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News DOJ report says officials applied politicized hiring practices
DOJ report says officials applied politicized hiring practices
Deirdre Jurand
July 29, 2008 06:48:00 am

The US Justice Department Offices of Inspector General and Professional Responsibility concluded in a report issued Monday that department aides illegally made hiring decisions based on consideration of applicants' political and ideological beliefs. In early...

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News Palestinian officials failing to prevent mistreatment by security forces: reports
Palestinian officials failing to prevent mistreatment by security forces: reports
Deirdre Jurand
July 28, 2008 02:28:00 pm

A report released Monday by Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq indicates that officials for Palestinian security and military agencies frequently detain, torture and mistreat citizens from the Gaza Strip and the West...

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News Newspapers press Senate to pass media shield bill
Newspapers press Senate to pass media shield bill
Deirdre Jurand
July 28, 2008 10:07:00 am

Newspapers in Tennessee, California, Georgia, and Ohio and several other states carried editorials Monday in support of US Senate passage of a proposed federal reporter shield law , of the law, citing the...

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News Most Ireland voters oppose second referendum on Treaty of Lisbon: poll
Most Ireland voters oppose second referendum on Treaty of Lisbon: poll
Deirdre Jurand
July 28, 2008 08:18:00 am

New poll results released Sunday by think tank Open Europe indicate that Irish voters do not support a second referendum on the EU reform treaty , formally known as the Treaty...

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News US futures commission sues trading  fund over alleged gas price manipulation
US futures commission sues trading fund over alleged gas price manipulation
Deirdre Jurand
July 25, 2008 02:46:00 pm

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a lawsuit Thursday against international trading fund Optiver Holding BV and some of its subsidiaries and employees, alleging that the company...

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News ‘Enhanced’ interrogation techniques can be lawful: DOJ memos
‘Enhanced’ interrogation techniques can be lawful: DOJ memos
Deirdre Jurand
July 25, 2008 01:48:00 pm

Three Department of Justice (DOJ) memos released Thursday indicate that certain enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding , are lawful and that those who employ them in good faith lack the specific intent required to...

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News House committee holds mortgage and forclosure legislation hearing
House committee holds mortgage and forclosure legislation hearing
Deirdre Jurand
July 25, 2008 11:50:00 am

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) said during a Committee hearing Friday that providing inducements to those who hold liens was the only practical legislative solution to the country's so-called "sub-prime mortgage collapse," and...

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News Convictions of Iowa illegal immigrants violated due process: House testimony
Convictions of Iowa illegal immigrants violated due process: House testimony
Deirdre Jurand
July 25, 2008 08:23:00 am

Lawyers and professors testified before the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Thursday that the government process used to arrest and convict illegal immigrants in Iowa in May was illegal and violated the immigrants'...

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News US securities class actions threaten economy: Chamber of Commerce affiliate
US securities class actions threaten economy: Chamber of Commerce affiliate
Deirdre Jurand
July 24, 2008 01:26:00 pm

Officials at the US Chamber of Commerce's affiliate, the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) , said in a report released Thursday that the system of heavy securities class action litigation in the US is...

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News ICTY convicts journalist for exposing witness in war crimes trial
ICTY convicts journalist for exposing witness in war crimes trial
Deirdre Jurand
July 24, 2008 10:11:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday convicted a Kosovar journalist on contempt of court charges and fined him 7,000 euros for revealing the identity of a witness in...

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Guyana gains independence

On May 26, 1966, Guyana gained independence from the United Kingdom.

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