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News HRW report warns of Congo war crimes
HRW report warns of Congo war crimes
David Weber
November 26, 2008 06:49:00 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned of possible war crimes being committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a new report released Tuesday. The rights group claims that since disputed...

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News Supreme Court takes deportation cases
Supreme Court takes deportation cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 25, 2008 04:38:00 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases Tuesday. In United States v. Denedo , the Court will decide whether a military appellate court has jurisdiction to...

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News Sixth Circuit allows clergy sex abuse class action against Vatican to proceed
Sixth Circuit allows clergy sex abuse class action against Vatican to proceed
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
November 25, 2008 03:55:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court decision denying in part defendant's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging that officials of the Roman Catholic Church...

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News US to transfer Hamdan to Yemen before end of sentence: reports
US to transfer Hamdan to Yemen before end of sentence: reports
Devin Montgomery
November 25, 2008 12:29:00 pm

Former Osama Bin Laden driver Salim Ahmed Hamdan will soon be transferred from US to Yemeni custody, according to US military sources quoted in media reports Monday. His transfer...

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News Russian prosecutors indict Berezovsky on fraud, money laundering charges
Russian prosecutors indict Berezovsky on fraud, money laundering charges
Christian Ehret
November 25, 2008 12:07:00 pm

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office on Tuesday announced the indictment of exiled business tycoon Boris Berezovsky for fraud and money laundering. The charges, filed under the Russian Criminal Code...

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News Singapore judge finds WSJ Asia in contempt of court for articles on judiciary
Singapore judge finds WSJ Asia in contempt of court for articles on judiciary
Lucas Tanglen
November 25, 2008 12:07:00 pm

Singapore's High Court on Tuesday found the Wall Street Journal Asia in contempt of court over the newspaper's publication of three articles that allegedly undermined the country's judiciary. High Court Justice Tay Yong Kwang ruled...

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News Russian prosecutors urge judge’s dismissal as journalist murder trial reopened
Russian prosecutors urge judge’s dismissal as journalist murder trial reopened
David Weber
November 25, 2008 12:01:00 pm

Moscow Military District Court Judge Yevgeny Zubov on Tuesday reopened to the public the trial of three men accused of murdering journalist Anna Politkovskaya amid increasing confusion and calls from prosecutors for his removal...

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News Vatican sovereign immunity ruling [6th Circuit]
Vatican sovereign immunity ruling [6th Circuit]
November 25, 2008 10:35:00 am

James H. O'Bryan, Donald E. Poppe, and Michael J. Turner v. Holy See, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, November 24, 2008 [affirming a lower court decision denying in part the Holy See's motion to dismiss on the...

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News Federal judge refuses to stop Khadr military commission trial
Federal judge refuses to stop Khadr military commission trial
Devin Montgomery
November 25, 2008 10:34:00 am

Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday denied a motion by Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr seeking to have the...

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News UK government launches identity card system
UK government launches identity card system
Deirdre Jurand
November 25, 2008 10:03:00 am

The British government began issuing identity cards Monday to foreign nationals in an effort to curb immigration abuse and to strengthen identity protection. The cards, which are being issued pursuant to the Identity Cards Act...

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Massachusetts instituted death penalty for heresy

On November 4, 1646, the Massachusetts General Court approved a law requiring all members of the colony to recognize the Bible as the Word of God, under penalty of death.  

Israel PM Yitzhak Rabin assassinated

On November 4, 1995, Yigal Amir shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amir was tried and given a life sentence for the murder. Learn more about the trial of Yigal Amir from the New York Times.

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