunlin to five years in prison Monday on charges of "inciting subversion of state power" for circulating a petition declaring "we want human rights, not the Olympics,"...

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News Bali nightclub bombers withdraw second appeal of death sentences
Bali nightclub bombers withdraw second appeal of death sentences
Michael Sung
March 24, 2008 09:09:00 am

Three Indonesian Islamic militants sentenced to death for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings withdrew their second appeal Monday, after the Cilacap district court refused to grant a change of venue and transport...

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News Pakistan court clears Bhutto husband in judge assassination
Pakistan court clears Bhutto husband in judge assassination
Michael Sung
March 24, 2008 08:46:00 am

A Pakistani court has cleared Asif Ali Zardari of charges related to his alleged involvement in the 1996 assassination of a retired judge and his son due to lack of evidence, a government prosecutor said Monday. Zardari,...

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Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

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