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News China still not remedying rights abuses in lead-up to 2008 Olympics: Amnesty
China still not remedying rights abuses in lead-up to 2008 Olympics: Amnesty
Brett Murphy
August 7, 2007 02:07:00 pm

China has not kept its promises to improve human rights and press freedom in preparation for the 2008 Olympics slated to open next August in Beijing, according to a new report released Tuesday by...

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Ukraine becomes first Eastern European country to offer prisons to ICTY convicts
Brett Murphy
August 7, 2007 12:32:00 pm

Ukraine became the first Eastern European country to offer its jails to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday, as the two bodies signed an enforcement of...

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Moscow court issues new arrest warrant for exiled tycoon
Brett Murphy
August 7, 2007 12:00:00 pm

The Basmanny District Court in Moscow issued a new arrest warrant Tuesday for exiled business tycoon Boris Berezovsky on charges that he allegedly embezzled an additional $13 million in credit funds from SBS-Agro Bank...

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Thailand to investigate Thaksin anti-drug campaign
Brett Murphy
August 2, 2007 08:16:00 pm

A senior Thai Justice Ministry official said Thursday that Thailand will renew a probe into the anti-drug campaign of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during which close to 2,500 people were killed. Thaksin's...

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US Marine convicted of murdering Iraqi civilian in Hamdania
Brett Murphy
August 2, 2007 07:09:00 pm

A military court-martial jury Thursday found US Marine Corps Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins III guilty of murder for his role in the April 2006 kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania [USMC...

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Lobbying ethics reform bill passes US Senate
Brett Murphy
August 2, 2007 04:01:00 pm

The US Senate voted 83-14 in favor of a new ethics bill that will require congressmen and other officials to make public additional information about money involving personal projects and lobbies. The legislation also...

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Federal appeals court backs insurance companies in Katrina flood damages case
Brett Murphy
August 2, 2007 03:29:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held Thursday that insurance policies held by many victims of Hurricane Katrina did not cover flood damage caused by the storm. Writing for...

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China defends use of death penalty in political corruption cases
Brett Murphy
August 2, 2007 02:06:00 pm

Chinese Communist Party discipline commission spokesman Gan Yisheng said Thursday that China's use of capital punishment in political and economic corruption cases is appropriate and effective. Gan justified the punishment saying that it had "been endorsed by the Chinese...

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House Judiciary Committee approves journalist shield law
Brett Murphy
August 2, 2007 01:34:00 pm

The US House Judiciary Committee approved new legislation on Wednesday shielding reporters from being compelled to disclose confidential sources. Under the bill, journalists could not be forced by prosecutors to reveal their informants unless...

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UK counter-terror official misled public about subway shooting of Brazilian: report
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August 2, 2007 01:29:00 pm

The UK Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) issued a report Thursday on the shooting death of Jean Charles de Menezes , an innocent Brazilian man mistaken for a terrorist by police in...

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President Millard Filmore signed bill banning flogging in the navy

On September 28, 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy. Learn more about the history of flogging in the Navy.

William the Conqueror invades England, leading to major legal and political reform

On September 28, 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England from Normandy, France. After successfully conquering the country, William ushered in a series of political and legal reforms that still define the United Kingdom and its former colonies to this day, including, centralization of state power, a census, and the infusion of French and Latin into the language of the courts. Learn more about William the Conqueror from Project Gutenberg.

President Millard Filmore signed bill banning flogging in the navy

On September 28, 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy.

Learn more about the history of flogging in the navy from Bluejacket.com.

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