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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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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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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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On October 29, 1901, Leon Czolgosz was executed for assassinating President William McKinley.

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