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News Corporations and securities brief ~ AIG admits to improper accounting
Corporations and securities brief ~ AIG admits to improper accounting
Amit Patel
March 30, 2005 12:30:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, American International Group Inc. (AIG) announced it will delay its SEC filing of its quarterly results and also that it had found documentation of illegal transactions with General Re Corp,...

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News State Department releases new human rights report
State Department releases new human rights report
Amit Patel
March 28, 2005 03:45:00 pm

The US State Department Monday released its third annual report on American efforts to support and promote human rights around the world. In Supporting Human Rights: The US Record 2004-2005 , the US said it will make respect for...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC subpoenas 12 AIG executives
Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC subpoenas 12 AIG executives
Amit Patel
March 28, 2005 12:28:00 pm

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the SEC has subpoenaed twelve executives at American International Group Inc. (AIG) . The subpoenas relate to several probes into questionable transactions...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Florida judge rules no state custody of Schiavo
BREAKING NEWS ~ Florida judge rules no state custody of Schiavo
Amit Patel
March 24, 2005 02:16:00 pm

AP is reporting that a Florida state judge has ruled that Governor Jeb Bush and Florida's social services agency do not have any legal grounds for taking protective custody of Terri Schiavo .2:56 PM ET...

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News Chile high court reinstates Pinochet immunity
Chile high court reinstates Pinochet immunity
Amit Patel
March 24, 2005 01:01:00 pm

Chile's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet cannot be prosecuted over the killing of his predecessor as Chile's army chief, General Carlos Prats . The ruling reverses a...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Adelphia nears settlement with DOJ, SEC
Corporations and securities brief ~ Adelphia nears settlement with DOJ, SEC
Amit Patel
March 24, 2005 12:21:00 pm

Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, Adelphia Communications Corp. is reportedly close to settling claims made by the US Department of Justice and the SEC related to the massive accounting and management scandal at...

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News UN releases recommendations on stopping abuses by peacekeepers
UN releases recommendations on stopping abuses by peacekeepers
Amit Patel
March 24, 2005 11:53:00 am

A United Nations report on peacekeeper sex abuse released Thursday has described its military arm as deeply flawed. The report, authored by Prince Zeid al Hussein, Jordan's UN ambassador, was issued as a response to repeated allegations of sexual...

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News Former Macedonian minister surrenders to war crimes court
Former Macedonian minister surrenders to war crimes court
Amit Patel
March 24, 2005 09:34:00 am

Former Macedonian interior minister Ljube Boskovski surrendered to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague Thursday after being charged with war crimes committed against ethnic Albanians. Boskovski, who had been in prison...

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News UN admits wrong statement about Sevan legal fees
UN admits wrong statement about Sevan legal fees
Amit Patel
March 24, 2005 09:13:00 am

The United Nations has admitted it erred Tuesday when it said the reason it would pay the legal fees of the Iraq oil-for-food program chief Benon Sevan was because of...

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News Ohio judge rules gay marriage ban narrows domestic violence law
Ohio judge rules gay marriage ban narrows domestic violence law
Amit Patel
March 24, 2005 08:51:00 am

A trial court judge in Ohio ruled Wednesday that the state's new constitutional amendment banning gay marriage prevents domestic violence charges from being filed against unmarried people. Ohio's domestic violence law was not limited to married people. The...

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India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty

On March 19, 1972, India and Bangladesh signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Peace for twenty-five years. The treaty recognized the independence of Bangladesh by India at the conclusion of Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan. The treaty expired in 1997 without renewal.

Earl Warren born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, California. He led the Court during a critical period of social change in the 1950s and 1960s and is perhaps best known for his Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education. Learn more about Earl Warren from the Supreme Court Historical Society, and hear him deliver the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University in 1970, shortly after his retirement, on the theme "The Alternative is Chaos."

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