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News France to take Algerian Guantanamo detainee
France to take Algerian Guantanamo detainee
Andrew Gilmore
May 7, 2009 12:13:00 pm

The French government on Wednesday confirmed that it will accept Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Lakhdar Boumediene after his release from the detention center. Boumediene was the named plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case...

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News Czech Republic senate ratifies EU reform Treaty
Czech Republic senate ratifies EU reform Treaty
Andrew Gilmore
May 7, 2009 11:26:00 am

The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic voted Wednesday to approve the European Union (EU) reform treaty, also known as the Lisbon Treaty , sending the document to Czech President Vaclav Klaus [official...

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News Mumbai terror attack suspect pleads not guilty
Mumbai terror attack suspect pleads not guilty
Andrew Gilmore
May 6, 2009 03:58:00 pm

Alleged Mumbai terror attack suspect Mohammed Ajmal Kasab pleaded not guilty Wednesday in an Indian court to 86 charges stemming from his participation in the November 2008 attack. Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was formally...

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News Iran stays execution of men sentenced to death as teens: report
Iran stays execution of men sentenced to death as teens: report
Andrew Gilmore
May 6, 2009 02:28:00 pm

Iranian authorities issued stays of execution Wednesday for two teens sentenced to death for crimes committed as juveniles. The two individuals facing the death penalty, Amir Khaleqi and Safar Angooti, were scheduled to be executed Wednesday morning...

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News EPA to review Bush administration coal power plant emissions rules
EPA to review Bush administration coal power plant emissions rules
Andrew Gilmore
April 28, 2009 08:48:00 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that it would review three new source review rules that regulate emissions from coal power plants. The announcement comes as the EPA has stepped up its...

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News UK reiterates willingness to consider US request to accept Guantanamo detainees
UK reiterates willingness to consider US request to accept Guantanamo detainees
Andrew Gilmore
April 28, 2009 07:39:00 am

UK Justice Minister Jack Straw said Monday that his country would still be willing to consider a US request to take in terrorism detainees held by at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, if doing...

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News US to take in up to 7 Uighur detainees: report
US to take in up to 7 Uighur detainees: report
Andrew Gilmore
April 25, 2009 08:10:00 pm

The US is planning on accepting into the country up to seven Chinese Uighur Muslims currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, according to the Los Angeles Times...

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News South Africa ANC election majority not enough to change constitution
South Africa ANC election majority not enough to change constitution
Andrew Gilmore
April 25, 2009 06:39:00 pm

The African National Congress (ANC) was formally declared the winner of South African parliamentary elections Saturday, but its win fell short of the two-thirds majority of seats needed to change or amend the country's constitution...

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News DC Circuit again rejects suit by former UK Guantanamo detainees
DC Circuit again rejects suit by former UK Guantanamo detainees
Andrew Gilmore
April 24, 2009 03:50:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected Friday a lawsuit by four UK citizens and former Guantanamo Bay detainees against former US defense secretary Donald...

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News Fiji AG says ousted judges to be replaced next week
Fiji AG says ousted judges to be replaced next week
Andrew Gilmore
April 24, 2009 02:07:00 pm

Fijian Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum said Friday that the government would name new judges to replace those discharged following the suspension of the country's constitution by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo two weeks...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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