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News DC Circuit rules on discrimination suit against Department of Agriculture
DC Circuit rules on discrimination suit against Department of Agriculture
Abigail Salisbury
August 1, 2008 12:29:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment against Cheryl Steele, a former economist at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) [official...

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News DOJ accused of pushing guilty pleas on immigrants arrested in Iowa raid
DOJ accused of pushing guilty pleas on immigrants arrested in Iowa raid
Abigail Salisbury
August 1, 2008 10:07:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday obtained and made available a government handbook issued to the lawyers defending the illegal immigrants arrested in May during the massive raid on an Agriprocessors Inc. [corporate...

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News UN Security Council discusses future of mission in Kosovo under new constitution
UN Security Council discusses future of mission in Kosovo under new constitution
Abigail Salisbury
July 25, 2008 03:23:00 pm

The United Nations Security Council on Friday discussed a report outlining UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's plans to reconfigure the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) now that...

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News Hamdan interrogation video shown after FBI agent testifies detainees not told of rights
Hamdan interrogation video shown after FBI agent testifies detainees not told of rights
Abigail Salisbury
July 23, 2008 05:52:00 pm

Guantanamo detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan walked out of the courtroom at his military commission trial on Wednesday, refusing to watch a video depicting one of his interrogation sessions. Hamdan's lawyers had...

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News War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic captured after 13 years
War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic captured after 13 years
Abigail Salisbury
July 21, 2008 06:43:00 pm

Serbian President Boris Tadic announced Monday evening that Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic had been captured earlier Monday by Serbian security forces. Karadzic is accused of war crimes stemming from his alleged involvement in...

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News Class action apartheid case to resume following US Supreme Court ruling
Class action apartheid case to resume following US Supreme Court ruling
Abigail Salisbury
July 6, 2008 09:07:00 am

A class of plaintiffs suing several dozen US companies which did business in South Africa during apartheid will ask to narrow their claims Tuesday in a status conference to be held in the US District Court...

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News New rule of law assessment tool presented at Vienna meeting
New rule of law assessment tool presented at Vienna meeting
Abigail Salisbury
July 6, 2008 08:30:00 am

A new tool for measuring adherence to the rule of law developed by the World Justice Project (WJP) was presented at the World Justice Forum in Vienna Thursday. The development of the Rule of Law...

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News Congo ex-militia leader seeks dismissal of ICC war crimes charges
Congo ex-militia leader seeks dismissal of ICC war crimes charges
Abigail Salisbury
June 10, 2008 02:11:00 pm

Defense counsel for Thomas Lubanga moved to dismiss all charges against the former Congolese militia leader at an International Criminal Court (ICC) status conference at The Hague Tuesday on the ground that prosecutors have refused...

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News Supreme Court rules in money laundering, paralegal fees recovery cases
Supreme Court rules in money laundering, paralegal fees recovery cases
Abigail Salisbury
June 2, 2008 10:31:00 am

The US Supreme Court handed down three decisions Monday, including United States v. Santos , where the Court held 7-2 that the term "proceeds" in a federal money laundering statute...

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News Supreme Court rules on employer retaliation, Alabama voting law
Supreme Court rules on employer retaliation, Alabama voting law
Abigail Salisbury
May 27, 2008 11:07:00 am

The US Supreme Court handed down three decisions Tuesday, including two cases involving alleged employer retaliation . In Gomez-Perez v. Potter , the Court held 6-3 that a provision...

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ABC News correspondent shot and killed by Nicaraguan security forces

An ABC News correspondent, Bill Stewart, was shot and killed on June 20, 1979, by a member of the Nicaraguan National Guard while on assignment in the civil-war-torn Central American country. Video of the execution-style shooting sparked outrage in the US and drastically reduced the country's support for Nicaragua's right-wing Somoza regime. Read a retrospective on the incident from ABC, and read a statement from then-President Jimmy Carter on Stewart's murder.  

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