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News UN rights chief urges Algeria to remove restrictions on civil society organizations
UN rights chief urges Algeria to remove restrictions on civil society organizations
Sarah Posner
September 21, 2012 06:38:04 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged Algeria on Wednesday to remove restraints on civil society organizations in North Africa. Pillay applauded Algeria for vast improvements that the country has made since the 1990s...

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News Australia Senate rejects same-sex marriage legislation
Australia Senate rejects same-sex marriage legislation
Keith Herting
September 20, 2012 03:27:31 pm

The Australian Senate on Thursday joined the House of Representatives in rejecting legislation to recognize same-sex marriage in the nation. The Marriage Amendment Bill , introduced by Senator Trish Crossin , was defeated...

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News UN concerned over enforced disappearences in Pakistan
UN concerned over enforced disappearences in Pakistan
Brandon Gatto
September 20, 2012 02:52:41 pm

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on Thursday welcomed Pakistan's "declared will" to address the issue of enforced disappearances in the country but concluded that "serious challenges remain" ....

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News California judge rejects plea to remove anti-Islam video from YouTube
California judge rejects plea to remove anti-Islam video from YouTube
Brandon Gatto
September 20, 2012 02:08:30 pm

A judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday denied a request for a temporary restraining order to remove a controversial anti-Islam film on YouTube that has sparked violent protests throughout the Muslim world....

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News US Senate panel urges release of Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko
US Senate panel urges release of Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko
Keith Herting
September 20, 2012 02:00:36 pm

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution calling for Ukraine to release former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko from prison. The resolution condemns President Viktor...

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Germany court rules in favor of Microsoft in patent case
Rebecca DiLeonardo
September 20, 2012 12:58:04 pm

A German court on Thursday found that Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility had infringed on Microsoft Corp. patents and issued an injunction barring the sale of several Motorola products in Germany and the US. The technology in question...

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News Oklahoma AG amends lawsuit challenging health care law
Oklahoma AG amends lawsuit challenging health care law
Rebecca DiLeonardo
September 20, 2012 12:30:02 pm

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Wednesday filed an amended complaint in the state's lawsuit challenging the federal health care law. In the new complaint, Pruitt maintained the state's challenge to the individual...

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News Federal judge rules South Dakota prison tobacco ban infringes on religious rights
Federal judge rules South Dakota prison tobacco ban infringes on religious rights
Maureen Cosgrove
September 20, 2012 12:03:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Dakota on Wednesday ruled that South Dakota's ban on the use of tobacco in prisons infringes on the religious rights of Native American...

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Ninth Circuit hears arguments on California DNA collection law
Max Slater
September 20, 2012 10:18:50 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday regarding the constitutionality of a voter-approved California law that requires police officers to take DNA samples of arrested persons suspected of committing...

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Samsung to add latest iPhone to Apple patent infringement lawsuit
Max Slater
September 20, 2012 09:26:38 am

Samsung announced Thursday that it will add the iPhone5 to its ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Apple . Samsung filed a document in the US District Court for the Northern District of...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress set minimum federal sentences for drug offenders

On November 2, 1951, President Harry Truman signed the "Boggs Act" into law, setting minimum federal sentences for drug offenders.

Read Richard J. Bonnie and Charles Whitebread, The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition, 56 Virginia Law Review (1970).

Balfour Declaration issued

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the United Kingdom's formal statement regarding Jewish people in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration was later endorsed by the World War I Allied Powers. It stated the British intention to support a national homeland for Jewish people and became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement.

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