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News Germany justice minister calls for greater journalist protections
Germany justice minister calls for greater journalist protections
Hillary Stemple
April 5, 2010 07:41:00 am

German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger on Sunday announced plans to enact a law to increase protections for journalists using information obtained from government sources. Under section 353b of the German Penal Code , public officials who release...

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News Rwanda high court sends Congo militia leader case to military court
Rwanda high court sends Congo militia leader case to military court
Dwyer Arce
April 4, 2010 03:48:00 pm

The Rwandan Supreme Court ruled on Saturday that the plea for release by Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader Laurent Nkunda can only be heard by a military court. According to Nkunda's counsel, Aime...

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News Afghanistan parliament backs presidential appointment of election commission
Afghanistan parliament backs presidential appointment of election commission
Dwyer Arce
April 4, 2010 01:54:00 pm

The upper house of the Afghan parliament, the Meshrano Jirga, on Saturday backed a decree allowing the president to appoint all of the members of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) . The decree was issued in February by...

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News UN SG urges Kyrgyzstan to protect human rights
UN SG urges Kyrgyzstan to protect human rights
Steve Czajkowski
April 4, 2010 10:04:00 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called on Kyrgyzstan to protect all forms of human rights , including "free speech and freedom of the media." In a statement to the to the Jogorku...

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News Federal judge dismisses 105 former Guantanamo detainee <i>habeas</i> cases
Federal judge dismisses 105 former Guantanamo detainee habeas cases
Ximena Marinero
April 3, 2010 02:24:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed as moot 105 habeas corpus petitions of non-citizen former Guantanamo Bay detainees who are no longer in...

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US government announces changes to airport screening rules
Bhargav Katikanen
April 3, 2010 10:38:00 am

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday announced changes to airport security rules , moving toward a screening system based on intelligence information. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said the new system will...

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News Serbia issues arrest warrant for US Nazi war crimes suspect
Serbia issues arrest warrant for US Nazi war crimes suspect
Daniel Richey
April 2, 2010 03:21:00 pm

The Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor announced Friday that it has issued an international warrant for the arrest of alleged Nazi war criminal and naturalized American citizen Peter Egner . Head Serbian prosecutor...

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News Pakistan AG resigns amid corruption investigation controversy
Pakistan AG resigns amid corruption investigation controversy
Sarah Paulsworth
April 2, 2010 02:22:00 pm

Pakistan's Attorney General Anwar Mansoor announced his resignation Friday over controversy surrounding a Supreme Court order to investigate corruption allegations against President Asif Ali Zardari . Mansoor cited a lack of cooperation ...

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News Kenya Constitution draft [Kenya Parliament]
Kenya Constitution draft [Kenya Parliament]
April 2, 2010 01:28:00 pm

Proposed Constitution of Kenya, Kenya Parliament, April 2, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the Constitution of Kenya....

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News UN SG urges respect for rule of law in Guinea-Bissau conflict
UN SG urges respect for rule of law in Guinea-Bissau conflict
Steve Dotterer
April 2, 2010 01:28:00 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on leaders in Guinea-Bissau to respect the rule of law and maintain constitutional order in the wake of a confrontation between the military and...

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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

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On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.

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