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News Venezuela to renew extradition request for anti-Castro militant
Venezuela to renew extradition request for anti-Castro militant
Ximena Marinero
April 16, 2009 08:37:00 am

Venezuela will renew calls for the US to extradite anti-Castro Cuban exile and Venezuelan national Luis Posada Carriles following a new indictment ordering Posada to stand trial in Texas, Venezuelan...

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News Third US Army sergeant convicted of killing Iraqi detainees
Third US Army sergeant convicted of killing Iraqi detainees
Ximena Marinero
April 16, 2009 07:30:00 am

US Army Master Sgt. John Hatley was convicted of murder and conspiracy in court-martial proceedings Wednesday for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007 and sentenced to life with the possibility of...

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News India judge removes Mumbai terror attack defense lawyer
India judge removes Mumbai terror attack defense lawyer
Lucas Tanglen
April 15, 2009 03:38:00 pm

A judge in India on Wednesday removed the defense lawyer from the trial of an accused gunman in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks , citing a conflict of interest. Judge M.L....

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News Former federal prosecutor to oversee US border policy
Former federal prosecutor to oversee US border policy
Christian Ehret
April 15, 2009 03:30:00 pm

US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Wednesday appointed former federal prosecutor Alan Bersin as assistant secretary for international affairs and special representative for border affairs to oversee illegal immigration and anti-crime efforts along...

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News Guantanamo detainee alleges continued abuse in phone interview
Guantanamo detainee alleges continued abuse in phone interview
Devin Montgomery
April 15, 2009 03:19:00 pm

Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammad El Gharani has alleged that he has been recently abused by guards at the military prison, according to a Tuesday report  by Al Jazeera. El Gharani reportedly made the allegations...

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News Canada prosecutors to appeal first sentence under new anti-terrorism act
Canada prosecutors to appeal first sentence under new anti-terrorism act
Devin Montgomery
April 15, 2009 02:43:00 pm

The Public Prosecution Service of Canada on Tuesday sought leave to appeal the prison sentence of 10.5 years given to Mohammed Momin Khawaja , the first person to be charged and...

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News Federal court strikes down Florida law targeting Cuba travel companies
Federal court strikes down Florida law targeting Cuba travel companies
Ximena Marinero
April 15, 2009 08:22:00 am

The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional a Florida state law that requires travel companies offering service to Cuba to post substantially higher bonds than companies...

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DC Circuit grants congressman immunity in Haditha defamation suit
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
April 15, 2009 08:19:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a defamation suit filed by a former US Marine against Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) after ruling...

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News Afghanistan women protest controversial law restricting women’s rights
Afghanistan women protest controversial law restricting women’s rights
Matt Glenn
April 15, 2009 07:45:00 am

A group of approximately 300 Afghan women protesting a law that critics say severely curtails womens' rights were confronted by a crowd of approximately 1,000 counter-protesters Wednesday, some of whom threw stones and gravel at the women. The protest...

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News Bolivia president ends hunger strike after final version of election law passed
Bolivia president ends hunger strike after final version of election law passed
Andrew Gilmore
April 15, 2009 07:31:00 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales ended his five-day hunger strike after the Bolivian National Congress approved the final version of a new election law ....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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