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News Japan protesters divided on calls for constitutional reform
Japan protesters divided on calls for constitutional reform
Caitlin Price
May 4, 2009 03:46:00 pm

Japanese activists demonstrated Sunday on Japan's 62nd Constitution Day to voice opposing views about an approaching referendum on the country's pacifist constitution . Efforts to reform the constitution are particularly focused on Article...

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Spain judge orders investigation of Israel role in 2002 Gaza bombing to continue
Caitlin Price
May 4, 2009 02:10:00 pm

A Spanish National Court judge on Monday ordered investigations to continue into alleged crimes against humanity committed in a 2002 Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip ,...

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Obama may continue military commission process: NYT
Caitlin Price
May 2, 2009 02:14:00 pm

The Obama administration may reinstitute controversial military commission proceedings for Guantanamo Bay military prison detainees in an announcement as early as next week, according to a New York Times report ...

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News Fiji suspended from 16-nation bloc after failing to schedule elections
Fiji suspended from 16-nation bloc after failing to schedule elections
Caitlin Price
May 2, 2009 11:55:00 am

The Pacific Islands Forum on Saturday suspended Fiji's membership in the 16-nation bloc after Fiji's current military government failed to meet a May 1 deadline to schedule elections. Niue Premier and Forum Chairman Toke Talagi...

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News Pennsylvania court overturns hundreds of juvenile sentences in judge kickback scandal
Pennsylvania court overturns hundreds of juvenile sentences in judge kickback scandal
Caitlin Price
March 26, 2009 03:58:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Thursday ordered hundreds of juvenile convictions to be overturned and records to be expunged without hearing pursuant to the recommendation of a Special Master , in an attempt...

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Taiwan corruption trial begins for ex-president Chen
Caitlin Price
March 26, 2009 03:04:00 pm

The corruption trial of former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian opened Thursday, one day after Chen criticized the proceedings as "political persecution." Chen was indicted in December and faces possible life in prison...

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Bangladesh lifts ban on YouTube for publishing mutiny meeting audio
Caitlin Price
March 12, 2009 12:04:00 pm

Officials from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said Thursday that a ban on video-sharing website YouTube has been lifted, but did not comment on access to several other blocked websites that also posted a...

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News Iraq shoe-throwing journalist sentenced to 3 years in prison
Iraq shoe-throwing journalist sentenced to 3 years in prison
Caitlin Price
March 12, 2009 11:07:00 am

The Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) on Thursday sentenced Muntadar al-Zaidi , the Iraqi journalist accused of throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, to three years in...

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News Iran to seek INTERPOL arrest warrants for Israeli war crimes suspects
Iran to seek INTERPOL arrest warrants for Israeli war crimes suspects
Caitlin Price
March 5, 2009 03:01:00 pm

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court will seek INTERPOL arrest warrants for more than 100 Israelis on war crimes charges stemming from the conflict in Gaza , prosecutors said Thursday. Iran announced in December that it would establish...

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Supreme Court rules state law not preempted in drug labeling case
Caitlin Price
March 4, 2009 10:31:00 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Wyeth v. Levine that the drug labeling requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) do...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

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