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News Italy court overrules ‘racial hatred’ convictions of anti-Roma group
Italy court overrules ‘racial hatred’ convictions of anti-Roma group
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 1, 2008 01:57:00 pm

The Italian Court of Cassation Monday overturned the convictions of six Italians, including Verona Mayor Flavio Tosi, for distributing anti-Roma literature in 2001. The court found that the men were motivated by a belief that all Roma...

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News Ruling released on Uighur enemy combatant status at Guantanamo
Ruling released on Uighur enemy combatant status at Guantanamo
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 1, 2008 01:28:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Monday released declassified portions of last month's decision that a US Combatant Status Review Tribunal had improperly designated a Chinese Uighur Muslim...

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News Hungary constitutional court strikes down hate speech amendments
Hungary constitutional court strikes down hate speech amendments
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 1, 2008 12:30:00 pm

The Constitutional Court of Hungary Monday ruled that two proposals passed by the country's parliament to criminalize hate speech were unconstitutional infringements on the freedom of expression. The court held that the extremist speech that the amendments...

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News Poland president refuses to sign EU reform treaty
Poland president refuses to sign EU reform treaty
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 1, 2008 12:03:00 pm

Polish President Lech Kaczynski Tuesday refused to sign the EU reform treaty , properly known as the Treaty of Lisbon , saying that to do so would be "pointless" after Irish voters rejected...

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News Ex-Khmer Rouge official appeals detention for Cambodia genocide
Ex-Khmer Rouge official appeals detention for Cambodia genocide
Andrew Gilmore
July 1, 2008 11:55:00 am

Ieng Sary , former Foreign Minister during the Khmer Rouge regime , appeared before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) for the second day Tuesday to appeal his detention...

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News Federal appeals court dismisses Arar rendition lawsuit
Federal appeals court dismisses Arar rendition lawsuit
Devin Montgomery
July 1, 2008 11:33:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Canadian citizen Maher Arar , who sought a declaratory judgment against US government officials for deporting...

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News Uighur enemy combatant status ruling [DC Circuit]
Uighur enemy combatant status ruling [DC Circuit]
July 1, 2008 11:19:00 am

Huzaifa Parhat v. Robert M. Gates, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, June 20, 2008 ....

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News Suspect in Russia journalist murder hiding in Western Europe: investigator
Suspect in Russia journalist murder hiding in Western Europe: investigator
Deirdre Jurand
July 1, 2008 11:08:00 am

The man suspected of killing Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has fled to Western Europe, an investigator at the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said Tuesday. In May, Russian authorities named Chechen...

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News France court orders eBay to pay $63 million for permitting sale of fake goods
France court orders eBay to pay $63 million for permitting sale of fake goods
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 1, 2008 11:08:00 am

A French court Monday ordered Internet auction house eBay to pay $63 million in damages to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) , finding that the website failed to prevent the sale of counterfeit luxury goods...

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News China accused of using courts to retaliate against journalists critical of government
China accused of using courts to retaliate against journalists critical of government
Andrew Gilmore
July 1, 2008 10:13:00 am

A Chinese reporter for US-based Chinese news website Boxun.com received a four-year prison sentence Tuesday in Nanjing on charges of illegal weapons possession and public disorder. Sun Lin, who writes under the pen name Jie...

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On March 5, 1970, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty took effect after ratification by 43 countries. Read a brief history of the NPT.

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On March 5, 1984, the US Supreme Court upheld a nativity scene built on public land by the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The Court in Lynch v. Donnelly held that the creche did not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from passing any "law respecting an establishment of religion".

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