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News ICTY indicts journalist for exposing witness in ex-Kosovo PM war crimes trial
ICTY indicts journalist for exposing witness in ex-Kosovo PM war crimes trial
Abigail Salisbury
May 20, 2008 04:44:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Tuesday indicted a Kosovar journalist on contempt of court charges for allegedly revealing the identity of a witness in the war crimes trial of former Kosovar...

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News New Zealand tribunal finds first-ever violation of Bill of Rights Act
New Zealand tribunal finds first-ever violation of Bill of Rights Act
Abigail Salisbury
May 19, 2008 04:35:00 pm

New Zealand's Human Rights Commission announced Monday that the Human Rights Review Tribunal has found the nation's accident compensation system to be inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights...

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News US Supreme Court rules on repeat offender, child pornography cases
US Supreme Court rules on repeat offender, child pornography cases
Abigail Salisbury
May 19, 2008 10:26:00 am

The US Supreme Court handed down four decisions Monday, including United States v. Rodriquez , where the Court ruled that for purposes of increasing a sentence under the...

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News US convicts Afghan drug trafficker under narco-terrorism program
US convicts Afghan drug trafficker under narco-terrorism program
Abigail Salisbury
May 16, 2008 11:04:00 am

A jury in the US District Court for the District of Columbia Thursday convicted an Afghan national originally held as an enemy combatant on charges of drug distribution and narco-terrorism. Khan Mohammed was charged...

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News US solicitor general announces resignation
US solicitor general announces resignation
Abigail Salisbury
May 15, 2008 09:40:00 am

US Solicitor General Paul Clement announced Wednesday that he is resigning from his post, effective June 2. Perhaps best-known for his Supreme Court advocacy of Bush Administration positions on rights and procedures...

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News Legal advisor staying after Guantanamo trial disqualification
Legal advisor staying after Guantanamo trial disqualification
Abigail Salisbury
May 15, 2008 08:15:00 am

US Air Force Reserve Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann , a top Pentagon legal advisor on the Guantanamo military commission trials, said Wednesday that he will not resign despite questions concerning his objectivity. Hartmann serves as legal...

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News Former Enron executives scheduled for retrial
Former Enron executives scheduled for retrial
Abigail Salisbury
May 13, 2008 08:49:00 pm

US District Court Judge Vanessa Gilmore ordered retrials for three former Enron Broadband Services executives Monday. Scheduled to begin in November, the new series of trials follows a refusal by the US Court of...

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News Pentagon approves death penalty charges for 5 alleged 9/11 conspirators
Pentagon approves death penalty charges for 5 alleged 9/11 conspirators
Abigail Salisbury
May 13, 2008 08:38:00 am

Death penalty charges against Guantanamo detainees Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men allegedly involved in planning the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States have been confirmed by the...

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News Supreme Court takes death row habeas claim
Supreme Court takes death row habeas claim
Abigail Salisbury
May 12, 2008 02:39:00 pm

The US Supreme Court granted limited certiorari Monday in Bell v. Kelly (07-1223) , where it will consider whether the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when, in conflict with...

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News Supreme Court affirms ruling allowing anti-apartheid claims to proceed after recusals
Supreme Court affirms ruling allowing anti-apartheid claims to proceed after recusals
Abigail Salisbury
May 12, 2008 12:21:00 pm

The US Supreme Court Monday affirmed a judgment by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on an anti-apartheid claims lawsuit on the rare grounds that it lacked a quorum...

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed, ending Russia involvement in WWI

On March 3, 1918, the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the communist government of Russia, ending Russian involvement in World War I. The treaty furthermore opened independence for Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Read the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and other documents related to the Peace of Brest-Litovsk from the Avalon Project at Yale University.

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On March 3, 1879, Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

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