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News Philippines court orders Imelda Marcos to repay stolen state funds
Philippines court orders Imelda Marcos to repay stolen state funds
Aman Kakar
April 12, 2011 09:19:23 am

The Philippine anti-graft court, the Sandiganbayan , said Monday that it ordered Imelda Marcos, wife of deceased Philippine ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos , to return USD $280,000 in state funds stolen by her husband. The money was...

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News Rights group urges international community to probe Yemen deaths
Rights group urges international community to probe Yemen deaths
Aman Kakar
April 6, 2011 11:34:48 am

Amnesty International (AI) released a report on Wednesday urging the international community to pressure Yemeni authorities to investigate the death of protesters. The report chronicles reports of beatings and use of excessive force by security...

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News Federal appeals court dismisses challenge to FCC net neutrality rules
Federal appeals court dismisses challenge to FCC net neutrality rules
Aman Kakar
April 5, 2011 08:09:18 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday granted a motion by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to dismiss a challenge to the new net neutrality...

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News Supreme Court rules against health care providers in drug pricing suit
Supreme Court rules against health care providers in drug pricing suit
Aman Kakar
March 29, 2011 12:23:14 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Astra USA v. Santa Clara County, CA that health care providers that are third-party beneficiaries of a government contract may...

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News Berlusconi appears in court on fraud charges
Berlusconi appears in court on fraud charges
Aman Kakar
March 29, 2011 09:37:05 am

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attended a hearing in Milan on Monday to defend himself against charges of fraud and embezzlement. Berlusconi has not attended a case hearing for more than seven...

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News Egypt police officials charged with murdering protesters
Egypt police officials charged with murdering protesters
Aman Kakar
March 29, 2011 08:32:27 am

An Egyptian prosecutor indicted three police officials from the Beni Suef governorate on Monday on charges of murdering protesters during the Egyptian revolution. According to judicial sources, Major General Ahmed Abu Zeid, Colonel Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud...

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News WTO grants Canada request for hearing on EU seal products ban
WTO grants Canada request for hearing on EU seal products ban
Aman Kakar
March 26, 2011 11:05:56 am

The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday granted Canada's request to hear its dispute of the EU's ban on the import of seal products. Canada requested establishment of...

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News UN rights chief condemns Syria for repression of protesters
UN rights chief condemns Syria for repression of protesters
Aman Kakar
March 26, 2011 10:57:52 am

UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Navi Pilay on Saturday urged the Syrian government to heed to the demands of protesters instead of responding with violence. Pilay warned that continued repression of the Syrian people...

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UN rights council launches Iran probe
Aman Kakar
March 24, 2011 01:14:40 pm

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution on Thursday, appointing a Special Rapporteur to investigate human rights violations in Iran. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 22 in favor,...

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Rights group criticizes US immigrant detention system
Aman Kakar
March 18, 2011 02:24:00 pm

US immigration enforcement agencies are overly reliant on a flawed detention system, according to a report released Thursday by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACH) . The IACH investigated six immigrant detention centers based throughout Arizona...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln offered amnesty to Confederates

On December 8, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to all citizens of the Confederacy who swore an oath to uphold the US Constitution. Because of confusion over who was to administer the oath, Lincoln issued another proclamation on March 26, 1864, empowering "any commissioned officer, civil, military, or naval in the service of the United States", as well as those persons in the territories which were "not in insurrection who were by the laws therefore qualified for administering oaths." Both Proclamations specified that military prisoners and others held for crimes against the United States were ineligible for amnesty, although Confederate deserters could volunteer to take the oath.

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