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News Cambodia genocide court denies bail for 3 former Khmer Rouge officials
Cambodia genocide court denies bail for 3 former Khmer Rouge officials
Zach Zagger
April 30, 2010 01:02:33 pm

The Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday dismissed appeals by three former Khmer Rouge officials to block the extension of their provisional...

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News US House approves Puerto Rico status referendum bill
US House approves Puerto Rico status referendum bill
Dwyer Arce
April 30, 2010 12:15:00 pm

The US House of Representatives voted 223-169 Thursday to approve legislation calling for a referendum on the status of Puerto Rico . The Puerto Rico Democracy Act was introduced by...

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News France justice ministry rejects Noriega request to be treated as POW
France justice ministry rejects Noriega request to be treated as POW
Zach Zagger
April 30, 2010 11:25:15 am

The French Justice Ministry on Thursday denied a request from former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega to be treated as a prisoner of war (POW). Noriega currently awaits trial in France on money laundering...

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News Cambodia genocide court denies bail for 3 former Khmer Rouge officials
Cambodia genocide court denies bail for 3 former Khmer Rouge officials
Zach Zagger
April 30, 2010 11:25:00 am

The Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday dismissed appeals by three former Khmer Rouge officials to block the extension of their provisional...

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News Federal judge dismisses suit over order to remove headscarf in court
Federal judge dismisses suit over order to remove headscarf in court
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 30, 2010 11:22:50 am

A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against a Michigan judge who ordered a Muslim woman to remove her headscarf [JURIST news...

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News France justice ministry rejects Noriega request to be treated as POW
France justice ministry rejects Noriega request to be treated as POW
Zach Zagger
April 30, 2010 10:34:00 am

The French Justice Ministry on Thursday denied a request from former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega to be treated as a prisoner of war (POW). Noriega currently awaits trial in France on money laundering...

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News Former Pennsylvania judge pleads guilty in juvenile sentencing scandal
Former Pennsylvania judge pleads guilty in juvenile sentencing scandal
Michael Kraemer
April 30, 2010 10:23:00 am

Former Pennsylvania judge Michael Conahan pleaded guilty Thursday on charges of accepting more than $2.6 million in kickbacks for sentencing teenagers to two private juvenile detention facilities in which he had a financial interest. The former president judge of...

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Hawaii House approves same-sex civil unions
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 30, 2010 10:12:37 am

The Hawaii House of Representatives voted 31-20 Thursday to approve legislation allowing same-sex civil unions . The act would confer upon homosexual and heterosexual couples rights and benefits equal to those...

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News Federal judge dismisses suit over order to remove headscarf in court
Federal judge dismisses suit over order to remove headscarf in court
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 30, 2010 09:49:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against a Michigan judge who ordered a Muslim woman to remove her headscarf [JURIST news...

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Hawaii House approves same-sex civil unions
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 30, 2010 08:47:00 am

The Hawaii House of Representatives voted 31-20 Thursday to approve legislation allowing same-sex civil unions . The act would confer upon homosexual and heterosexual couples rights and benefits equal to those...

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IOC expels 6 members for taking bribes

On March 17, 1999, the International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members for taking bribes. The preceding investigation revealed that the indicted officials had received over $800,000 in gifts and benefits from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) before awarding the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City.

Roger Taney born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, author of the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, was born in Calvert County, Maryland, on March 17, 1777.

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