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News ECCC cleared of mismanaging funds in independent audit
ECCC cleared of mismanaging funds in independent audit
Nick Fiske
April 25, 2008 04:34:00 pm

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) was cleared of financial mismanagement in an independent audit released Friday. The review was ordered by the ECCC Project Board in...

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News Zimbabwe police raid offices of opposition party, election observers
Zimbabwe police raid offices of opposition party, election observers
Nick Fiske
April 25, 2008 03:45:00 pm

Zimbabwean police Friday raided the offices of independent election observers and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) , arresting hundreds in an alleged crackdown on anti-government subversives. Witnesses say that police were searching for vote counting materials...

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News Over 3,000 sentences reduced under retroactive drug penalties amendment
Over 3,000 sentences reduced under retroactive drug penalties amendment
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 25, 2008 03:03:00 pm

Over 3,000 prison inmates convicted of crack cocaine offenses have had their sentences reduced under an amendment to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines , according to a study released Thursday by the US Sentencing Commission ....

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News US Marine charged in Fallujah murder should face court-martial: hearing officer
US Marine charged in Fallujah murder should face court-martial: hearing officer
Nick Fiske
April 25, 2008 02:57:00 pm

US Marine Sgt. Jermaine A. Nelson should face court-martial for the November 2004 murder of an Iraqi detainee in Fallujah , a US Marine hearing officer found following an Article 32 pretrial hearing . Nelson was...

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News ICTY transfers Bosnian Croat leader to serve war crimes sentence in Italy
ICTY transfers Bosnian Croat leader to serve war crimes sentence in Italy
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 25, 2008 02:02:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Friday that it has transferred a former Bosnian Croat leader who was convicted of war crimes related to the torture and persecutions...

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News ECHR rules Russia violated rights of 13 detained Andijan uprising suspects
ECHR rules Russia violated rights of 13 detained Andijan uprising suspects
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 25, 2008 01:16:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled that Russia violated the civil rights of 13 men accused of terrorism in Uzbekistan by detaining them without trial for 20 months. In 2006, Russia...

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News Argentina police arrest former police chief ‘Dirty War’ suspect
Argentina police arrest former police chief ‘Dirty War’ suspect
Leslie Schulman
April 25, 2008 09:48:00 am

Argentinean politician and former police chief and mayor Luis Abelardo Patti, wanted by Argentina for allegedly torturing and killing several people during Argentina's 1976-1983 "Dirty War" , was arrested in Buenos Aires...

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News US Senate passes legislation to bar discrimination based on genetic testing
US Senate passes legislation to bar discrimination based on genetic testing
Leslie Schulman
April 25, 2008 09:24:00 am

The US Senate on Thursday voted 95-0 in favor of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) , legislation aimed at preventing employers and health insurers from discriminating against people who have a genetic...

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News Military defense lawyer for alleged 9/11 mastermind worried about trial fairness
Military defense lawyer for alleged 9/11 mastermind worried about trial fairness
Leslie Schulman
April 25, 2008 09:20:00 am

Navy Captain Prescott Prince , the military-appointed lawyer for confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed , has expressed concern over the fairness of his client's upcoming military commission trial....

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News Austria, Denmark parliaments approve EU reform treaty; Czech vote delayed
Austria, Denmark parliaments approve EU reform treaty; Czech vote delayed
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 24, 2008 05:25:00 pm

The upper house of the Austrian parliament Thursday voted 151-27 to approve the EU reform treaty , formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon . The...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia

On September 5, 1774, the first assembly of the Continental Congress, forerunner of the US Congress, convened in Philadelphia to protest the so-called "Intolerable Acts" passed by the British Parliament. Review the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress.

France passes conscription law

On September 5, 1798, France promulgated a conscription policy with the passage of the Jourdan Law. The law instituted a draft for all males between the ages of twenty and twenty-five with exceptions for clergy, holders of public office, and certain students and industrial workers. The law also allowed the wealthy to pay for someone else to take their place in the military.

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