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News Former UK Cabinet member claims Blair misled parliament on Iraq invasion
Former UK Cabinet member claims Blair misled parliament on Iraq invasion
Sarah Miley
February 2, 2010 01:28:00 pm

Former UK international development secretary Clare Short told the Iraq Inquiry in a public hearing on Tuesday that Former UK prime minister Tony Blair was "misleading" and "deceitful" with...

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Iran planning execution of 9 more election protesters: report
Sarah Miley
February 2, 2010 11:56:00 am

Iran will "soon execute" nine more Iranian citizens for their roles in last summer's post-election protests , according to a statement given by senior judiciary official Ebrahim Raisi to the Fars News Agency Tuesday. The...

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Togo court rules opposition candidate ineligible for presidential election
Ann Riley
February 2, 2010 11:44:00 am

The Constitutional Court of Togo ruled Tuesday that presidential candidate Kofi Yamgnane is not eliglble to run in the February 28 election. Yamgnane was to face incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe [official...

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Dutch high court orders retrial of suspected ‘Hofstad’ terrorists
Ann Riley
February 2, 2010 10:26:00 am

The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the 2008 acquittals of seven men charged with belonging to a terrorist network, ordering a new trial. The seven men, suspected of belonging to...

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France court begins Concorde jet crash trial
Andrea Bottorff
February 2, 2010 09:34:00 am

A French court on Tuesday began the trial to determine the cause of the Air France Concorde jet crash outside Paris in 2000. French officials blame US-based Continental Airlines for the accident, alleging that a...

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Nigeria rights group urges ICC to investigate Jos violence
Steve Dotterer
February 2, 2010 08:58:00 am

The Nigeria-based Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) has submitted a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo requesting an inquiry into the spate of religious violence [BBC...

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Oklahoma illegal immigration law ruling [10th Circuit]
February 2, 2010 08:49:00 am

Chamber of Commerce of the United Stated of America, et al. v. WA Drew Edmonson, et al., US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, February 2, 2010 [upholding the majority of an injunction against an Oklahoma anti-illegal immigration law,...

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Sri Lanka high court rules president’s second term to begin in November
Hillary Stemple
February 2, 2010 08:23:00 am

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruled Tuesday that President Mahinda Rajapaksa will begin his second term in office on November 19, 2010. Rajapaksa won re-election last week with an 18-point victory over his opponent,...

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Arar appeals rendition suit to Supreme Court
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
February 2, 2010 07:39:00 am

Canadian citizen Maher Arar on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that he cannot sue the US government for damages based on his...

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White House presses critique of high court in campaign finance case
Ximena Marinero
February 2, 2010 07:14:00 am

The Obama administration continued to criticize the Supreme Court Monday for its recent decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , which eased restrictions on political campaign spending by corporations and labor unions. In an...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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