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News Australia court hears constitutional challenge to national security law
Australia court hears constitutional challenge to national security law
Chris Buell
January 31, 2006 10:44:00 am

Australian anti-terror laws force courts to close off too much information to the public and prevent fair trials, a group of media organizations argued Tuesday before the New South Wales Supreme Court in the first constitutional challenge...

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News Saddam defense calls for judge to be sacked
Saddam defense calls for judge to be sacked
Chris Buell
January 31, 2006 10:25:00 am

Defense lawyers for Saddam Hussein have vowed to continue a boycott of the former Iraqi leader's trial unless the judge presiding over the trial is removed, one of the defense lawyers...

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News Trial opens for Madrid bombing suspect
Trial opens for Madrid bombing suspect
Chris Buell
January 31, 2006 10:05:00 am

A suspected mastermind of the 2004 Madrid bombings appeared in an Italian court Tuesday for an initial hearing as his trial on terror charges begins. Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed , along with an alleged accomplice,...

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News African leaders to appoint panel to decide Habre extradition
African leaders to appoint panel to decide Habre extradition
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 11:34:00 am

African Union officials are expected to ask a panel of legal experts to determine whether former Chad President Hissene Habre should be extradited to Belgium to face human rights charges, a senior African Union official...

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News Terror suspect accuses UK of ordering torture
Terror suspect accuses UK of ordering torture
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 11:10:00 am

A terror suspect accused in Spain of links to the Sept. 11 attacks has accused the UK Security Service of using rendition to arrange his torture in several Arab countries. Farid Hilali made the...

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News Kuwait parliament removes ailing leader amid showdown
Kuwait parliament removes ailing leader amid showdown
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 10:49:00 am

Kuwait's parliament on Tuesday averted a constitutional crisis by ousting seriously ill emir, Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, and handing temporary leadership to the cabinet, led by Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah. The...

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Indonesia leaders reject truth commission report on East Timor deaths
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 10:27:00 am

Indonesian leaders have rejected conclusions of an independent report that faults the Indonesian military for up to 185,000 civilian deaths in East Timor during its 24-year rule. Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Tuesday that the...

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News US soldier to face reprimand for interrogation death of Iraqi general
US soldier to face reprimand for interrogation death of Iraqi general
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 10:04:00 am

A military jury on Monday recommended issuing a reprimand rather than a prison sentence for Army Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer Jr. in connection with the interrogation death of an Iraqi general. Welshofer was convicted of negligent...

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News West Virginia legislators unanimously approve mine safety bill
West Virginia legislators unanimously approve mine safety bill
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 09:36:00 am

The West Virginia Legislature on Monday approved a bill, S. 247 , that covers a variety of mine safety improvements, including a rapid-response system, only days after a second mine accident in the state in a month...

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FBI finds post-Katrina fraud by public officials
Chris Buell
January 24, 2006 09:20:00 am

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has uncovered fraud by public officials in the wake of Hurricane Katrina , according to a top agent in the affected region. John G. Raucci, FBI special agent in Mississippi,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court decided Dartmouth College case

On February 2, 1819, the US Supreme Court decided Dartmouth College v. Woodward, ruling that the charter of a college was a contract that a state could not alter arbitrarily.

New Amsterdam incorporated

On February 2, 1653, the City of New Amsterdam was incorporated by the Dutch Republic. After the British conquest, the city was renamed New York after the Duke of York.

Breviary of Alaric put into effect by Visigoth king

King Alaric II of the Visigoths put the Breviary of Alaric, a collection of Roman laws, into effect on February 2, 506. The breviary contains constitutions and laws of the newly fallen Roman Empire, including the Theodosian code, and parts of the Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes. The Breviary of Alaric predated the Byzantine Empire's Code of Justinian by 23 years.  Read an entry on the Breviary of Alaric from the Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

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