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News Alleged 9/11 plotters scheduled for June military commission arraignment
Alleged 9/11 plotters scheduled for June military commission arraignment
Andrew Gilmore
May 15, 2008 09:09:00 am

US military judge Col. Ralph Kohlmann set June 5 as the tentative date for the military commission's arraignment of the five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks in an email to...

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News Poland court wants more evidence in indictment against ex-communist leaders
Poland court wants more evidence in indictment against ex-communist leaders
Andrew Gilmore
May 14, 2008 04:20:00 pm

A Polish judge ruled on Wednesday that prosecutors must amend their indictment against former communist leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski and other former communist officials to present a greater range of evidence against the defendants....

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News UK announces public inquiry into 2003 death of Iraqi detainee
UK announces public inquiry into 2003 death of Iraqi detainee
Andrew Gilmore
May 14, 2008 03:32:00 pm

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced Wednesday that it will conduct a public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa , an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died in British...

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News US immigration agents face problems transiting drugged deportees overseas
US immigration agents face problems transiting drugged deportees overseas
Andrew Gilmore
May 14, 2008 12:03:00 pm

US immigration agents transiting involuntarily sedated immigration deportees through foreign countries have been challenged by local authorities, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. The paper said French and Belgian law enforcement officials had raised objections to the sedation of individuals...

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News Italy court rules Berlusconi can be called to testify in CIA rendition case
Italy court rules Berlusconi can be called to testify in CIA rendition case
Andrew Gilmore
May 14, 2008 10:44:00 am

Italian Judge Oscar Magi ruled on Wednesday that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in the trial of 26 Americans and several former Italian intelligence officials for the...

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News Australia weighing ICJ genocide incitement lawsuit against Iran president
Australia weighing ICJ genocide incitement lawsuit against Iran president
Andrew Gilmore
May 14, 2008 10:05:00 am

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told Australian news service Sky News Wednesday that his government is considering bringing a lawsuit against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [court...

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News Malaysia court rules ethnic Indian protesters legally detained
Malaysia court rules ethnic Indian protesters legally detained
Andrew Gilmore
May 14, 2008 09:07:00 am

The Federal Court of Malaysia Wednesday rejected an appeal by five ethnic Indian protesters being detained by Malaysian authorities under a controversial security law. The five detainees, prominent members of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) [advocacy...

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News Ex-officials condemn ineffectiveness of US anti-corruption effort in Iraq
Ex-officials condemn ineffectiveness of US anti-corruption effort in Iraq
Andrew Gilmore
May 13, 2008 01:00:00 pm

Two former State Department officials lambasted the Bush administration for ineffectiveness in combating corruption in Iraq in a hearing Monday before the US Senate Democratic Policy Committee . Retired Associate Superior Court Judge Arthur Brennan, who...

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News Omagh bombing civil trial moves to Ireland for testimony
Omagh bombing civil trial moves to Ireland for testimony
Andrew Gilmore
May 13, 2008 12:26:00 pm

A British civil lawsuit against members of the Real IRA alleged to have been involved with the 1998 Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland opened in a Dublin court Monday. The trial, which began [JURIST...

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News Vietnam journalists arrested after reporting on corruption scandal
Vietnam journalists arrested after reporting on corruption scandal
Andrew Gilmore
May 13, 2008 11:46:00 am

Two Vietnamese journalists, Nguyen Van Hai of Tuoi Tre news agency and Nguyen Viet Chien of Thanh Nien news agency , were arrested Monday by Vietnamese authorities and charged with abuse of power in...

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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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