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News UK House of Lords amends proposed religious hate bill
UK House of Lords amends proposed religious hate bill
Greg Sampson
October 25, 2005 04:16:00 pm

Britain's House of Lords on Tuesday substantially amended the Blair government's controversial Racial and Religious Hatred Bill . The bill outlawing incitement to religious hatred was originally proposed last year , and Prime Minister...

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News Former Rwanda president appeals criminal sentence to high court
Former Rwanda president appeals criminal sentence to high court
Greg Sampson
October 25, 2005 03:56:00 pm

Former Rwandan president Pasteur Bizimungu has asked that country's high court to overturn his 15-year criminal sentence for inciting violence, embezzlement, and associating with criminals. On appeal, Bizimungu argues he was tried on charges different...

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News Australian PM sending law advisers to states to ease concerns over anti-terror bill
Australian PM sending law advisers to states to ease concerns over anti-terror bill
Greg Sampson
October 25, 2005 03:12:00 pm

Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced Tuesday that he plans to send his top legal advisers to address state governments' concerns about the constitutionality of that country's proposed anti-terror law . Several...

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News Hearing on motion for new DeLay judge set for November 1
Hearing on motion for new DeLay judge set for November 1
Greg Sampson
October 25, 2005 03:07:00 pm

A Texas court has appointed a retired district court judge to hear a motion filed by attorneys for Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) , arguing that the initial judge assigned to DeLay's case, Judge Bob Perkins...

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News Syria refutes allegations of involvement in Hariri murder
Syria refutes allegations of involvement in Hariri murder
Greg Sampson
October 25, 2005 02:37:00 pm

Syrian ambassador to the UN Fayssal Mekdad Tuesday angrily refuted the UN-commissioned Mehlis report , which found that the Syrian government was involved in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . Speaking...

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News Saudi Arabia denies torturing man accused of plotting Bush assassination
Saudi Arabia denies torturing man accused of plotting Bush assassination
Greg Sampson
October 20, 2005 04:55:00 pm

The government of Saudi Arabia on Thursday denied accusations that Saudi officials tortured Ahmed Omar Abu Ali while he was detained by the Saudi government in 2003. Abu Ali, an American citizen arrested in Saudi Arabia, testified...

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News US appeals court upholds use of race in Seattle high school admissions
US appeals court upholds use of race in Seattle high school admissions
Greg Sampson
October 20, 2005 04:28:00 pm

In a 7-4 decision issued on Thursday, a full panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the Seattle school district's use of race in its high school admissions policy. The policy allows...

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News Ecuador high court rejects presidential attempt at constitutional reform
Ecuador high court rejects presidential attempt at constitutional reform
Greg Sampson
October 20, 2005 04:10:00 pm

Ecuador's high court on Thursday rejected an attempt by President Alfredo Palacio to seek a referendum on his political reforms. Palacio, a political independent in office for only seven months, has no support in the Ecuador Congress...

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News German court hears appeal in Mannesmann acquittal case
German court hears appeal in Mannesmann acquittal case
Greg Sampson
October 20, 2005 03:35:00 pm

A German appeals court on Thursday heard an appeal brought by federal prosecutors challenging last year's acquittal of Deutsche Bank CEO Joseph Ackermann . The appeal comes from a July 2004 court ruling that cleared Ackermann...

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News Defense to request three-month delay in Saddam trial
Defense to request three-month delay in Saddam trial
Greg Sampson
October 18, 2005 05:00:00 pm

Khalil Dulaimi, defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein , announced Tuesday that he plans to ask the Iraqi Special Tribunal for an immediate three-month adjournment in the first trial against Hussein so the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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