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News Bush calls again for guest worker program as US students protest immigration reforms
Bush calls again for guest worker program as US students protest immigration reforms
Greg Sampson
April 1, 2006 10:36:00 am

President Bush on Friday completed a two-day summit in Cancun with Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper by once again calling on the US Congress to pass immigration reform legislation that would...

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News UK Law Lords reject Iraq anti-war protesters’ necessity defense
UK Law Lords reject Iraq anti-war protesters’ necessity defense
Greg Sampson
March 29, 2006 12:45:00 pm

The Law Lords , the judicial panel of the UK House of Lords that is Britain's highest court, Wednesday dismissed appeals brought by anti-war protesters who argued that under the Criminal Law Act 1967...

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News Saddam defense team adding female Saudi lawyer
Saddam defense team adding female Saudi lawyer
Greg Sampson
March 29, 2006 12:14:00 pm

A female Saudi lawyer, Reem al-Habib, received preliminary approval on Wednesday to join the team of lawyers defending Saddam Hussein . Habib, who graduated from Harvard Law School and works in western Saudi Arabia as a corporate...

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News Japan court dismisses Chinese WWII forced labor compensation claim
Japan court dismisses Chinese WWII forced labor compensation claim
Greg Sampson
March 29, 2006 11:21:00 am

The Fukuoka district court in Japan on Wednesday dismissed a case brought by 45 Chinese men accusing the Japanese government and two Japanese mining companies of forcing them to work in Japanese coal mines during World...

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News Pentagon confirms consideration of rule banning use of statements made under torture
Pentagon confirms consideration of rule banning use of statements made under torture
Greg Sampson
March 22, 2006 02:52:00 pm

A Pentagon spokesman confirmed Wednesday that the US Defense Department is considering a formal written rule that would ban statements made during torture from any proceeding before US military commissions . The Wall St. Journal reported early...

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News British resident gets UK help with Guantanamo release, others press court case
British resident gets UK help with Guantanamo release, others press court case
Greg Sampson
March 22, 2006 12:30:00 pm

The British government said Wednesday it would take up the case of one British resident currently held by the US at Guantanamo Bay , but stood by its decision not to intervene on behalf of five others....

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News Constitutionality of US deficit reduction bill challenged on basis of clerical error
Constitutionality of US deficit reduction bill challenged on basis of clerical error
Greg Sampson
March 22, 2006 12:03:00 pm

Consumer protection organization Public Citizen Tuesday filed suit in federal court in Washington, DC, challenging the constitutionality of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 , which cuts approximately $39 billion in...

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News Afghanistan says court will rule whether Christian convert faces death penalty
Afghanistan says court will rule whether Christian convert faces death penalty
Greg Sampson
March 22, 2006 11:38:00 am

The government of Afghanistan said Wednesday that a court would rule on whether Abdul Rahman, accused of converting to Christianity, will face the death penalty for his conversion. Under Islamic law, apostasy is a capital offense. The case against...

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News Chile judge indicts 13 retired military officers for 1973 death squad tour
Chile judge indicts 13 retired military officers for 1973 death squad tour
Greg Sampson
March 22, 2006 10:45:00 am

Chilean Judge Victor Montiglio on Tuesday announced indictments and ordered the arrests of 13 retired Chilean military officers accused of directly participating in the Caravan of Death , one of the most notorious events during the reign of...

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News Annan calls for mixed tribunal to try Hariri assassination suspects
Annan calls for mixed tribunal to try Hariri assassination suspects
Greg Sampson
March 22, 2006 09:47:00 am

As preparations continue to establish a tribunal to prosecute those accused of killing former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday said that a mixed tribunal, with both international and...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Vermont became first state to abolish slavery

On July 8, 1777, the formal adoption of its new state constitution made Vermont the first state to formally abolish slavery.

NATO invites former Warsaw Pact members to join

On July 8, 1997, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) invited the former communist nations of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to join the alliance. This was the first invitation of former communist nations to join NATO since the end of the Cold War. The three countries would later attain membership in 1999. Since then, former communist states Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, and the Baltic States have all become NATO members as well. Learn more about NATO expansion from the organization's website.

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