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News Israel military investigation concludes Gaza war crimes allegations unfounded
Israel military investigation concludes Gaza war crimes allegations unfounded
Andrew Gilmore
March 31, 2009 07:05:00 am

Israeli military officials closed an internal investigation Monday into allegations of war crimes committed by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel against Palestinian civilians, concluding that there was no wrongdoing . The investigation was launched last week...

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News Rights group urges Arab League to pressure Sudan president to readmit aid groups
Rights group urges Arab League to pressure Sudan president to readmit aid groups
Devin Montgomery
March 30, 2009 05:04:00 pm

Advocacy group Human Rights Watch has called on the League of Arab States to urge Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to allow expelled foreign aid agencies back...

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News Supreme Court hears bankruptcy court jurisdiction case
Supreme Court hears bankruptcy court jurisdiction case
Devin Montgomery
March 30, 2009 03:49:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Travelers Indemnity v. Bailey , where the Court will consider whether a bankruptcy court has jurisdiction...

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News Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on intervening in original jurisdiction cases
Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on intervening in original jurisdiction cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
March 30, 2009 02:20:00 pm

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear oral arguments in the case of South Carolina v. North Carolina to decide whether additional parties may intervene in a lawsuit between two...

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News Cambodia genocide court begins substantive trial of ex-Khmer Rouge leader ‘Duch’
Cambodia genocide court begins substantive trial of ex-Khmer Rouge leader ‘Duch’
Brian Jackson
March 30, 2009 01:27:00 pm

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) began the substantive portion of the first trial of a former Khmer Rogue leader Monday when Kaing Guek Eav was brought...

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News Rights group urges Greece to investigate alleged police abuses in wake of riots
Rights group urges Greece to investigate alleged police abuses in wake of riots
Benjamin Hackman
March 30, 2009 12:39:00 pm

Greek authorities are not doing enough to ensure that the nation's police respect human rights, according to a Monday briefing from Amnesty International (AI) urging the government to investigate and address "long-standing problems...

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News Second US Army sergeant convicted of killing Iraqi detainees
Second US Army sergeant convicted of killing Iraqi detainees
Matt Glenn
March 30, 2009 10:25:00 am

A US Army sergeant was convicted Monday and sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007. Sgt. First Class Joseph Mayo, formerly of the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry [official...

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News Afghanistan high court extends presidential term until delayed August election
Afghanistan high court extends presidential term until delayed August election
Jay Carmella
March 30, 2009 08:16:00 am

The Supreme Court of Afghanistan decided Sunday to allow President Hamid Karzai to remain in office until this August's general election . Under the Afghanistan Constitution , Karzai's term in...

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News Spain abortion law proposed changes cause widespread protests
Spain abortion law proposed changes cause widespread protests
Tere Miller-Sporrer
March 30, 2009 08:08:00 am

Thousands protested the proposed liberalization of Spain's abortion laws in Madrid on Sunday. The changes, proposed earlier this month , include allowing abortions up to week 14 of pregnancy for any reason and lowering the age required for...

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News DC Circuit dismisses suit against US for 1998 executive order to bomb Sudan
DC Circuit dismisses suit against US for 1998 executive order to bomb Sudan
Eszter Bardi
March 30, 2009 07:53:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday upheld the dismissal of a $50 million lawsuit against the US for the 1998 executive order authorizing a missile strike against a Sudan pharmaceutical...

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Alabama governor Wallace deployed National Guard to stop integration of Tuskegee High

On September 2, 1963, then-Alabama Governor George Wallace surrounded the Tuskegee High School with Alabama National Guard troops in an effort to prevent its integration pursuant to a federal court order in Lee vs. Macon County. In response, President John F. Kennedy federalized the Guard and sent it back to its barracks.

Former Rwanda politician convicted of genocide

On September 2, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) convicted the former mayor of Taba, Jean-Paul Akayesu, on nine counts of crimes against humanity and genocide for his role in the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. A month later, Akayesu was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes. Read ICTR documents from the trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu.

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