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News Egypt prosecutor: Mubarak to stand trial, could face death penalty
Egypt prosecutor: Mubarak to stand trial, could face death penalty
Zach Zagger
May 24, 2011 03:24:52 pm

The Egyptian prosecutor general said Tuesday that former president Hosni Mubarak will be put on trial and could face the death penalty for conspiring to kill protesters during demonstrations in Egypt [JURIST news...

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News EU announces plans to modernize, centralize intellectual property law
EU announces plans to modernize, centralize intellectual property law
Zach Zagger
May 24, 2011 02:30:40 pm

The European Commission on Tuesday announced proposed reforms to modernize the EU's intellectual property rights laws and create more centralized regulation. The EC, the EU's executive arm, said that reforms are necessary to better protect...

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News Russia appeals court upholds Khodorkovsky conviction, reduces sentence
Russia appeals court upholds Khodorkovsky conviction, reduces sentence
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 24, 2011 02:30:19 pm

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld the second fraud convictions of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon...

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News Bank of America overdraft fee class action settlement gains preliminary approval
Bank of America overdraft fee class action settlement gains preliminary approval
Zach Zagger
May 24, 2011 01:22:35 pm

A class action settlement for $410 million between Bank of America (BOA) and customers claiming they were illegally charged overdraft fees was preliminarily approved on Monday in federal court. A judge for the US District Court for...

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News Two more Somali pirates plead guilty in US court
Two more Somali pirates plead guilty in US court
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 24, 2011 01:07:15 pm

Two Somali men pleaded guilty Monday to charges of piracy for their role in hijacking a yacht, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans. The guilty pleas by Jilani Abdiali and Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf join those...

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Microsoft appeals fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators
Zach Zagger
May 24, 2011 11:53:00 am

Microsoft on Tuesday appealed a fine imposed by EU regulators for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust ruling . Microsoft is seeking to reduce or eliminate its fine of 899 million euros...

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Fourth Circuit questions authority to hear health care law challenge
Zach Zagger
May 24, 2011 10:39:25 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday ordered parties to file briefs discussing whether the challenge to the health care reform law is barred by a federal...

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News ICTR prosecutor uses new rule to preserve evidence against fugitive genocide financier
ICTR prosecutor uses new rule to preserve evidence against fugitive genocide financier
Michael Haggerson
May 24, 2011 09:54:08 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) used a new procedure Monday to begin hearing evidence against alleged genocide financier Felicien Kabuga who has yet to be arrested. The special deposition...

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News FBI data shows overall decrease in crime from 2009 to 2010
FBI data shows overall decrease in crime from 2009 to 2010
Zach Zagger
May 23, 2011 03:42:02 pm

Violent crime is down 5.5 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to preliminary data released Monday but the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) . The Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, January-December 2010 also showed a decrease...

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News Myanmar ethnic violence limiting transition to democracy: UN rights expert
Myanmar ethnic violence limiting transition to democracy: UN rights expert
Zach Zagger
May 23, 2011 02:55:11 pm

Continued ethnic violence in Myanmar presents "serious limitations" to the government's transition to democracy, according to Tomas Ojea Quintana , a UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar. Quintana made a statement Monday...

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Nuremberg war crimes trials began

On October 18, 1945, the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals began. Read US prosecutor Robert H. Jackson's opening statement.

Women declared "Persons" in Canada

On October 18, 1929, The Privy Council of the United Kingdom declared that women were considered "persons" under the laws of Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada had held in Edwards v. Canada that women were not considered "persons" under Canada's governing law, the British North America Act. The Privy Council overturned this ruling, declaring "that the exclusion of women from all public offices is a relic of days more barbarous than ours. And to those who would ask why the word 'persons' should include females, the obvious answer is, why should it not?"

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