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News Myanmar activists sentenced to prison for protest commemoration march
Myanmar activists sentenced to prison for protest commemoration march
Deirdre Jurand
August 17, 2008 10:08:00 am

Officials of Myanmar opposition group the National League for Democracy (NLD) said Sunday that the government has sentenced five of its members to prison for participating in a march commemorating the mass student protests against the junta...

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News Belarus government frees jailed opposition leader
Belarus government frees jailed opposition leader
Deirdre Jurand
August 17, 2008 08:51:00 am

Belarusian officials released opposition politician Alexander Kozulin from prison Saturday after two years' detention for staging political protests. Kozulin was sentenced to more than five years in prison in July 2006 for leading unauthorized protests...

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News China court sentences former Shanghai official  to death for corruption
China court sentences former Shanghai official to death for corruption
Deirdre Jurand
August 16, 2008 09:41:00 am

Chinese media reported Friday that the Shanghai Municipal First Intermediate People's Court sentenced a former city official to death after being convicted of multiple corruption charges on Thursday, though the sentence will not be imposed for...

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News Israel must suspend plan to demolish homes of suspected terrorists: HRW
Israel must suspend plan to demolish homes of suspected terrorists: HRW
Deirdre Jurand
August 10, 2008 12:19:00 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday asked the Israeli government to stop official plans to demolish or confiscate the homes of those suspected of terrorism, calling such plans a violation of international law. The request...

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News Indonesia group protests US Congress letter seeking prisoner release
Indonesia group protests US Congress letter seeking prisoner release
Deirdre Jurand
August 10, 2008 11:20:00 am

Members of the Muslim group Hizbut Tahir Indonesia (HTI) held a demonstration outside the US Consulate General and the US embassy in Jakarta Sunday to protest a letter sent by members of US...

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News SEC investigating bank over auction-rate securities sales
SEC investigating bank over auction-rate securities sales
Deirdre Jurand
August 9, 2008 12:43:00 pm

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. disclosed Friday in its quarterly report that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating possible breaches of procedure by one of the bank's subsidiaries in...

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News UN celebrates adoption of indigenous rights declaration
UN celebrates adoption of indigenous rights declaration
Deirdre Jurand
August 9, 2008 11:51:00 am

The UN observed its fourteenth International Day of the World’s Indigenous People Saturday, marking the first observance since the September 2007 adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ....

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News Special Darfur prosecutor appointed by Sudan justice minister
Special Darfur prosecutor appointed by Sudan justice minister
Deirdre Jurand
August 6, 2008 11:12:00 am

Sudan Justice Minister Abdel-Basit Sabdarat said Wednesday that he had named one primary prosecutor and three assistants to investigate and try war crimes suspects from the country's Darfur region . The International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

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News Hamdan found guilty by Guantanamo military commission jury
Hamdan found guilty by Guantanamo military commission jury
Deirdre Jurand
August 6, 2008 10:31:00 am

The jury in the military commission trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan found Hamdan guilty on Wednesday of providing material support for terrorism, marking the first verdict rendered by a military commission trial at Guantanamo...

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News ICE launches voluntary deportation program for illegal immigrants
ICE launches voluntary deportation program for illegal immigrants
Deirdre Jurand
August 6, 2008 10:00:00 am

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a new program Tuesday that allows certain illegal immigrants to coordinate their removal from the US with ICE without the risk of home raids, arrest or...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

LA Riots break out following beating of Rodney King

Riots that would grip the city of Los Angeles, California for six days broke out on April 29, 1992, after LAPD officers who beat Rodney King while being filmed were acquitted by a jury. The verdict ignited a powder keg of discontent about police discrimination against LA's Black community. The riots would result in more than 60 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. Learn more about the LA Riots from NPR.

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits member nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Oliver Ellsworth born

Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States and primary author of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1745.

Learn more about Oliver Ellsworth.

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