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News Ukraine court convicts former police officers in journalist murder
Ukraine court convicts former police officers in journalist murder
Brett Murphy
March 17, 2008 08:15:00 am

Three former police officers have been convicted and sentenced to jail by a Ukrainian court for their roles in carrying out the murder of prominent Ukraine opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze . Mykola Protasov was sentenced Saturday to 13...

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News China slams US rights record in response to US State Department report
China slams US rights record in response to US State Department report
Brett Murphy
March 13, 2008 10:57:00 am

The Chinese State Council said Thursday that a US Department of State report critical of the Chinese human rights record is hypocritical given the number of human rights problems in the US. In a report entitled the Human...

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News EPA announces stricter smog rule
EPA announces stricter smog rule
Brett Murphy
March 13, 2008 10:25:00 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that a stricter air quality rule on ground-level ozone and smog will go into effect in May, requiring some 345 US counties to reduce...

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News Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with supporting terrorism
Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with supporting terrorism
Brett Murphy
March 13, 2008 09:55:00 am

Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Kamin was charged Wednesday with providing material support to terrorism. In its announcement of the sworn charges, the US Defense Department said:The charges allege that between January...

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News US military judge rules no Murtha deposition in Haditha court-martial
US military judge rules no Murtha deposition in Haditha court-martial
Brett Murphy
March 6, 2008 12:28:00 pm

A military judge has ruled that US Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) cannot be forced to submit to a deposition in the court-martial of a Marine charged in connection with the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha...

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News Egypt detains 26 more Muslim Brotherhood members ahead of local elections
Egypt detains 26 more Muslim Brotherhood members ahead of local elections
Brett Murphy
March 6, 2008 12:02:00 pm

Egyptian police arrested 26 additional members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, adding to the 54 members arrested on Tuesday and the 86 arrested Wednesday. The Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday that its...

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News UK House of Lords votes to abolish criminal blasphemy
UK House of Lords votes to abolish criminal blasphemy
Brett Murphy
March 6, 2008 11:11:00 am

The UK House of Lords voted Wednesday in favor of abolishing the criminal offenses of blasphemy and blasphemous libel from the UK common law. By a vote of 148-87 , the House of Lords adopted Amendment...

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News UK government steps back on compulsory ID card plan
UK government steps back on compulsory ID card plan
Brett Murphy
March 6, 2008 10:11:00 am

A UK plan that would have required all citizens to obtain ID cards when applying for passports by 2010 has been dropped , the Home Office said Thursday. Under current...

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News Europe rights court upholds absolute torture ban in Tunisia deportation case
Europe rights court upholds absolute torture ban in Tunisia deportation case
Brett Murphy
February 28, 2008 12:07:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled against the deportation of former Tunisian terror suspect Nassim Saadi, finding that evidence provided by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch showed that he...

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News Indonesia court dismisses civil corruption lawsuit against Suharto son
Indonesia court dismisses civil corruption lawsuit against Suharto son
Brett Murphy
February 28, 2008 11:43:00 am

An Indonesian court Thursday dismissed a civil corruption case against Tommy Suharto , the youngest son of former Indonesian President Haji Mohammad Suharto . The court also awarded some $550,000 to Suharto on a...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans

On December 18, 1944, the US Supreme Court decided Korematsu v. United States, upholding the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. Read Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, under which the internments were authorized. View photos from the Japanese American internment camps, collected by the University of Utah Library.

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