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Federal judge permits certain document disclosures in Libby case
Alexis Unkovic
May 6, 2006 07:51:00 am

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton has ruled that Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will have to turn over documents essential to the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby legal defense team regarding how a...

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News China journalist faces 15-year prison term for Internet postings
China journalist faces 15-year prison term for Internet postings
Alexis Unkovic
April 27, 2006 03:54:00 pm

Chinese Internet journalist Yang Tianshui, a member of China's chapter of International PEN , an association that promotes freedom of speech, faces up to 15 years in jail on charges that he attempted to "subvert state power" by...

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News Guantanamo detainee tells military tribunal he fought US, but denies war crimes
Guantanamo detainee tells military tribunal he fought US, but denies war crimes
Alexis Unkovic
April 27, 2006 03:08:00 pm

American-educated Saudi and alleged al Qaeda suspect Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi denied before a pre-trial military commission hearing at Guantanamo Bay Thursday that he was guilty of war crimes , but...

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States sue EPA for alleged Clean Air Act violations aggravating global warming
Alexis Unkovic
April 27, 2006 02:45:00 pm

Several US states, cities, and environmental groups led by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed a lawsuit Thursday against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US Court of Appeals for...

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News Canada high court upholds judicial orders for retrospective DNA samples
Canada high court upholds judicial orders for retrospective DNA samples
Alexis Unkovic
April 27, 2006 02:33:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 4-3 Thursday that it is constitutional for a judge to require a convicted sex offender to turn over DNA samples to the Canadian National DNA Data Bank , even...

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News Nepal police fire on protestors marching toward king’s palace after rejection of pledge
Nepal police fire on protestors marching toward king’s palace after rejection of pledge
Alexis Unkovic
April 22, 2006 12:18:00 pm

Nepalese security forces fired rubber bullets and live rounds on tens of thousands of pro-democracy protestors in Kathmandu Saturday, injuring many demonstrators as they marched toward the palace of King Gyanendra just...

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Nobel-winning rights activist warns US not to invade Iran
Alexis Unkovic
April 22, 2006 11:40:00 am

Shirin Ebadi , the Iranian human rights lawyer and activist who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize , said Friday that Iran would defend itself against any American attack, insisting at a...

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News DOJ approves revised Georgia voter ID law
DOJ approves revised Georgia voter ID law
Alexis Unkovic
April 22, 2006 11:12:00 am

The US Department of Justice signed off on a new Georgia law Friday that will require voters to present a valid photo ID when they vote in elections. Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue [official...

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Thousands of Iraqis illegally detained: UN rights official
Alexis Unkovic
April 22, 2006 10:22:00 am

The UN human rights chief in Iraq said Friday that officials in that country are holding thousands of detainees in violation of Iraqi law and expressed concern about ongoing human rights violations. According...

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Nepal pro-democracy protests gain momentum
Alexis Unkovic
April 15, 2006 12:26:00 pm

Eight thousand pro-democracy protesters assembled in Nepal's capital city of Kathmandu Saturday in the largest demonstration against the rule of King Gyanendra since the current round of protests began over a week...

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Nuremberg war crimes trials began

On October 18, 1945, the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals began. Read US prosecutor Robert H. Jackson's opening statement.

Women declared "Persons" in Canada

On October 18, 1929, The Privy Council of the United Kingdom declared that women were considered "persons" under the laws of Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada had held in Edwards v. Canada that women were not considered "persons" under Canada's governing law, the British North America Act. The Privy Council overturned this ruling, declaring "that the exclusion of women from all public offices is a relic of days more barbarous than ours. And to those who would ask why the word 'persons' should include females, the obvious answer is, why should it not?"

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