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News Pakistan issues arrest warrant for former President Musharraf in death of Bhutto
Pakistan issues arrest warrant for former President Musharraf in death of Bhutto
Carrie Schimizzi
February 13, 2011 12:27:48 pm

An arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf was issued Saturday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in connection with the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto . The court...

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News UK parliament rejects prisoner voting rights despite ECHR ruling
UK parliament rejects prisoner voting rights despite ECHR ruling
Carrie Schimizzi
February 11, 2011 09:20:15 am

The UK House of Commons voted Thursday to reject a controversial European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling and continue preventing prisoners from voting in British elections. Voting to extend the ban by...

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News Iran prison officials executed over protester deaths
Iran prison officials executed over protester deaths
Carrie Schimizzi
February 6, 2011 01:28:17 pm

The Iranian government has executed two men convicted of killing three anti-government protesters in prison in 2009, according to a report Sunday by pro-government website Khabarnameh Daneshjooyan. The execution of the two prison officials was reported [AFP...

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News Federal judge finds US government in contempt for drilling moratorium
Federal judge finds US government in contempt for drilling moratorium
Carrie Schimizzi
February 4, 2011 08:47:52 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday found the US Department of Interior (DOI) in contempt and ordered the department to pay attorney's fees for Hornbeck...

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News Ukraine prosecutors launch new investigation of ex-PM Tymoshenko
Ukraine prosecutors launch new investigation of ex-PM Tymoshenko
Carrie Schimizzi
January 28, 2011 07:32:07 am

Ukrainian prosecutors announced Thursday that they have opened a new criminal investigation of opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . The prosecution's office alleges Tymoshenko, whose government was dissolved...

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News Commission concludes Israel did not violate international law in flotilla raid
Commission concludes Israel did not violate international law in flotilla raid
Carrie Schimizzi
January 23, 2011 03:01:01 pm

A civilian committee assigned to investigate the May 31 Israeli raid on several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip on concluded that Israel did not violate international law . The Turkel Commission [official...

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News Sudan referendum voters overwhelmingly in favor of secession
Sudan referendum voters overwhelmingly in favor of secession
Carrie Schimizzi
January 23, 2011 02:21:01 pm

An overwhelming 98.8 percent of voters in Southern Sudan's Independence Referendum last week voted in favor of secession according to preliminary results released Saturday by the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission . The poll results are not...

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Verizon files lawsuit challenging FCC ‘net neutrality’ regulations
Carrie Schimizzi
January 21, 2011 08:12:36 am

Verizon on Thursday filed an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging new net neutrality rules that will allow the government...

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Military commission recommends allowing women to serve in direct military combat
Carrie Schimizzi
January 16, 2011 05:16:48 pm

A US Military panel has recommended in its latest report released Friday that women should be allowed to serve on the front lines of combat. The Military Leadership Diversity Commission (MLDC) , comprised of retired and...

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UN rights chief urges investigation into protestor deaths in Tunisia
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January 14, 2011 10:04:17 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged the Tunisian government to investigate the recent deaths of public protestors and called on government security forces to admit use of excessive...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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