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News Bosnian Serb pleads not guilty before Bosnia war crimes court
Bosnian Serb pleads not guilty before Bosnia war crimes court
Angela A. Onikepe
March 17, 2006 05:33:00 am

Former Bosnia Serb paramilitary leader Gojko Jankovic pleaded not guilty to war crimes Thursday before the new War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Jankovic is the second Bosnian war crimes...

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News Former Saddam deputy PM held by US for trial seeks medical attention in Moscow
Former Saddam deputy PM held by US for trial seeks medical attention in Moscow
Angela A. Onikepe
March 15, 2006 06:13:00 am

The Italian lawyer for former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz has requested that Aziz be moved to Bakulev Heart Surgery Center in Moscow for heart treatment. Aziz is currently being held by US forces in Baghdad...

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News Abu Ghraib dogs used to terrify, humiliate detainees: court-martial witness
Abu Ghraib dogs used to terrify, humiliate detainees: court-martial witness
Angela A. Onikepe
March 15, 2006 05:32:00 am

A witness at the court-martial of Abu Ghraib dog handler Sgt. Michael J. Smith told a military jury Tuesday that he saw Smith using his black Belgian shepherd to terrify two teenage detainees in...

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News UN wants Khmer Rouge genocide trial to start soon
UN wants Khmer Rouge genocide trial to start soon
Angela A. Onikepe
March 15, 2006 04:15:00 am

UN officials from the Office of Administration of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal are urging the timely start of the genocide trial of aging Khmer Rouge leaders, noting the weekend death of Slobodan Milosevic in the fifth...

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News Irish clergy sex abuse study shows many suspected, some sued, but few convicted
Irish clergy sex abuse study shows many suspected, some sued, but few convicted
Angela A. Onikepe
March 9, 2006 02:01:00 am

Results of a new study released by the Dublin Roman Catholic archdiocese in Ireland show that while 102 Dublin priests are suspected of abusing children since 1940 and 32 of them are facing lawsuits, only eight...

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News GOP senators reject NSA eavesdropping inquiry, opt for oversight
GOP senators reject NSA eavesdropping inquiry, opt for oversight
Angela A. Onikepe
March 8, 2006 07:00:00 am

Majority Republicans on the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence agreed Tuesday to establish a new seven-member subcommittee to oversee surveillance methods utilized by President George W. Bush's domestic spying program , but...

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News Annan: Iraq detention practices may violate international law
Annan: Iraq detention practices may violate international law
Angela A. Onikepe
March 8, 2006 05:09:00 am

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan questioned the legality of the "arbitrary detention" of thousands of Iraqis by Coalition and Iraqi forces in his latest periodic report to the UN Security Council on the situation in Iraq released...

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UK foreign minister urges closure of Guantanamo detention camp
Angela A. Onikepe
March 8, 2006 04:31:00 am

UK Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells has warned that operations at the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba threaten democracy and has urged the closing of the facility in order to restore...

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News Russian pilots protest bill to allow downing of hijacked planes
Russian pilots protest bill to allow downing of hijacked planes
Angela A. Onikepe
March 3, 2006 04:49:00 am

Russian civil aviation pilots have drafted an address to President Vladimir Putin expressing concern over a provision in a new anti-terrorism bill allowing for the shooting-down of hijacked planes. The bill was passed last month by...

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Russia prosecutor wants UK extradition of tycoon for plotting coup against Putin
Angela A. Onikepe
March 3, 2006 03:58:00 am

Russia's Prosecutor General has requested that the British government extradite business tycoon Boris Berezovsky on charges of plotting a coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin . In an interview...

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Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879. Learn more about Belva Lockwood.

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