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News EU to sanction Ivory Coast over non-compliance with election results
EU to sanction Ivory Coast over non-compliance with election results
Sarah Paulsworth
December 13, 2010 02:29:48 pm

The Council of the EU adopted a decision Monday to institute sanctions against the Ivory Coast. There has been unrest in the country since elections were held at the beginning of this...

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News Federal judge rules health insurance mandate unconstitutional
Federal judge rules health insurance mandate unconstitutional
Sarah Paulsworth
December 13, 2010 01:35:33 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled Monday that the minimum coverage provision of the recently enacted health care reform law is...

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News Madoff trustee files nearly 60 lawsuits to recover money for victims
Madoff trustee files nearly 60 lawsuits to recover money for victims
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
December 13, 2010 11:14:01 am

Irving Picard, the trustee charged with recovering money for the victims of the Bernard Madoff scandal, has filed close to 60 lawsuits in the past three weeks attempting to recover more than $40 billion from numerous...

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News Supreme Court splits on copyright protections for imported goods
Supreme Court splits on copyright protections for imported goods
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 13, 2010 10:52:13 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday divided 4-4 in Costco Wholesale Corp v. Omega, SA on the issue of copyright protections for imported goods. The case presented...

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News Malaysia opposition leader files complaint over WikiLeaks sodomy cable
Malaysia opposition leader files complaint over WikiLeaks sodomy cable
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
December 13, 2010 10:05:29 am

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday filed a complaint in a Malaysian court over a WikiLeaks cable published by Australian newspapers stating he had engaged in sodomy. The leaked US diplomatic cable...

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News Federal judge dismisses Microsoft co-founder’s patent suit
Federal judge dismisses Microsoft co-founder’s patent suit
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 13, 2010 09:15:45 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Friday dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen against Apple, eBay, Google and eight...

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News Ninth Circuit reinstates suit by Armenian genocide victims
Ninth Circuit reinstates suit by Armenian genocide victims
Zach Zagger
December 12, 2010 02:09:07 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed its prior decision and allowed a suit by the heirs of victims of the Armenian genocide to proceed....

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News Sudan civil society group challenges southern referendum
Sudan civil society group challenges southern referendum
Dwyer Arce
December 12, 2010 12:03:53 pm

A Sudanese civil society group filed a lawsuit Sunday challenging the actions of the commission handling the January 9 self-determination referendum in southern Sudan. The challenge, filed with the Sudanese Constitutional Court, alleges that the commission violated the procedures...

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News Serbia court acquits 10 accused of aiding war crimes suspect Mladic
Serbia court acquits 10 accused of aiding war crimes suspect Mladic
Dwyer Arce
December 12, 2010 11:17:10 am

The First Municipal Court in Belgrade on Friday acquitted 10 men suspected of helping former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic evade arrest. Mladic is one of two high-level targets...

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News Top Croatia official arrested for war crimes
Top Croatia official arrested for war crimes
Carrie Schimizzi
December 11, 2010 01:12:46 pm

Croatian police on Friday arrested a former senior member of the nation's ruling party for alleged war crimes he committed against Serbian civilians in 1991 during the Serbo-Croatian war . The arrest of former interior ministry official Tomislav...

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty took effect

On March 5, 1970, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty took effect after ratification by 43 countries. Read a brief history of the NPT.

Lynch v. Donnelly decided

On March 5, 1984, the US Supreme Court upheld a nativity scene built on public land by the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The Court in Lynch v. Donnelly held that the creche did not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from passing any "law respecting an establishment of religion".

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