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News Munitions clean-up treaty takes effect
Munitions clean-up treaty takes effect
Caitlin Price
November 12, 2006 03:03:00 pm

A landmark international treaty governing the clean-up of unexploded munitions left over from war went into effect Sunday. The Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War , has already been ratified by 26 states . Although major...

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News US vetoes UN resolution urging Israel to respect international humanitarian law in Gaza
US vetoes UN resolution urging Israel to respect international humanitarian law in Gaza
Caitlin Price
November 11, 2006 04:21:00 pm

The United States Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning an Israeli attack on Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip on November 8 that resulted in the deaths of at least 18...

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News UN submits new Hariri tribunal draft to Lebanon
UN submits new Hariri tribunal draft to Lebanon
Caitlin Price
November 11, 2006 09:55:00 am

The United Nations inquiry commission investigating the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri Friday delivered a revised draft proposal to the Lebanese government on the establishment of an international tribunal to try...

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News Philippines president to press constitution change despite high court ruling
Philippines president to press constitution change despite high court ruling
Caitlin Price
November 5, 2006 12:48:00 pm

Philippines President Gloria Arroyo will move forward with plans for constitutional change despite last month's ruling by the nation's Supreme Court that her planned referendum on modifying the country's charter to abolish the upper house...

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News Turkish PM hears suggestions on reforming state slander penal code provision
Turkish PM hears suggestions on reforming state slander penal code provision
Caitlin Price
November 5, 2006 11:37:00 am

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Sunday with representatives of nearly a dozen non-governmental organizations to discuss possible reforms to the controversial Article 301 of Turkey's penal code, which criminalizes the denigration...

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News Rights groups sue to block local California anti-immigrant ordinance
Rights groups sue to block local California anti-immigrant ordinance
Caitlin Price
November 4, 2006 11:45:00 am

The ACLU, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) , and other rights groups filed a lawsuit Friday attempting to block an ordinance in Escondido, California , designed to prevent landlords...

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News Supreme Court to hear federal sentencing guidelines cases
Supreme Court to hear federal sentencing guidelines cases
Caitlin Price
November 4, 2006 10:56:00 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases Friday to clarify the law on federal sentencing guidelines. The cases, Claiborne v. United States, 06-5618, and Rita v. United States, 06-5754, were selected from...

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News Saddam defense team seeks last-minute delay of Dujail verdict
Saddam defense team seeks last-minute delay of Dujail verdict
Caitlin Price
November 4, 2006 10:07:00 am

Saddam Hussein's defense team asked the Iraqi High Tribunal Friday to delay its now-expected Sunday verdict in the Dujail crimes against humanity case against the ousted Iraqi leader, saying in a letter obtained by...

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News Serbia adopts new constitution in last-minute voter surge
Serbia adopts new constitution in last-minute voter surge
Caitlin Price
October 29, 2006 04:15:00 pm

Last-minute voter turnout pushed the proposed new Serbian constitution over the required 50% margin for adoption late Sunday. The two-day referendum on the draft charter, which includes a controversial preamble asserting Serbia's ongoing claim to Kosovo, got...

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News Proposed UK flag burning ban prompts outcry from rights groups
Proposed UK flag burning ban prompts outcry from rights groups
Caitlin Price
October 29, 2006 03:02:00 pm

A UK proposal to criminalize flag burning has drawn the ire of human rights groups, according to the BBC Sunday. The idea, submitted by Scotland Yard to Attorney General Lord Goldsmith , is aimed at curbing unruly protestors...

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Eight executed for witchcraft in Salem

On September 22, 1692, two men and six women were executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.

Read more about the Salem witchcraft trials in JURIST's Famous Trials series.

Queen Victoria becomes the longest-reigning monarch in UK history

On September 22, 1896, Queen Victoria became the longest-reigning monarch in English history. One of the country's most successful rulers, Victoria oversaw the expansion of the British Empire to its greatest height of power during her reign of 63 years and 7 months.
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