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News Myanmar court rejects three Suu Kyi defense witnesses
Myanmar court rejects three Suu Kyi defense witnesses
Brian Jackson
May 28, 2009 07:11:00 am

The Myanmar court hearing the trial of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected the defense's request to call four witnesses. While the prosecution has been allowed to call 14 witnesses, Suu Kyi's...

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News Myanmar court hears testimony of democracy advocate Suu Kyi
Myanmar court hears testimony of democracy advocate Suu Kyi
Brian Jackson
May 27, 2009 07:29:00 am

Nobel Laureate and pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday told a Myanmar court that she did not violate the terms of her house arrest when an American man swam to her house....

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News Five percent of Guantanamo detainees have returned to terrorism: Pentagon
Five percent of Guantanamo detainees have returned to terrorism: Pentagon
Brian Jackson
May 27, 2009 06:36:00 am

The Pentagon said Tuesday that it has evidence that confirms that 27 released Guantanamo Bay detainees have engaged in combat or terrorism against the US. The evidence, implicating five percent of ex-detainees, includes "fingerprints, DNA, and...

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News House passes Senate version of credit card holders’ ‘bill of rights’
House passes Senate version of credit card holders’ ‘bill of rights’
Brian Jackson
May 21, 2009 07:07:00 am

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 361-64 to pass the Senate version of the Credit Card Holders' Bill of Rights . Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called the...

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News Israel high court orders state funding for non-Orthodox conversion classes
Israel high court orders state funding for non-Orthodox conversion classes
Brian Jackson
May 20, 2009 08:08:00 am

The Israeli High Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered the government to fund non-Orthodox conversion institutions. The decision, handed down by a three-judge panel, breaks the monopoly that Orthodox conversion institutions hold over public...

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News Senate passes credit card holders’ ‘bill of rights’
Senate passes credit card holders’ ‘bill of rights’
Brian Jackson
May 20, 2009 07:10:00 am

The US Senate on Tuesday voted 90-5 to pass the Credit Card Holders' Bill of Rights . Among the provisions included in the bill are restrictions on retroactive interest rate increases, a mandatory 45-day...

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News White House proposes elimination of illegal alien incarceration program
White House proposes elimination of illegal alien incarceration program
Brian Jackson
May 8, 2009 12:29:00 pm

US President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed $17 billion in cuts to the fiscal year 2010 federal budget, including cutting $400 million from the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) . SCAAP is a...

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News Croatia lawmaker convicted of war crimes in death of Serbian civilians
Croatia lawmaker convicted of war crimes in death of Serbian civilians
Brian Jackson
May 8, 2009 11:21:00 am

Croatian parliament member Branimir Glavas was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for the killing of Serbian civilians during the Croatian war of independence . Glavas stood accused of ordering the torture...

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News India high court orders formation of special tribunals to handle Gujarat riot cases
India high court orders formation of special tribunals to handle Gujarat riot cases
Brian Jackson
May 1, 2009 01:59:00 pm

The Supreme Court of India on Friday ordered the formation of five special courts to hear cases stemming from the 2002 Gujarat riots . The court did not move the cases outside of Gujarat however, as...

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News Japan donating $4 million to underfunded Cambodia genocide tribunal
Japan donating $4 million to underfunded Cambodia genocide tribunal
Brian Jackson
May 1, 2009 01:15:00 pm

The Japanese government on Thursday pledged to donate USD $4.17 million to assist the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , the tribunal set up to try former members of the Khmer Rouge...

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Kosovo declares independence from Serbia

On February 17, 2008 the Assembly of Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. While Serbia denounced the declaration as illegal, the international community has remained divided on this issue. Several nations including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Taiwan, and Turkey have recognized Kosovo's independence, but others such as Russia maintain that the declaration violates international law. The majority of countries and international organizations, including the UN, have yet to take a position on the legality of Kosovo's independence. The Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo went into effect on June 15, 2008. Read the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.

US Supreme Court ruled on equal Congressional districts

On February 17, 1964, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Wesberry v. Sanders that congressional districts within each state had to be roughly equal in population. Learn more about Congressional redistricting from the Brennan Center for Justice.

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