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News International Maritime Bureau reports global piracy down by half in 2012
International Maritime Bureau reports global piracy down by half in 2012
Dan Taglioli
July 23, 2012 02:35:21 pm

The International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau (IMB) on Monday reported that the number of global pirate attacks fell sharply in the first half of 2012. The IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC)...

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News Kodak loses patent lawsuit appeal against Apple and RIM
Kodak loses patent lawsuit appeal against Apple and RIM
Dan Taglioli
July 23, 2012 01:38:31 pm

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) on Friday upheld a ruling by its administrative law judge (ALJ) that Apple and Research in Motion (RIM) did not illegitimately use digital image preview technology patented...

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News Federal Circuit rehears cancer gene patent lawsuit
Federal Circuit rehears cancer gene patent lawsuit
Dan Taglioli
July 23, 2012 12:06:47 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday heard arguments in Association for Molecular Pathology v. US Patent and Trademark Office (AMP), an ongoing case that challenged a Utah company's patent on two genes...

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News ICJ rules Senegal must try or extradite former Chad dictator Hissene Habre
ICJ rules Senegal must try or extradite former Chad dictator Hissene Habre
Dan Taglioli
July 20, 2012 12:55:37 pm

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Friday that Senegal must promptly either put on trial or extradite to Belgium Chadian ex-president Hissene Habre . The court's legally binding order also...

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News Security Council extends UN mandate for Syria
Security Council extends UN mandate for Syria
Dan Taglioli
July 20, 2012 12:21:37 pm

The UN Security Council on Friday extended the UN monitoring mission in Syria for an additional 30 days. The mandate for the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) , deployed as part of the peace plan...

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News Egypt president releases 572 prisoners convicted by military tribunals
Egypt president releases 572 prisoners convicted by military tribunals
Dan Taglioli
July 20, 2012 11:19:00 am

Newly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Thursday ordered the release of 572 people who had been convicted by the military. Morsi, Egypt's first elected civilian president, had formed a committee to review all...

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News Georgia court declines to halt execution of mentally disabled death row inmate
Georgia court declines to halt execution of mentally disabled death row inmate
Dan Taglioli
July 20, 2012 10:36:53 am

The Butts County Superior Court on Thursday denied requests to halt the execution of Georgia death row inmate Warren Hill. Hill was convicted of two counts of murder but argues he should not be executed because he is mentally...

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China court rejects tax penalty appeal brought by famous dissident artist
Dan Taglioli
July 20, 2012 09:39:43 am

Beijing's Chaoyang District Court on Friday rejected the appeal brought by dissident artist Ai Weiwei challenging the government's imposition of 15 million yuan (USD $2.4 million) tax evasion penalty. The fine was leveled against Fake Cultural Development...

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News Charles Taylor appeals war crimes convictions
Charles Taylor appeals war crimes convictions
Dan Taglioli
July 19, 2012 04:05:04 pm

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Thursday appealed his conviction and 50-year sentence for war crimes committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone . Taylor's appeal states that the...

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News Reproductive rights group releases report detailing 2012 abortion laws
Reproductive rights group releases report detailing 2012 abortion laws
Dan Taglioli
July 19, 2012 03:06:13 pm

The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) released its annual mid-year report summarizing some of the trends observed in 2012 in the ongoing US reproductive rights controversy and highlighting some of what the CRR considers the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

Learn more about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

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