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News Families of Virginia Tech shooting victims file lawsuit
Families of Virginia Tech shooting victims file lawsuit
Bhargav Katikanen
April 17, 2009 08:08:00 am

Two families whose children were killed in the 2007 Virginia Tech school shooting filed separate lawsuits Thursday in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, asking for $10 million in compensatory...

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News European Commission claims UK violating EU Internet privacy protections
European Commission claims UK violating EU Internet privacy protections
Bhargav Katikanen
April 14, 2009 12:09:00 pm

The European Commission (EC) formally notified the UK Tuesday that it is starting infringement proceedings against the UK for failure to follow EU Internet privacy and data protection rules . The commission specifically...

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News Fiji president suspends constitution after court declares government illegal
Fiji president suspends constitution after court declares government illegal
Bhargav Katikanen
April 10, 2009 09:08:00 am

Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announced Friday that he was suspending  the country's constitution , and revoking the appointment of all judicial officers, after the Fiji Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled  his appointment of military officer Commodore...

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News Kenya justice minister resigns citing need for judicial reform
Kenya justice minister resigns citing need for judicial reform
Bhargav Katikanen
April 7, 2009 11:59:00 am

Kenyan Justice Minister Martha Karua resigned Monday from the ruling coalition, claiming that the government had thwarted much needed judiciary reforms by appointing judges without her knowledge. Karua, the leader of the Narc-Kenya party and an outspoken...

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News UN rights council names South Africa judge to probe Gaza war crimes allegations
UN rights council names South Africa judge to probe Gaza war crimes allegations
Bhargav Katikanen
April 3, 2009 12:20:00 pm

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday announced the appointment of South African judge Richard Goldstone to head a UN fact-finding mission to investigate alleged Israeli war crimes in the Gaza...

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News UN lawyer hints at transfer of genocide suspects to Rwanda for trials
UN lawyer hints at transfer of genocide suspects to Rwanda for trials
Bhargav Katikanen
March 31, 2009 03:35:00 pm

UN Deputy Secretary for Legal Affairs Pamela O'Brien apparently signaled a shift in official UN position by expressing sympathy for Rwanda's desire to try any remaining genocide suspects in Rwanda after the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda...

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News Fourth Circuit rules South Carolina sex offender DNA law is constitutional
Fourth Circuit rules South Carolina sex offender DNA law is constitutional
Bhargav Katikanen
March 27, 2009 08:24:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday that a South Carolina law requiring convicted first degree sex offenders to submit to a DNA test...

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News UN rights body claims Myanmar violating its own law by detaining democracy advocate
UN rights body claims Myanmar violating its own law by detaining democracy advocate
Bhargav Katikanen
March 24, 2009 12:17:00 pm

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said that the detention of Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi violates Myanmar's 1975 State Protection Law and...

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News China government detains outspoken ex-Tiananmen Square soldier
China government detains outspoken ex-Tiananmen Square soldier
Bhargav Katikanen
March 20, 2009 08:43:00 am

The Chinese government on Friday detained a former soldier who has called for an investigation into the 1989 killings of pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square . Chinese human rights organization Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch (CRLW) [official website,...

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News Singapore judge fines WSJ-Asia editor for criticizing judiciary
Singapore judge fines WSJ-Asia editor for criticizing judiciary
Bhargav Katikanen
March 19, 2009 07:39:00 am

A judge for the Supreme Court of Singapore ruled Thursday that a Wall Journal Journal Asia (WSJ-Asia) editor was in contempt of court and personally liable for damages for publishing two editorials...

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Cedar Revolution begins in Lebanon

On March 14, 2005, the Cedar Revolution began in Lebanon after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Led by the March Fourteenth Movement, street protests in the Cedar Revolution led to the resignation of the generally pro-Syrian government of Lebanon and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the country.

Jack Ruby convicted for murder of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald

On March 14, 1964, nightclub owner Jack Ruby was convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, who had presumably assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Ruby was sentenced to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Ruby's conviction in October 1966 and ordered a new trial citing improperly admitted testimony and an improper venue in the original proceeding, but Ruby died before the second trial could be convened. Review a transcript of Jack Ruby's July 1964 testimony before the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President Kennedy. The Assistant Counsel for the Commission doing some of the questioning reported on the transcript is Arlen Specter, who would become a US Senator for Pennsylvania.

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