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News Iran shuts down newspaper, bans magazine in media crackdown
Iran shuts down newspaper, bans magazine in media crackdown
Alexis Unkovic
January 2, 2006 12:56:00 pm

Iran announced Monday, without further explanation, that it has ordered the closure a daily newspaper, Asia, and banned the publication of a forthcoming, bi-weekly women's periodical, Nour-e Banovan. The Culture Ministry said the Supervisory Board on the Press has...

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News Syria to try former VP on treason charges for Hariri allegations
Syria to try former VP on treason charges for Hariri allegations
Alexis Unkovic
January 2, 2006 12:12:00 pm

The Syrian government announced Monday that it will put former Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam on trial for high treason and investigate his alleged acts of corruption in response to demands by Syrian parliament members ...

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News Foreign minister denies German role in CIA rendition
Foreign minister denies German role in CIA rendition
Alexis Unkovic
December 10, 2005 11:29:00 am

Germany's new foreign minister Frank Walter Steinmeier Saturday denied allegations that German officials may have aided the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the December 2003 abduction of German citizen Khaled El-Masri , who...

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News Pentagon invites OSCE representative to visit Guantanamo
Pentagon invites OSCE representative to visit Guantanamo
Alexis Unkovic
December 10, 2005 10:48:00 am

The US Department of Defense announced Friday that it has extended an invitation to special representative Anne-Marie Lizin of the 55-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to visit the...

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News US  wants Padilla appeals ruling withdrawn
US wants Padilla appeals ruling withdrawn
Alexis Unkovic
December 10, 2005 10:06:00 am

The US government urged the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in court papers filed Friday to withdraw its September 9, 2005 opinion which denied the habeas petition of Jose Padilla [JURIST news...

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News Fitzgerald suggests CIA leak probe may continue
Fitzgerald suggests CIA leak probe may continue
Alexis Unkovic
December 3, 2005 11:27:00 am

In court papers filed Friday, US Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said certain details of his investigation into the CIA leak case , including grand jury testimony and documents identifying witnesses, must remain secret, implying that...

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News ICC authorizes independent board to run war crime victims fund
ICC authorizes independent board to run war crime victims fund
Alexis Unkovic
December 3, 2005 10:43:00 am

The 100-nation governing body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Friday authorized an independent board to award funds to victims of war crimes through administration of the international Victims Trust Fund . Member...

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News Federal judge strikes down Illinois ‘safe games’ legislation
Federal judge strikes down Illinois ‘safe games’ legislation
Alexis Unkovic
December 3, 2005 10:09:00 am

US District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the Northern District of Illinois ruled Friday that an Illinois law restricting the sale and rental of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors is an...

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News No charges for US soldiers in Taliban corpse burnings
No charges for US soldiers in Taliban corpse burnings
Alexis Unkovic
November 26, 2005 11:25:00 am

US military officials announced Saturday that four American soldiers will not face criminal charges for burning the bodies of two Taliban rebels in Afghanistan , though they will be subject to disciplinary action. The US Department of Defense...

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DOJ Abramoff probe may implicate more government officials
Alexis Unkovic
November 26, 2005 10:45:00 am

The scope of the US Department of Justice probe into the dealings of former high-powered Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff may implicate more public officials than previously anticipated, according to a report by...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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