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News Europe court reverses EU decision to freeze Iran opposition group assets
Europe court reverses EU decision to freeze Iran opposition group assets
Ximena Marinero
December 5, 2008 08:20:00 am

The European Court of First Instance on Thursday annulled a July decision of the Council of the European Union to place the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran...

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News Israel police expel settlers who ignored high court order to quit West Bank house
Israel police expel settlers who ignored high court order to quit West Bank house
Ximena Marinero
December 5, 2008 08:19:00 am

Israeli police Thursday forcibly removed 250 settlers who had barricaded themselves inside the four-story so-called House of Peace (Beit HaShalom) on the West Bank that the Israeli Supreme Court ...

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News Europe court orders Russia to compensate families for Chechen disappearances
Europe court orders Russia to compensate families for Chechen disappearances
Eric Firkel
December 5, 2008 08:05:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday ruled on six Chechnya disappearance cases , ordering Russia to pay a total of €320,000 to the relatives of the victims. In each case, the applicants, all Russian...

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News Ex-Chad dictator Habre attempting to block Senegal trial
Ex-Chad dictator Habre attempting to block Senegal trial
Eric Firkel
December 5, 2008 07:10:00 am

Lawyers for former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre filed a complaint with the court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in October to prevent his trial for crimes against humanity...

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News Iraq presidential council approves US status of forces agreement
Iraq presidential council approves US status of forces agreement
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 4, 2008 03:14:00 pm

The Iraqi presidential council on Thursday approved a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that sets a 2011 deadline for the withdraw of US troops but also approved an additional law calling for a national referendum...

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News Europe court rules UK DNA database violates privacy rights
Europe court rules UK DNA database violates privacy rights
Tarah Park
December 4, 2008 01:41:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled Thursday that the British practice of keeping the fingerprints and DNA profiles of people arrested but not convicted of crimes was against privacy rights and should not...

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News Canada governor general grants PM request to suspend parliament
Canada governor general grants PM request to suspend parliament
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 4, 2008 12:08:00 pm

Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean Thursday morning granted a request by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to suspend the Canadian parliament until January, heading off for the moment a constitutional crisis that might have been triggered...

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News Hate crimes against US Muslims down since 9/11: report
Hate crimes against US Muslims down since 9/11: report
David Weber
December 4, 2008 12:04:00 pm

Hate crimes committed against Arab Americans have been steadily decreasing since the 9/11 attacks , according to a report released Thursday by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee . The report found that there were 120...

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News Italy court again suspends CIA rendition trial to consider state secrets testimony
Italy court again suspends CIA rendition trial to consider state secrets testimony
Benjamin Klein
December 4, 2008 11:05:00 am

Italian Judge Oscar Magi on Wednesday suspended the in absentia trial of 26 Americans , most of them suspected of working for the CIA, and five former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition [JURIST...

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News Russia judge orders journalist murder trial closed again to hear classified evidence
Russia judge orders journalist murder trial closed again to hear classified evidence
Benjamin Klein
December 4, 2008 10:16:00 am

Moscow Military District Court judge Yevgeny Zubov on Thursday ordered that the trial of three men accused of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya be closed to the public to hear classified evidence, limiting...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Chief Justice Taft resigned

On February 3, 1930, Chief Justice William Howard Taft, former President of the United States, resigned from the United States Supreme Court for health reasons. He died 5 weeks later. Learn more about the life and career(s) of William Howard Taft and review his complex medical history.

Last execution in Australia

On February 3, 1967, Ronald Ryan became the last person executed in Australia. He was hanged in Pentridge Prison in Melbourne for killing a guard during an escape attempt. Belief in Ryan's innocence led to protests across the country, culminating in the Death Penalty Abolition Act of 1973. The Last Man Hanged, a documentary about the execution of Ronald Ryan, was released in 1993.

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