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News Ninth Circuit upholds denial of Oregon domestic partnership referendum
Ninth Circuit upholds denial of Oregon domestic partnership referendum
Abigail Salisbury
August 15, 2008 06:36:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Thursday that Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury did not violate the constitutional rights of voters who signed a petition to hold...

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Fifth Circuit rules on jurors using Bible during sentencing deliberations
Abigail Salisbury
August 15, 2008 05:56:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus to convicted murder Khristian Oliver , who had argued that his Sixth and Eighth Amendment...

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News South Ossetia conflict prompts discussion of creating genocide tribunal
South Ossetia conflict prompts discussion of creating genocide tribunal
Abigail Salisbury
August 12, 2008 09:15:00 am

Russian legislators on Monday adopted a measure calling for the establishment of an international tribunal charged with investigating allegations of genocide in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia. Russia's Prosecutor General, Yury Chaika , responded to...

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News Mauritania militia forms state council to confer legal powers on leader
Mauritania militia forms state council to confer legal powers on leader
Abigail Salisbury
August 12, 2008 08:35:00 am

The newly-formed state council of the military group which overthrew the government of Mauritania last week passed a law on Tuesday conferring on its leader, Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, all the powers of...

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News Khadr lawyers sue Canada PM seeking to compel release demand
Khadr lawyers sue Canada PM seeking to compel release demand
Abigail Salisbury
August 10, 2008 11:23:00 am

Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr has filed suit against Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an effort to compel Harper to demand his...

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Bolivia holds presidential confidence referendum
Abigail Salisbury
August 10, 2008 10:29:00 am

Bolivia on Sunday held a national referendum on whether to keep Bolivian President Evo Morales , Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, and Bolivia's nine governors in office. Morales himself actually proposed the idea of...

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DC Circuit dismisses Fannie Mae shareholder suit
Abigail Salisbury
August 8, 2008 08:39:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday dismissed a shareholder suit against government-sponsored lender Fannie Mae for alleged wrongdoing by the board of directors. Shareholders accused the board of...

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News First Circuit dismisses claim drug safety was misrepresented to drive up stock price
First Circuit dismisses claim drug safety was misrepresented to drive up stock price
Abigail Salisbury
August 8, 2008 09:36:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of a shareholder securities suit against Biogen Idec , in which the class of plaintiffs accused directors of violating the...

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Karadzic asks ICTY to order testimony of US officials
Abigail Salisbury
August 7, 2008 03:47:00 pm

War crimes suspect and former fugitive Radovan Karadzic has submitted a document to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) asserting that he was granted an immunity deal...

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Florida House joins state in defending challenge to regulation on Cuba travel
Abigail Salisbury
August 4, 2008 05:42:00 pm

Florida House of Representatives Speaker Marco Rubio announced on Monday that the House will join the state of Florida in defending a challenge to a law requiring travel agencies booking flights to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Justice Thurgood Marshall died

On January 24, 1993, retired US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who had spent much of his life fighting and supporting civil rights causes, died in Bethesda, Maryland. Learn more about the life and legal career of Thurgood Marshall.

Poland Prime Minister resigns following espionage allegations

On January 24, 1996, Jozef Oleksy, the Prime Minister of Poland, resigned after he was accused of spying for the Soviet Union. Former KGB officer Andrzej Milczanowski alleged that Oleksy had passed him classified information while serving as the Polish Minister of Internal Affairs. A military investigation was closed in April of 1996 for lack of evidence.

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