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News Sixth Samsung executive pleads guilty to computer memory price-fixing
Sixth Samsung executive pleads guilty to computer memory price-fixing
Gabriel Haboubi
April 19, 2007 08:20:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that a Korean executive at Samsung Electronics has pleaded guilty to a large conspiracy that fixed the price of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), affecting...

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News DOJ seeks dismissal of Guantanamo habeas cases
DOJ seeks dismissal of Guantanamo habeas cases
Gabriel Haboubi
April 19, 2007 07:16:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday sought the dismissal of all pending Guantanamo Bay detainee habeas corpus cases in the US District Court for the District of Columbia ....

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News Israel army suspends commander after new human shield video surfaces
Israel army suspends commander after new human shield video surfaces
Gabriel Haboubi
April 13, 2007 04:58:00 pm

An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) commander was suspended Friday after video footage taken in the West Bank Wednesday showed IDF soldiers under his control ordering two Palestinian teens to stand in front of their vehicle to protect...

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News Pakistanis continue protests over suspension of chief justice
Pakistanis continue protests over suspension of chief justice
Gabriel Haboubi
April 13, 2007 04:10:00 pm

Critics of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf continued protests Friday outside the venue of the latest court hearing on the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry , burning an effigy...

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News Federal judge dismisses Vioxx securities class action
Federal judge dismisses Vioxx securities class action
Gabriel Haboubi
April 13, 2007 03:35:00 pm

A New Jersey federal judge dismissed a class action brought by investors of Merck & Co. Thursday, ruling that the suit was filed after the statute of limitations had run . The investors had said...

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News US compensation files for Iraqi, Afghan civilian deaths released under FOIA
US compensation files for Iraqi, Afghan civilian deaths released under FOIA
Gabriel Haboubi
April 12, 2007 08:57:00 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Thursday released data obtained under a June 2006 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, documenting civilian casualties caused by US military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan [JURIST...

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News Mississippi high court upholds conviction of former KKK organizer Killen
Mississippi high court upholds conviction of former KKK organizer Killen
Gabriel Haboubi
April 12, 2007 08:51:00 pm

The Mississippi Supreme Court Thursday upheld the manslaughter convictions of former Ku Klux Klan organizer Edgar Ray Killen . Killen, now 82, was sentenced to 60 years in prison in 2005, receiving...

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News Sri Lanka using anti-terror laws to silence dissident journalists: HRW
Sri Lanka using anti-terror laws to silence dissident journalists: HRW
Gabriel Haboubi
April 12, 2007 07:41:00 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday that the government of Sri Lanka is using its anti-terror legislation to silence journalists who expose governmental human rights abuses and corruption or question how...

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News Federal appeals court denies jurisdiction over US citizen facing Iraqi death penalty
Federal appeals court denies jurisdiction over US citizen facing Iraqi death penalty
Gabriel Haboubi
April 6, 2007 05:27:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that it lacks authority to interfere with an Iraqi court conviction and pending death sentence for US...

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News UN lawyer to discuss Hariri tribunal delay with Lebanon parliament speaker
UN lawyer to discuss Hariri tribunal delay with Lebanon parliament speaker
Gabriel Haboubi
April 6, 2007 04:54:00 pm

UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel will meet with Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri about the latter's efforts at stalling the establishment of an international tribunal to probe the 2005 assassination of former...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Knights Templar arrested in France on false charges

French members of the Crusade-era chivalric order the Knights Templar, including Grand Master Jacques de Molay, were arrested upon the orders of King Phillip IV of France on October 13, 1307. The group was baselessly accused of multiple offenses, including idolatry and homosexual acts. The Templars would be tried for these offenses before being disbanded officially by Pope Clement V in 1312. Learn more about the Knights Templar.

Rosenbergs' espionage appeal denied by Supreme Court

On October 13, 1952, the US Supreme Court announced that it had declined to grant certiorari in the appeal of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, condemned to death for conspiracy to commit atomic espionage for the Soviet Union. Justice William O. Douglas eventually granted a stay of execution on June 17, 1953, but that order was vacated by the full Court and the Rosenbergs were executed on June 19, 1953. Learn more about the Rosenbergs' case from the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Greenwich Mean Time established as universal standard

On October 13, 1884, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was declared universal time by the International Meridian Conference, a gathering of 25 nations from around the globe.
Read the proceedings of the International Meridian Conference from Project Gutenberg.

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