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News ICTY rules Serb commander in Dubrovnik siege unfit to stand trial
ICTY rules Serb commander in Dubrovnik siege unfit to stand trial
Elizabeth Schultz
April 13, 2006 09:13:00 am

Vladimir Kovacevic , a Serbian commander charged with war crimes for his part in the 1991 attack on the Croatian city of Dubrovnik, has been declared unfit to stand trial because of...

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News Senate Judiciary chairman urges Bush, Cheney to explain leaks
Senate Judiciary chairman urges Bush, Cheney to explain leaks
Elizabeth Schultz
April 9, 2006 12:56:00 pm

US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) Sunday urged President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to go public about their roles in disclosure of classified information in the CIA leak case ....

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News UK rights envoy says some Iraqi detainees in a ‘black hole’
UK rights envoy says some Iraqi detainees in a ‘black hole’
Elizabeth Schultz
April 9, 2006 12:42:00 pm

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal envoy on human rights has told the Observer newspaper in an interview published Sunday that some Iraqis who have been detained by Coalition forces since the start of the war in Iraq have...

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News Israeli PM Sharon to be declared officially incapacitated
Israeli PM Sharon to be declared officially incapacitated
Elizabeth Schultz
April 9, 2006 11:42:00 am

The Israeli Justice Ministry said Sunday that Israel will declare Prime Minister Ariel Sharon officially incapacitated on Tuesday. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in early January. Acting...

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News Thousands march in Nepal protests despite curfew, government threats
Thousands march in Nepal protests despite curfew, government threats
Elizabeth Schultz
April 9, 2006 11:13:00 am

Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu Sunday despite a Saturday-imposed curfew and threats from the government to shoot violators on sight. Scuffles with police, one death, and numerous injuries were...

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News ‘Minuteman’ private border patrols restart amidst heated immigration debate
‘Minuteman’ private border patrols restart amidst heated immigration debate
Elizabeth Schultz
April 2, 2006 11:51:00 am

Members of the private Minuteman Civil Defense Corps have begun a new month-long campaign in US states bordering Mexico and Canada to raise public awareness of illegal immigration. Minuteman volunteers watch the borders...

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News French CPE labor law goes on the books despite controversy
French CPE labor law goes on the books despite controversy
Elizabeth Schultz
April 2, 2006 11:06:00 am

A controversial French labor law that has prompted strikes and mass demonstrations by students and workers across France was officially published Sunday in France's Journal officiel gazette after being signed by President Jacques Chirac . The...

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News Taylor set for first war crimes court appearance as lawyer appeals for defense funds
Taylor set for first war crimes court appearance as lawyer appeals for defense funds
Elizabeth Schultz
April 2, 2006 10:09:00 am

Former Liberian president and accused war criminal Charles Taylor is set to make his first appearance in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) before Justice Richard Lussick at Freetown on Monday,...

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News French Interior Minister calls for labor law compromise
French Interior Minister calls for labor law compromise
Elizabeth Schultz
March 26, 2006 11:43:00 am

France's Interior Minister and anticipated 2007 French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has called for a compromise over a new youth labor law - the so-called First Employment Contract (contrat première embauche, CPE)...

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News Sierra Leone war crimes court calls for Nigeria to detain Taylor immediately
Sierra Leone war crimes court calls for Nigeria to detain Taylor immediately
Elizabeth Schultz
March 26, 2006 10:58:00 am

The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Sunday called on the Nigerian government to immediately detain former Liberian president and accused war criminal Charles Taylor so that he does not disappear before being...

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11th Amendent to US Constitution ratified

On February 7, 1795, the 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution took effect with ratification by North Carolina. Adopted in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court's ruling in Chisholm v. Georgia, the Amendment limited the jurisdiction of the federal courts to automatically hear cases brought against a state by the citizens of another state.

Learn more about the meaning and history of the 11th Amendment from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

Maastricht Treaty signed, creating EU

On February 7, 1992, the Maastricht Treaty was signed by the members of the European Community, creating the European Union. Officially called the Treaty on the European Union, the original Maastricht Treaty went into force on November 1, 1993. The current Maastricht Treaty includes amendments from later EU treaties.

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