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News Argentina Supreme Court to review same-sex marriage ban
Argentina Supreme Court to review same-sex marriage ban
Andrea Bottorff
December 1, 2009 11:01:00 am

The Argentine Supreme Court on Tuesday announced that it would rule on the constitutionality of two articles of the Civil Code prohibiting same-sex marriage . The announcement comes...

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News Ex-US soldier appeals civilian trial in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Ex-US soldier appeals civilian trial in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Zach Zagger
December 1, 2009 10:03:00 am

Former US soldier Steven Green on Monday challenged the law used to convict him in civilian court for his role in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder...

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News Karadzic files motion challenging legitimacy of war crimes court
Karadzic files motion challenging legitimacy of war crimes court
Haley Wojdowski
December 1, 2009 09:34:00 am

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has filed a motion made public Monday, challenging the legitimacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Karadzic claims that the...

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News Four Guantanamo detainees transferred to Europe, two to stand trial in Italy
Four Guantanamo detainees transferred to Europe, two to stand trial in Italy
Brian Jackson
December 1, 2009 08:43:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday and Tuesday the transfer of four detainees from Guantanamo Bay to three European countries, as the detainee population at the detention facility continues to be reduced....

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News Supreme Court reverses death sentence in post-traumatic stress disorder case
Supreme Court reverses death sentence in post-traumatic stress disorder case
Steve Czajkowski
December 1, 2009 07:58:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday reversed a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that had affirmed a death sentence for a veteran convicted of...

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News Federal appeals court rules dredging contractors immune in Katrina suit
Federal appeals court rules dredging contractors immune in Katrina suit
Matt Glenn
December 1, 2009 06:44:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that several contractors responsible for dredging the Mississippi River, which some claim exacerbated damage from Hurricane Katrina , cannot be held liable...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Mayflower Compact signed

On November 11, 1620, 41 Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact, creating a civil government for Plymouth Colony.

Armistice signed, ending WWI

On November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM, the Allied Powers signed an armistice with Germany, ending World War I. Armistice Day is marked every year in Europe on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" with two minutes of silence.

Indictments announced in Lockerbie bombing

On November 11, 1991, prosecutors from the United States and the United Kingdom announced their indictments in the bombing of a passenger airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland. A Scottish court convicted Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, allegedly a former Libyan intelligence official, of the 270 murders in 2001. Read documents from the Lockerbie bombing trial.

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