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News Brazil supreme court chief wiretapped by intelligence service: report
Brazil supreme court chief wiretapped by intelligence service: report
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 31, 2008 08:20:00 pm

Brazilian intelligence service Abin has pledged to investigate published reports that its agents wiretapped a variety of top Brazilian officials, including Supreme Federal Court president Gilmar Mendes. Veja , a Brazilian weekly...

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News Italy to pay Libya $5b compensation for colonial rule as Berlusconi apologizes
Italy to pay Libya $5b compensation for colonial rule as Berlusconi apologizes
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 31, 2008 07:04:00 pm

The leaders of Italy and Libya Saturday signed a accord under which Italy pledged to invest $5 billion in Libya as compensation for its colonial rule over the north African state from 1911 to 1943....

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News Rhode Island Catholic diocese reaches settlement in four abuse suits
Rhode Island Catholic diocese reaches settlement in four abuse suits
Steve Czajkowski
August 30, 2008 01:34:00 pm

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence reached a settlement agreement Friday with four claimants who say they were abused by priests several decades ago and that church officials had taken steps to cover up...

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News UK court gives government another week to answer Guantanamo evidence demand
UK court gives government another week to answer Guantanamo evidence demand
Steve Czajkowski
August 30, 2008 12:07:00 pm

London's High Court Friday gave UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband a week to defend his office's refusal earlier this month to turn over documents relating to the alleged extraordinary rendition and...

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News Pakistan authorities reinstate 4 more ousted judges
Pakistan authorities reinstate 4 more ousted judges
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 30, 2008 10:26:00 am

Pakistani authorities Saturday reinstated four more judges ousted from their positions in November when former President Pervez Musharraf proclaimed emergency rule. The reappointment of four judges of the Lahore High Court follows an announcement Wednesday that eight other judges...

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News Rwanda genocide tribunal annuls conviction of ex-army officer
Rwanda genocide tribunal annuls conviction of ex-army officer
Michael Sung
August 30, 2008 10:10:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) quashed a 25-year prison sentence against former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi Friday, ruling that there was insufficient evidence for his conviction on charges...

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News Federal appeals court upholds prison sentence in witness tampering case
Federal appeals court upholds prison sentence in witness tampering case
Steve Czajkowski
August 30, 2008 08:02:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that the conviction and 210 month prison sentence of Juan Francisco Salazar, who was convicted of tampering with a witness in a drug trial,...

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News Eighth Circuit orders school to give gay rights group equal access
Eighth Circuit orders school to give gay rights group equal access
Joe Shaulis
August 29, 2008 03:41:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Friday ruled that a Minnesota school district must give a student group advocating gay rights the same access to...

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News Pakistan law minister rules out reinstating chief justice
Pakistan law minister rules out reinstating chief justice
Joe Shaulis
August 29, 2008 02:41:00 pm

Pakistani Law Minister Farooq H. Naek told reporters Thursday that ousted Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry cannot be reinstated because the current chief justice was legitimately appointed . Naek said...

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News Argentina ex-generals convicted of murdering senator in ‘dirty war’
Argentina ex-generals convicted of murdering senator in ‘dirty war’
Joe Shaulis
August 29, 2008 12:44:00 pm

Two former generals were convicted Thursday of killing a senator during the so-called "dirty war" in Argentina and have been sentenced to life terms of house arrest. A court in Tucuman province found Antonio Bussi [New...

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Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board

On May 17, 1954, the US Supreme Court held in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racially segregated public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Pay a virtual visit to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site.

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