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No charges in UK ‘cash for honors’ scandal
Gabriel Haboubi
July 20, 2007 01:34:00 pm

The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Friday that no charges would be filed against associates of former Prime Minister Tony Blair , some of whom had been arrested ...

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UK parliamentary committee calls for reforms to attorney general position
Gabriel Haboubi
July 19, 2007 05:36:00 pm

UK parliamentarians on the Constitutional Affairs Committee called Thursday for reforms to the role of the Attorney General for England and Wales, saying conflicts between political and legal aspects of the position make it "not...

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Russia expels 4 UK diplomats as Lugovoy extradition dispute deepens
Gabriel Haboubi
July 19, 2007 04:41:00 pm

Russia expelled four British diplomats and suspended counter-terrorism cooperation with the UK Thursday in response to Monday's expulsion of four Russian diplomats from the UK in protest over Russia's refusal to extradite Russian citizen...

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News Sierra Leone war crimes court sentences junta leaders to prison
Sierra Leone war crimes court sentences junta leaders to prison
Gabriel Haboubi
July 19, 2007 04:06:00 pm

The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Thursday sentenced three former leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council to at least 45 years of imprisonment each . Brima Bazzy...

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Europe rights court fines Russia for ‘degrading’ treatment of ex-KGB detainee
Gabriel Haboubi
July 19, 2007 02:51:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday ruled against Russia in the case of a former KGB agent who was detained under conditions that the court said "amounted to degrading treatment" . The ex-agent,...

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Chaudhry makes final push for reinstatement before Pakistan court ruling
Gabriel Haboubi
July 19, 2007 02:08:00 pm

Counsel for suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday asked the judge's former colleagues to reinstate him or else risk further destabilizing the country. Lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan...

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UN denies immunity to rights expert accused of corruption in Bangladesh
Gabriel Haboubi
July 18, 2007 04:14:00 pm

The office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday denied UN immunity from prosecution to a UN human rights investigator in Bangladesh who is charged with corruption. UN Special Rapporteur Sigma Huda ...

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Europe, US to seek freedom for Bulgarian AIDS medics facing life in Libyan prison
Gabriel Haboubi
July 18, 2007 03:32:00 pm

Western nations said Wednesday they would continue working to free five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who were sentenced to life in prison in Libya after being accused of infecting...

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Michigan Supreme Court upholds voter photo ID law
Gabriel Haboubi
July 18, 2007 02:41:00 pm

The Michigan Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a voter ID law in that state, ruling against critics who argued that the ID requirement is essentially a poll tax. The 5-2 decision was split down party lines,...

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Miers repeats refusal to testify before House panel as other subpoenas granted delays
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July 18, 2007 01:45:00 pm

Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers again refused Tuesday to testify in front of the US House Judiciary Committee regarding the allegedly political firings of eight US attorneys . In a letter to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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