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News Sudan war crimes suspect reportedly killed in rebel fighting
Sudan war crimes suspect reportedly killed in rebel fighting
Matthew Pomy
April 24, 2013 12:41:23 pm

Deputy commander of the JEM-Bashar and International Criminal Court (ICC) war crimes suspect, Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus has reportedly been killed in Northern Darfur. The group reported his death on Monday ,...

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News Pakistan court denies bail for former president Musharraf
Pakistan court denies bail for former president Musharraf
Matthew Pomy
April 24, 2013 12:21:00 pm

Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf was denied bail on Wednesday in the case regarding the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto . Musharraf was applying for pre-arrest...

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News Germany top court upholds terrorism database
Germany top court upholds terrorism database
Blake Lynch
April 24, 2013 12:06:53 pm

The German Federal Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that an anti-terrorism database does not violate any rights guaranteed by the country's constitution. The court, however, requested the that government perform security enhancements...

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News New judge to preside over trial of Guatemala ex-dictator
New judge to preside over trial of Guatemala ex-dictator
Blake Lynch
April 24, 2013 11:17:27 am

The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Tuesday ordered Judge Jasmine Barrios to annul the case of former Guatemalan dictator General Efrain Rios Montt over the genocide of Mayan Indians . The Constitutional...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on blackmail, river dispute
Supreme Court hears arguments on blackmail, river dispute
Julia Zebley
April 24, 2013 10:01:23 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Sekhar v. United States the court heard arguments on whether an attorney's "recommendation" is intangible property that can be gained through...

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News Supreme Court rules marijuana possession not grounds for automatic deportation
Supreme Court rules marijuana possession not grounds for automatic deportation
Julia Zebley
April 24, 2013 09:18:57 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Tuesday in Moncrieffe v. Holder that noncitizens have not committed an "aggravated felony" if they are convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana, and are eligible for...

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News Egypt president affirms commitment to judicial system
Egypt president affirms commitment to judicial system
Blake Lynch
April 24, 2013 08:39:24 am

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi swore Monday to preserve the independence of the judicial system despite protests by Islamist groups to remove thousands of judges. Morsi issued a statement after emergency talks on...

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News US trade commission rules for Apple in Motorola patent dispute
US trade commission rules for Apple in Motorola patent dispute
Blake Lynch
April 24, 2013 07:38:15 am

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) ruled Monday that Apple did not infringe a Motorola patent covering proximity sensors. The USITC concluded that the concept at issue was too obvious to merit patent...

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News UK appeals court denies government’s Abu Qatada appeal
UK appeals court denies government’s Abu Qatada appeal
Keith Herting
April 24, 2013 06:52:29 am

The UK Court of Appeal on Tuesday denied permission to the Home Secretary to appeal to the nation's Supreme Court the decision not to deport radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada ...

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News DC Circuit to reconsider overturned conviction of al Qaeda media director
DC Circuit to reconsider overturned conviction of al Qaeda media director
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 23, 2013 01:11:30 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed Tuesday to an en banc review of its January decision vacating the conspiracy conviction of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul [HRW profile;...

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India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty

On March 19, 1972, India and Bangladesh signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Peace for twenty-five years. The treaty recognized the independence of Bangladesh by India at the conclusion of Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan. The treaty expired in 1997 without renewal.

Earl Warren born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, California. He led the Court during a critical period of social change in the 1950s and 1960s and is perhaps best known for his Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education. Learn more about Earl Warren from the Supreme Court Historical Society, and hear him deliver the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University in 1970, shortly after his retirement, on the theme "The Alternative is Chaos."

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