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News Mexico Supreme Court upholds first-trimester abortion law
Mexico Supreme Court upholds first-trimester abortion law
Joe Shaulis
August 29, 2008 11:13:00 am

The Mexican Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a law permitting first-trimester abortions in Mexico City does not violate the Mexican Constitution . The...

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News Karadzic again refuses to enter pleas on ICTY war crimes charges
Karadzic again refuses to enter pleas on ICTY war crimes charges
Devin Montgomery
August 29, 2008 09:40:00 am

Former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic again refused to enter a plea  on Friday to charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in a hearing before the International Criminal...

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News US civilian jury acquits ex-Marine of Fallujah killings
US civilian jury acquits ex-Marine of Fallujah killings
Joe Shaulis
August 29, 2008 08:45:00 am

A federal jury on Thursday acquitted former US Marine Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario Jr. of voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the first civilian trial for crimes allegedly committed by a member...

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News Bolivia president sets date for constitutional referendum
Bolivia president sets date for constitutional referendum
Devin Montgomery
August 29, 2008 08:03:00 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Thursday that a national referendum on his proposed reforms to the country's constitution will be held on December 7. If approved, the reforms would distribute more of Bolivia's land and...

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News Pakistan lawyers block streets demanding restoration of judges
Pakistan lawyers block streets demanding restoration of judges
Joe Shaulis
August 28, 2008 03:00:00 pm

Lawyers blocked streets in the major cities of Pakistan on Thursday to demand the reappointment of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other judges removed last year by...

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News Sudan president vows to ignore ICC arrest warrant
Sudan president vows to ignore ICC arrest warrant
Joe Shaulis
August 28, 2008 02:50:00 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Wednesday threatened to ignore any arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court . Bashir, speaking to legislators Wednesday in semi-autonomous southern Sudan, said he would...

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News ICTY adjourns Serb nationalist leader’s war crimes trial pending appeal ruling
ICTY adjourns Serb nationalist leader’s war crimes trial pending appeal ruling
Joe Shaulis
August 28, 2008 02:15:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has suspended the war crimes trial of Serb nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj pending an appellate ruling on whether the...

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News UK presses UN panel for expanded rights to Arctic seabed minerals
UK presses UN panel for expanded rights to Arctic seabed minerals
Leslie Schulman
August 28, 2008 01:23:00 pm

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Wednesday submitted requests to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) to claim exclusive harvesting rights to an area of the seabed surrounding Ascension Island, a...

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News Norway trial begins for Bosnian Croat accused of 1992 war crimes against Serbs
Norway trial begins for Bosnian Croat accused of 1992 war crimes against Serbs
Leslie Schulman
August 28, 2008 12:54:00 pm

A Bosnian immigrant to Norway accused of mistreating Bosnian Serbs imprisoned during the 1992-95 Bosnian war went on trial Wednesday in Oslo, marking the start of the first war crimes trial to take place in Norway since World...

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News DOJ seeks lighter sentences for ex-lobbyist Abramoff
DOJ seeks lighter sentences for ex-lobbyist Abramoff
Joe Shaulis
August 28, 2008 11:16:00 am

The US Justice Department (DOJ) has asked federal judges in Florida and Washington, DC, to give lenient sentences to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff , who has cooperated in the prosecution of several legislative and executive...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Knights Templar arrested in France on false charges

French members of the Crusade-era chivalric order the Knights Templar, including Grand Master Jacques de Molay, were arrested upon the orders of King Phillip IV of France on October 13, 1307. The group was baselessly accused of multiple offenses, including idolatry and homosexual acts. The Templars would be tried for these offenses before being disbanded officially by Pope Clement V in 1312. Learn more about the Knights Templar.

Rosenbergs' espionage appeal denied by Supreme Court

On October 13, 1952, the US Supreme Court announced that it had declined to grant certiorari in the appeal of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, condemned to death for conspiracy to commit atomic espionage for the Soviet Union. Justice William O. Douglas eventually granted a stay of execution on June 17, 1953, but that order was vacated by the full Court and the Rosenbergs were executed on June 19, 1953. Learn more about the Rosenbergs' case from the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Greenwich Mean Time established as universal standard

On October 13, 1884, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was declared universal time by the International Meridian Conference, a gathering of 25 nations from around the globe.
Read the proceedings of the International Meridian Conference from Project Gutenberg.

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