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News Fifth Circuit vacates conviction of ex-KKK member tried for civil rights era killings
Fifth Circuit vacates conviction of ex-KKK member tried for civil rights era killings
Caitlin Price
September 10, 2008 10:01:00 am

A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday vacated the conviction of former Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member James Ford...

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News Former Taiwan president cleared on defamation charges in frigate scandal
Former Taiwan president cleared on defamation charges in frigate scandal
Caitlin Price
September 9, 2008 02:44:00 pm

The Taipei District Court on Tuesday cleared former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian of defamation charges stemming from Taiwan's 1991 purchase of six frigates from France. Six retired Taiwanese admirals filed suit against Chen following his...

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News Thailand high court ousts PM for accepting payment from cooking show appearance
Thailand high court ousts PM for accepting payment from cooking show appearance
Caitlin Price
September 9, 2008 11:09:00 am

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his cabinet were ousted Tuesday following a guilty verdict from the Constitutional Court of Thailand on the charge that Samak violated the constitution...

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News Israel cabinet backs bill restricting Supreme Court review power
Israel cabinet backs bill restricting Supreme Court review power
Caitlin Price
September 7, 2008 03:38:00 pm

The Israeli cabinet on Sunday voted 13-11 in support of a bill to restrict the ability of the Israeli Supreme Court to overturn laws passed by the Knesset and granting the Knesset authority...

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News Bolivia president seeks congressional approval on constitutional referendum
Bolivia president seeks congressional approval on constitutional referendum
Caitlin Price
September 7, 2008 01:50:00 pm

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Saturday on state television plans to send a bill to the Bolivian National Congress seeking approval of a national referendum on proposed reforms to the country's...

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News DOJ charges retired US Army engineer in Israel spy conspiracy
DOJ charges retired US Army engineer in Israel spy conspiracy
Caitlin Price
April 22, 2008 05:49:00 pm

Federal authorities have arrested and charged 84-year-old American citizen Ben-Ami Kadish on four counts of conspiracy to disclose US defense and nuclear weaponry documents to Israel and to act as an Israeli agent, the US Department...

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News ICTY partially overturns war crimes convictions of Bosnian Muslims
ICTY partially overturns war crimes convictions of Bosnian Muslims
Caitlin Price
April 22, 2008 03:59:00 pm

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Tuesday partially overturned the convictions of former Bosnian Muslim General Enver Hadzihasanovic and former Brigadier Amir...

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News US appeals court rules EPA ex-chief not liable for post-9/11 air quality statements
US appeals court rules EPA ex-chief not liable for post-9/11 air quality statements
Caitlin Price
April 22, 2008 01:50:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that Christine Todd Whitman , former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , cannot be sued for making allegedly misleading reassurances about the...

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News UN SG calls for ‘long overdue’ trials of Khmer Rouge leaders
UN SG calls for ‘long overdue’ trials of Khmer Rouge leaders
Caitlin Price
April 15, 2008 04:40:00 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday marked the tenth anniversary of the death of dictator Pol Pot by urging the international community and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website;...

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News Federal appeals court hears challenge to Sarbanes-Oxley oversight board
Federal appeals court hears challenge to Sarbanes-Oxley oversight board
Caitlin Price
April 15, 2008 04:00:00 pm

A three-judge panel in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments Tuesday regarding the constitutionality of a private body established by Congress to oversee accounting practices in publicly traded companies. In 2006, conservative...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Rosenbergs convicted of espionage

On March 29, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of passing US atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The couple was sentenced to death on April 3 under the Espionage Act of 1917, 18 U.S.C 794. They were then executed two years later on June 19, 1953 in New York State's Sing Sing Prison. View the FBI's files on the Rosenbergs.

British parliament passed act creating Canada

On March 29, 1867, the British Parliament passed the British North America Act, a constitutional document creating a united Dominion of Canada. It went into effect on July 1 that year.

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