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November 4, 2008 12:03:00 pm

The Singapore Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) on Tuesday filed an application accusing the Wall Street Journal Asia (WSJA) of undermining the independence and integrity of the country's judiciary. Citing two WSJA...

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Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. on Monday settled an antitrust suit with Discover Financial Services for $2.75 billion. Under the settlement, $1.8875 billion was apportioned to Visa and $862.5 million to Mastercard [press...

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Georgia high court declares sex offender laws unconstitutional for homeless
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October 27, 2008 02:31:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled on Monday that current state laws regarding sex offenders are unconstitutional as applied to homeless people. The ruling was in response to the appeal of William James Santos, a...

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October 21, 2008 12:04:00 pm

Amnesty International and the Nigerian Legal Defense and Assistance Project (LEDAP) condemned Nigeria's capital punishment practices in a joint report released Tuesday, claiming that death row inmates are being denied their rights to...

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On February 10, 1947, the Honourable Louise Arbour was born in Montreal, Canada. Arbour became a distinguished Canadian and International Jurist, serving as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, as Chief Prosecutor for War Crimes with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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