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News Albania parliament adopts controversial decommunization law
Albania parliament adopts controversial decommunization law
Caitlin Price
December 23, 2008 02:40:00 pm

The Albanian Parliament on Monday adopted a law banning former members and affiliates of the nation's Communist-era secret police force from holding public office. The so-called lustration law will employ a 5-person commission to screen...

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News US federal prosecutor urges limit on  Blagojevich impeachment inquiry
US federal prosecutor urges limit on Blagojevich impeachment inquiry
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 23, 2008 01:32:00 pm

US federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald Tuesday asked the Illinois House of Representatives to limit its impeachment inquiry into Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and avoid looking into the criminal charges against him....

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News Rights group calls Israel West Bank settlement illegal
Rights group calls Israel West Bank settlement illegal
Caitlin Price
December 23, 2008 12:12:00 pm

One of the West Bank's largest Israeli settlements is an "unauthorized outpost," according to a report released Monday by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem . The report examined Ofra , a settlement...

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News Europe court rules airline passengers must be compensated for canceled flights
Europe court rules airline passengers must be compensated for canceled flights
Catherine
December 23, 2008 11:39:00 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Monday upheld a law that passengers must be compensated if a flight is canceled without "extraordinary circumstances." The law , passed in 2004...

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News Australia to reform anti-terrorism laws after Haneef report recommendations
Australia to reform anti-terrorism laws after Haneef report recommendations
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 23, 2008 09:30:00 am

Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland said Tuesday that the government will reform anti-terrorism legislation in accordance with the recommendations of a report into the case of Dr. Mohammad Haneef [JURIST news archive;...

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News Rights group seeks military commissions stay for alleged 9/11 attackers
Rights group seeks military commissions stay for alleged 9/11 attackers
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 23, 2008 08:21:00 am

Human Rights First Monday filed an amicus curiae brief requesting a stay of military commission proceedings against five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ,...

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News Canada PM appoints new high court judge without parliamentary hearings
Canada PM appoints new high court judge without parliamentary hearings
Catherine
December 23, 2008 07:39:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday appointed a new judge to the Supreme Court of Canada to fill an eight-month vacancy, bypassing public parliamentary hearings established in 2006 and blaming the move...

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News Sudan man charged with aiding ICC war crimes investigation
Sudan man charged with aiding ICC war crimes investigation
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 22, 2008 04:00:00 pm

A Sudanese man charged with aiding an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of a Darfur war crimes suspect appeared in court Monday. Mohamed Alsary Ibrahim is charged with working to overthrow the...

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News Federal court finds 5 guilty of Fort Dix conspiracy
Federal court finds 5 guilty of Fort Dix conspiracy
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 22, 2008 02:56:00 pm

Five men were found guilty Monday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey of plotting to kill US soldiers at Fort Dix . The five men, Serdar...

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News Maryland man pleads guilty to spying for Saddam-era Iraq
Maryland man pleads guilty to spying for Saddam-era Iraq
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 22, 2008 02:09:00 pm

An Iraqi national living in Maryland on Sunday pleaded guilty to charges of spying for the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein . Saubhe Jassim Al-Dellemy, a former Baath party member, pleaded...

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Roe v. Wade decided

On January 22, 1973, the US Supreme Court handed down its split decision in Roe v. Wade, liberalizing abortion.

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On January 22, 1962, the Organization of American States (OAS) suspended Cuba from the group, following a communist revolution in the island nation. The OAS voted to reinstate Cuba on June 3, 2009, but the Cuban government rejected the offer almost immediately.

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