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News China presents anti-secession law permitting ‘non-peaceful’ reunification
China presents anti-secession law permitting ‘non-peaceful’ reunification
D. Wes Rist
March 8, 2005 10:50:00 am

Vice Chairman Wang Zhaoguo of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress formally presented the draft version of China's controversial anti-secession law to China's National People's Congress on Tuesday. The NPC, China's parliament, will...

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News EU warns Turkey not to recriminalize adultery
EU warns Turkey not to recriminalize adultery
D. Wes Rist
March 8, 2005 10:29:00 am

EU Enlargement Commissioner Gunther Verheugen has warned Turkey not to pursue legislation currently before the Turkish Parliament that would recriminalize adultery. Adultery had been struck down as a punishable crime by the Turkish...

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News Perisic surrenders to ICTY, indictment released
Perisic surrenders to ICTY, indictment released
D. Wes Rist
March 7, 2005 11:59:00 am

Former Yugoslav army general Momcilo Perisic arrived in The Hague Monday as anticipated to surrender to officials from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Perisic has been charged with eight counts of crimes against humanity...

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News Rwanda mayor begins genocide appeal
Rwanda mayor begins genocide appeal
D. Wes Rist
March 7, 2005 10:51:00 am

Former Rwandan mayor Juvenal Kajelijeli Monday began his courtroom appeal of a life sentence imposed on himm in 2003 by the UN-created International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda . Kajelijeli, onetime mayor...

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News Syria pledges Lebanon troop pullback by end of March
Syria pledges Lebanon troop pullback by end of March
D. Wes Rist
March 7, 2005 10:32:00 am

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese President Emile Lahoud agreed at a summit Monday that Syria would pull its troops back from their current positions in Lebanon and move to the Bekaa Valley...

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News Annan calls emergency Security Council session on Sudan
Annan calls emergency Security Council session on Sudan
D. Wes Rist
March 7, 2005 09:51:00 am

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called an emergency, closed-door session of the UN Security Council for Monday to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Darfur region of Sudan, as well as the proposed deployment of over 10,000...

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News International brief ~ France sets date for EU constitution vote
International brief ~ France sets date for EU constitution vote
D. Wes Rist
March 4, 2005 11:57:00 am

In Friday's international brief, France has announced that it will hold a national referendum on the European constitution on May 29. France just recently approved an amendment to its constitution to allow such...

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News International brief ~ US Senators call for UN sanctions against Sudan
International brief ~ US Senators call for UN sanctions against Sudan
D. Wes Rist
March 3, 2005 11:35:00 am

In Thursday's international brief, two US Senators have called for the UN Security Council to impose heavy sanctions on the Sudanese government for forcing the genocide of thousands in Darfur to end. Senators Sam Brownback...

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News Hong Kong leader’s resignation presents legal problem
Hong Kong leader’s resignation presents legal problem
D. Wes Rist
March 2, 2005 10:45:00 am

Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee Hwa is reportedly going to step down from office as the leader of the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong for health reasons. Tung took the leadership...

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News FERC releases tapes, transcripts of Enron shady dealings
FERC releases tapes, transcripts of Enron shady dealings
D. Wes Rist
March 2, 2005 10:36:00 am

Thousands of hours of audio tapes and transcripts of conversations of Enron traders talking about, or engaging in, violations of federal regulations were released Tuesday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission . FERC has indicated that it will...

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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

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