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News Pakistan arrests former Taliban spokesperson
Pakistan arrests former Taliban spokesperson
Eric Firkel
January 5, 2009 08:51:00 am

Pakistani officials Saturday announced the re-capture of high-level Taliban operative Ustad Mohammed Yasir in the northern city of Peshawar near the Afghan border. Yasir served as senior aide and spokesman to Taliban leader Mullah Omar . He was...

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News South Korea minority party files suit against  ruling party after quashed protest
South Korea minority party files suit against ruling party after quashed protest
Eric Firkel
January 5, 2009 07:16:00 am

South Korea's minority Democratic Party filed a criminal suit Sunday after Assembly Speaker Kim Hyong-o on Saturday ordered security guards to end a sit-in by the minority party, which led to dozens of...

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News Iraq parliament rejects troop withdrawal agreement for non-US forces
Iraq parliament rejects troop withdrawal agreement for non-US forces
Eric Firkel
December 21, 2008 10:25:00 am

The Iraqi parliament Saturday voted down a status of forces draft law which would have permitted 6,000 troops from the United Kingdom, Australia, Romania, El Salvador, and Estonia to remain in the country after the current UN...

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News Iraq judge orders investigation into alleged beating of shoe-throwing journalist
Iraq judge orders investigation into alleged beating of shoe-throwing journalist
Eric Firkel
December 21, 2008 09:11:00 am

Iraqi judge Dhia Al Kinani Friday announced an investigation into the alleged beating of Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi. Al-Zaidi was allegedly beaten after throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush on December 14 during a...

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News California AG asks state supreme court to invalidate same-sex marriage ban
California AG asks state supreme court to invalidate same-sex marriage ban
Eric Firkel
December 20, 2008 09:09:00 am

California Attorney General Edmund Brown Jr. on Friday urged the Supreme Court of California to declare Proposition 8 unconstitutional . In a brief submitted to the court, Brown argued that...

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News RIAA abandons lawsuits for filesharing
RIAA abandons lawsuits for filesharing
Eric Firkel
December 20, 2008 08:31:00 am

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said Friday it will discontinue its controversial policy of suing suspected file-sharers and will instead seek cooperation with major Internet service providers (ISPs) to cut access to...

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News Europe court orders Russia to compensate families for Chechen disappearances
Europe court orders Russia to compensate families for Chechen disappearances
Eric Firkel
December 5, 2008 08:05:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday ruled on six Chechnya disappearance cases , ordering Russia to pay a total of €320,000 to the relatives of the victims. In each case, the applicants, all Russian...

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News Ex-Chad dictator Habre attempting to block Senegal trial
Ex-Chad dictator Habre attempting to block Senegal trial
Eric Firkel
December 5, 2008 07:10:00 am

Lawyers for former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre filed a complaint with the court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in October to prevent his trial for crimes against humanity...

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News ‘Millennium bomber’ re-sentenced to 22 years
‘Millennium bomber’ re-sentenced to 22 years
Eric Firkel
December 4, 2008 07:08:00 am

A federal judge on Wednesday re-issued a 22-year prison sentence for so-called "millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam . Judge John Coughenour of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington first sentenced Ressam to 22...

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News Israel top court ruling on targeted killings disregarded by military: report
Israel top court ruling on targeted killings disregarded by military: report
Eric Firkel
November 26, 2008 11:22:00 pm

Members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have killed Palestinian terror suspects in defiance of a 2006 Israeli Supreme Court ruling on targeted killings, according to Haaretz Wednesday. The 2006 ruling set up...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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