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News Canada court orders government to remedy Khadr rights breach
Canada court orders government to remedy Khadr rights breach
Sarah Miley
July 6, 2010 09:37:07 am

The Federal Court of Canada on Monday ordered the Canadian government to provide Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr with a list of remedies to ameliorate its breach of his constitutional...

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Thailand government extends state of emergency
Hillary Stemple
July 6, 2010 08:13:21 am

The Thai government on Tuesday extended the state of emergency in Bangkok and 18 provinces for another three months based on claims of continuing unrest related to the country's latest round of political violence . Thai Prime...

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Former Bosnia president faces extradition from UK
Christian Ehret
July 5, 2010 02:57:01 pm

An extradition hearing for former Bosnian president Ejup Ganic began in London Monday to determine whether or not the former leader should be forced to face trial in Serbia for alleged war crimes. Ganic, who served as...

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Italy cabinet minister resigns after bid to invoke immunity law
Christian Ehret
July 5, 2010 01:56:03 pm

Newly appointed Italian cabinet minister Aldo Brancher resigned Monday amidst controversy over an embezzlement indictment. Brancher, appointed on June 18 after being nominated by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, unsuccessfully attempted to...

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China court convicts US geologist for selling state secrets
Sarah Miley
July 5, 2010 11:18:43 am

Beijing's No. 1 Intermediate People's Court Monday sentenced US geologist Xue Feng to eight years in prison for collecting intelligence and illegally providing state secrets. Xue was also fined 200,000 yuan. The court stated that Xue received...

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Judges rule Obama cannot close Yucca waste site without congressional approval
Sarah Miley
July 5, 2010 09:52:41 am

Three administrative law judges with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board have denied a request by the Obama administration and the US Department of Energy (DOE) to...

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American Samoa constitutional convention approves amendments to limit federal authority
Dwyer Arce
July 4, 2010 12:26:20 pm

The US territory of American Samoa on Saturday concluded a constitutional convention in which delegates considered proposed changes to the territory's 1967 constitution that would shift authority from the federal...

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Syria court imprisons lawyer for campaigning against emergency rule
Sarah Miley
July 4, 2010 11:40:35 am

A Syrian military court Sunday sentenced lawyer and activist Haitham Maleh to three years in prison for campaigning against the emergency rule under which Syria has been governed since 1963 . Defense lawyers for Maleh said...

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News DC Circuit rules detainees denied habeas must be ‘part of’ terrorist group
DC Circuit rules detainees denied habeas must be ‘part of’ terrorist group
Sarah Miley
July 4, 2010 10:06:03 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit released a redacted opinion Thursday holding that evidence against Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Belkacem Bensaya must be reviewed to determine if...

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Hundreds protest Spain abortion law changes in run-up to implementation
Daniel Makosky
July 3, 2010 01:15:55 pm

Hundreds of Spaniards gathered outside Spain's Constitutional Court in Madrid Saturday to protest recently approved changes to the country's abortion laws. Demonstrators representing roughly 60 anti-abortion organizations , including Right to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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