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News Myanmar court charges US citizen with forgery as Suu Kyi hearing date set
Myanmar court charges US citizen with forgery as Suu Kyi hearing date set
David Manes
January 2, 2010 11:01:00 am

A special court in Myanmar Friday charged US citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin, also known as Nyi Nyi Aung , with forgery and violating the country's foreign currency act . The charges could result...

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News Malaysia High Court allows non-Muslims to use ‘Allah’ as translation for ‘God’
Malaysia High Court allows non-Muslims to use ‘Allah’ as translation for ‘God’
Hillary Stemple
January 2, 2010 10:14:00 am

The Malaysian High Court ruled Thursday that non-Muslims can use the word "Allah" as a translation for the word "God", overturning a three-year government ban on the practice. The case was brought by the Herald, a...

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News Montana supreme court rules physician assisted suicide not banned by state law
Montana supreme court rules physician assisted suicide not banned by state law
Dwyer Arce
January 1, 2010 02:42:00 pm

A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that physician assisted suicide is not banned by state law, making Montana the third state to allow the practice after Oregon and Washington. The Court upheld in...

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News Federal judge dismisses charges against indicted Blackwater guards
Federal judge dismisses charges against indicted Blackwater guards
Dwyer Arce
January 1, 2010 12:26:00 pm

Judge Richardo M. Urbina of the US District Court for the District of Columbia Thursday dismissed voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges against the five Blackwater guards indicted for their involvement in the...

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US chief justice issues one-page federal judiciary report
Christian Ehret
January 1, 2010 10:07:00 am

US Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued an unusually brief year-end report on the federal judiciary Thursday in his capacity as head of the Judicial Conference of the United States , declining to address...

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News Federal appeals court allows FOIA exception for surveillance records
Federal appeals court allows FOIA exception for surveillance records
Christian Ehret
January 1, 2010 09:03:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are not required to confirm or deny the existence...

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UN replaces Republic of China with People's Republic of China

On October 25, 1971, the United Nations dismissed the Republic of China (Taiwan) and allowed the People's Republic of China to replace it in all UN bodies, including China's permanent seat on the Security Council. The Republic of Taiwan has sought to rejoin the UN in its own right, but these efforts have been consistently blocked by the People's Republic of China.

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On October 25, 1988, the murder trial of Joel Steinberg became the first trial to be televised in New York during an 18-month experiment with televised courtroom proceedings that eventually led to the founding of Court TV in July 1991.

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