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News Supreme Court to consider attorney fee award enhancement
Supreme Court to consider attorney fee award enhancement
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 6, 2009 10:47:00 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Perdue v. Kenny A. , in which the Court will consider whether an attorney’s fee award under a federal fee-shifting...

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News Belgium asks ICJ to force Senegal trial or extradition of Chad ex-president
Belgium asks ICJ to force Senegal trial or extradition of Chad ex-president
Matt Glenn
April 6, 2009 10:30:00 am

Belgium urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday to compel Senegal either to begin proceedings against former Chadian president Hissene Habre for crimes against humanity or to extradite him to Belgium...

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News Khadr lawyer reassigned after criticizing lead Pentagon defense lawyer
Khadr lawyer reassigned after criticizing lead Pentagon defense lawyer
Benjamin Hackman
April 6, 2009 08:49:00 am

The US Navy on Friday reassigned Lieutenant Commander William Kuebler , a military lawyer who had been in charge of defending Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr , after Kuebler filed a formal complaint against a military official overseeing...

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News House Judiciary chair renews call for probe into Bush ‘war on terror’ policies
House Judiciary chair renews call for probe into Bush ‘war on terror’ policies
Eszter Bardi
April 6, 2009 08:17:00 am

US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) has released a final version of a report reiterating his allegations that the Bush administration engaged in numerous abuses during the "war on terror"...

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News South Africa prosecutors drop Zuma corruption charges
South Africa prosecutors drop Zuma corruption charges
Jay Carmella
April 6, 2009 08:03:00 am

The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) announced Monday that it is dropping all corruption charges against African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma . The acting director of the...

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News Liberia ex-president Taylor seeks acquittal in war crimes case
Liberia ex-president Taylor seeks acquittal in war crimes case
Tere Miller-Sporrer
April 6, 2009 08:01:00 am

Defense lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Monday filed a Rule 98 motion for acquittal following the close of the prosecution's case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone...

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News Afghanistan president orders review of controversial law restricting women’s rights
Afghanistan president orders review of controversial law restricting women’s rights
Devin Montgomery
April 5, 2009 01:20:00 pm

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he has ordered the review of a law which severely limits the rights of married Shi'ite women in the country. The Shi'ite Personal Status Law was enacted...

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News Israel AG planning to indict ex-PM Olmert on additional corruption charges
Israel AG planning to indict ex-PM Olmert on additional corruption charges
Devin Montgomery
April 5, 2009 12:24:00 pm

Israeli Attorney General Meni Mazuz said Sunday that he intends to charge former prime minister Ehmud Olmert with additional corruption charges for allegedly abusing a previous governmental post to benefit friends and business partners....

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News Malaysia conditionally releases detainees held under controversial security law
Malaysia conditionally releases detainees held under controversial security law
Lucas Tanglen
April 5, 2009 11:33:00 am

Officials in Malaysia on Sunday announced the release of 13 people who were detained under the country's controversial Internal Security Act (ISA) , in a move called for Friday by Prime Minister Najib...

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News UN rights committee urges Rwanda to investigate post-genocide killings
UN rights committee urges Rwanda to investigate post-genocide killings
Lucas Tanglen
April 5, 2009 10:02:00 am

The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) on Friday called on the government of Rwanda to investigate reports of killings during and after the uprising by the Rwandan Patriotic Army to end the 1994 genocide...

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French revolutionaries guillotined chemist Antoine Lavoisier on May 8, 1794 over his investment in a private tax collecting company purchased 26 years prior. Learn more about the life of Antoine Lavoisier.

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