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News Israel PM appoints former Supreme Court judge to head flotilla raid probe
Israel PM appoints former Supreme Court judge to head flotilla raid probe
Daniel Richey
June 13, 2010 04:24:43 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced the composition of an internal probe into the May 31 Israeli raid on several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip . To...

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News Mauritius to try accused Somali pirates
Mauritius to try accused Somali pirates
Daniel Richey
June 13, 2010 02:37:30 pm

Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam announced Saturday that his country will begin to try and imprison suspected pirates . Ramgoolam, who announced the policy after meeting with EU security officials, said that Mauritius had to...

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News UK appeals court rejects use of secret evidence in detainee torture case
UK appeals court rejects use of secret evidence in detainee torture case
Daniel Richey
May 4, 2010 12:45:09 pm

The England and Wales Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that state intelligence agencies cannot use secret evidence in their defense against abuse accusations by Binyam Mohamed and several other UK...

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News Kyrgyzstan interim government charges ousted president with murder
Kyrgyzstan interim government charges ousted president with murder
Daniel Richey
April 27, 2010 12:07:00 pm

Officials in Kyrgyzstan's interim government said Tuesday that ousted former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev has been charged with mass murder, for which he will be tried in absentia. The charges stem from an April 7...

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News Kyrgyzstan interim government charges ousted president with murder
Kyrgyzstan interim government charges ousted president with murder
Daniel Richey
April 27, 2010 12:02:26 pm

Officials in Kyrgyzstan's interim government said Tuesday that ousted former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev has been charged with mass murder, for which he will be tried in absentia. The charges stem from an April 7...

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News Thailand pro-government ‘yellow shirts’ call for martial law to end protests
Thailand pro-government ‘yellow shirts’ call for martial law to end protests
Daniel Richey
April 26, 2010 09:46:47 am

Thailand's pro-government People's Alliance for Democracy Network , known as "yellow shirts," called Monday for a declaration of martial law to quell the anti-government movement spearheaded by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship...

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Thailand pro-government ‘yellow shirts’ call for martial law to end protests
Daniel Richey
April 26, 2010 08:52:00 am

Thailand's pro-government People's Alliance for Democracy Network , known as "yellow shirts," called Monday for a declaration of martial law to quell the anti-government movement spearheaded by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship...

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News UK government to compensate pilot wrongly detained after 9/11
UK government to compensate pilot wrongly detained after 9/11
Daniel Richey
April 23, 2010 03:48:00 pm

Officials from the UK Ministry of Justice announced Friday that the government will award compensation to Lotfi Raissi, an Algerian-born UK man wrongfully detained in the wake of the 9/11 attacks . Raissi was jailed...

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News Iran court sentences 3 progressive activists to prison
Iran court sentences 3 progressive activists to prison
Daniel Richey
April 19, 2010 09:21:00 am

A Tehran Revolutionary Court on Monday sentenced three prominent progressive activists to six years in prison in connection with protests following the controversial re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [BBC profile; JURIST news...

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News UN rights chief denounces Hamas executions
UN rights chief denounces Hamas executions
Daniel Richey
April 16, 2010 01:29:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday decried the recent decision by Hamas to execute several of its prisoners. On Thursday, the de-facto government of Palestinian Gaza...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Sandra Day O'Connor confirmed as first female US Supreme Court justice

On September 21, 1981, the US Senate approved the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the US Supreme Court by a vote of 99-0, making her the first female Supreme Court justice. Learn more about Justice O'Connor from Oyez.

Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines

On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation 1081, implementing martial law in the Philippines. Marcos used the proclamation not only to suppress a communist insurgency but to eliminate political opponents as well. He remained in power until he was forced from office and into exile by the People Power Revolution in 1986.

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