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News Bolivia president signs bill approving recall referendum
Bolivia president signs bill approving recall referendum
Joshua Pantesco
May 12, 2008 12:18:00 pm

Bolivian President Evo Morales signed a bill Monday authorizing a recall election to be held on August 10, in which Morales and Bolivia's nine governors must win both more votes and a larger share of...

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News Pakistan coalition government to split over reinstating ousted judges
Pakistan coalition government to split over reinstating ousted judges
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 12, 2008 12:07:00 pm

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) , one of the two main parties in Pakistan's coalition government, is leaving the coalition after prolonged talks in London failed to produce an agreement on the reinstatement of judges ousted...

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News Afghan detainees in Kandahar prison end hunger strike over lack of legal process
Afghan detainees in Kandahar prison end hunger strike over lack of legal process
Joshua Pantesco
May 12, 2008 11:39:00 am

An estimated 200-300 detainees held by Afghan authorities at the Afghan-controlled men's prison in Kandahar who went on hunger strike last week protesting the slow nature of the Afghanistan judicial system ended their action Monday after a...

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News Malaysia opposition leader calls for charges in judicial fixing scandal
Malaysia opposition leader calls for charges in judicial fixing scandal
Joshua Pantesco
May 12, 2008 11:38:00 am

Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called Monday for the prosecution of public officials involved in a judicial fixing scandal, one week after government officials ended their investigation into a video ...

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News Supreme Court rules magistrates may preside over jury selection with counsel OK
Supreme Court rules magistrates may preside over jury selection with counsel OK
Abigail Salisbury
May 12, 2008 10:38:00 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Gonzalez v. United States that allowing a magistrate judge to oversee jury selection does not deprive a criminal defendant of the right to a...

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News Rights group claims Uzbek authorities abusing former protesters
Rights group claims Uzbek authorities abusing former protesters
Abigail Salisbury
May 12, 2008 10:04:00 am

Persons suspected of involvement in the 2005 Andijan uprising that resulted in a massacre of unarmed civilians are still being mistreated according to a new Human Rights Watch report released Monday. Uzbek...

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News US military orders first court-martial for civilian contractor under amended law
US military orders first court-martial for civilian contractor under amended law
Abigail Salisbury
May 12, 2008 08:06:00 am

A court-martial was ordered Sunday for Alaa "Alex" Mohammad Ali, a dual Iraqi-Canadian citizen working as a translator in Iraq. Accused of having committed aggravated assault in February in connection with the stabbing death of another contractor, he is...

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News Pakistan party talks on restoring judges fail despite US intervention
Pakistan party talks on restoring judges fail despite US intervention
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 11, 2008 07:52:00 pm

Talks between Pakistani party leaders meeting in London to discuss a parliamentary resolution to restore superior court judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf under his proclamation of emergency last November collapsed Sunday despite last-minute intervention by a US envoy...

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News DOJ Blackwater probe focused on guards, not company: AP
DOJ Blackwater probe focused on guards, not company: AP
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 11, 2008 07:15:00 pm

Blackwater Worldwide is not likely to face criminal charges in connection with a September 16 shooting in Baghdad in which 14 Iraqi civilians were killed, AP reported Saturday, citing a half-dozen individuals closely associated with a US...

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News Stevens suggests Derby horse euthanized more humanely than prisoners
Stevens suggests Derby horse euthanized more humanely than prisoners
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 11, 2008 06:25:00 pm

US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens suggested to a gathering of lawyers and judges Friday in Tennessee that the Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles may have been euthanized more humanely than some prisoners. The Chattanooga Times...

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