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News Russia court grants child custody to HIV-positive woman
Russia court grants child custody to HIV-positive woman
Andrea Bottorff
January 26, 2010 09:23:00 am

A Russian court on Monday awarded an HIV-positive woman custody of her younger brother. Svetlana Izambayeva sought custody rights in February after her mother's death left the boy orphaned, but was denied by a city court...

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News Pennsylvania prosecutor will not retry juveniles associated with sentencing scandal
Pennsylvania prosecutor will not retry juveniles associated with sentencing scandal
Hillary Stemple
January 26, 2010 08:27:00 am

Luzerne County District Attorney Jacqueline Musto Carroll agreed on Monday to drop efforts to retry 46 juveniles whose original convictions were overturned because they had been issued by a judge indicted on federal corruption charges...

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News DOJ approves Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger after settlement
DOJ approves Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger after settlement
Ximena Marinero
January 26, 2010 07:56:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Canadian Competition Bureau reached an agreement on Monday to allow the merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. and Live Nation, Inc. . The two companies agreed to...

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News Three former Bosnian Serb police indicted for Srebrenica massacre
Three former Bosnian Serb police indicted for Srebrenica massacre
Ximena Marinero
January 26, 2010 06:33:00 am

The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court confirmed on Monday that three former Bosnian Serb policemen have been indicted on charges of genocide for their alleged roles in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the...

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News US transfers 3 Guantanamo detainees to Slovakia
US transfers 3 Guantanamo detainees to Slovakia
Steve Dotterer
January 25, 2010 02:17:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that three Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Slovakia. Slovakia announced last week that it would accept the detainees, in what...

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News ‘Chemical Ali’ executed in Iraq for ordering gassing of Kurdish village
‘Chemical Ali’ executed in Iraq for ordering gassing of Kurdish village
Patrice Collins
January 25, 2010 12:25:00 pm

Iraqi officials on Monday executed Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known as "Chemical Ali," for ordering the Kurdish village of Halabja gassed in 1988. Government spokesperson Ali al-Dabbagh stated that al-Majid...

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News France burqa ban proposal likely limited to public buildings: reports
France burqa ban proposal likely limited to public buildings: reports
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
January 25, 2010 12:17:00 pm

The French parliament will likely limit a proposal to ban the burqa and niqab, full face veils worn by some devout Muslim women, to public buildings only, according to Monday reports. A...

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News India court rejects Mumbai terror attack suspect’s request for international trial
India court rejects Mumbai terror attack suspect’s request for international trial
Carrie Schimizzi
January 25, 2010 12:14:00 pm

An Indian court on Monday rejected a request by suspected Mumbai terror attack gunman Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab to be tried in an international court. Kasab claimed he would not receive a...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear Noriega extradition appeal
Supreme Court declines to hear Noriega extradition appeal
Andrew Morgan
January 25, 2010 10:36:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal brought by former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega challenging a lower court ruling denying his...

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News Zimbabwe court rejects coerced statements in trial of cabinet nominee
Zimbabwe court rejects coerced statements in trial of cabinet nominee
Ann Riley
January 25, 2010 10:31:00 am

Zimbabwe’s high court Monday struck out evidence from a key witness in the trial of Zimbabwe Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer and deputy agriculture minister-nominee Roy Bennett . Peter Michael Hitschmann...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US judge upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans

On September 1, 1942, a federal judge in Sacramento, California, US, upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans and Japanese nationals during World War II. Learn more about Japanese-American internment.

ANZUS Treaty signed

On September 1, 1951, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States signed ANZUS, a mutual defense accord similar to NATO in Europe. The alliance between the US and New Zealand, however, has been suspended since 1985, after the institution of New Zealand's nuclear-free zone prohibited US nuclear warships from entering New Zealand's ports.

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