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News Chinese lawyer says torture induced confession to subversion charges
Chinese lawyer says torture induced confession to subversion charges
Holly Manges Jones
April 10, 2007 07:07:00 am

A Chinese lawyer and outspoken critic of the Chinese government has accused authorities of torturing him to confess to subversion charges, according to letters and recordings that were recently made public by a fellow activist. Gao Zhisheng ...

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News ICTY reduces sentence of former Bosnian Serb leader by two years
ICTY reduces sentence of former Bosnian Serb leader by two years
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2007 02:26:00 pm

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Tuesday slightly reduced the 32-year sentence of former Bosnian Serb leader Radislav Brdjanin , but upheld the...

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News Nigeria appeals court allows VP disqualification from presidential race
Nigeria appeals court allows VP disqualification from presidential race
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2007 01:54:00 pm

The Nigerian Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has the right to disqualify presidential candidates for fraud, thus barring Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar from running...

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News Taiwan opposition leader pleads not guilty to corruption
Taiwan opposition leader pleads not guilty to corruption
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2007 01:08:00 pm

Taiwanese Nationalist Party (KMT) leader Ma Ying-jeou pleaded not guilty Tuesday to corruption charges and said he plans to run in the 2008 presidential elections no matter...

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News Pakistan lawyers protest outside latest hearing for suspended chief justice
Pakistan lawyers protest outside latest hearing for suspended chief justice
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2007 08:19:00 am

Thousands of protesters rallied outside the Pakistan Supreme Court Tuesday wearing signs and shouting chants against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for suspending the country's chief justice last month as a hearing...

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News Massachusetts governor orders out-of-state same-sex marriages registered
Massachusetts governor orders out-of-state same-sex marriages registered
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2007 07:44:00 am

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has directed the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to register the same-sex marriages of 26 couples from outside the state whose licenses were not previously allowed to be...

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Apple faces EU antitrust probe into iTunes
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2007 07:12:00 am

The European Commission is investigating Apple's iTunes to determine if sales restrictions based on the buyer's country of residence violate EU antitrust laws, according to a commission statement confirming the probe Tuesday....

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News Dutch prosecutors fight appeal by chemical supplier convicted of selling to Saddam
Dutch prosecutors fight appeal by chemical supplier convicted of selling to Saddam
Holly Manges Jones
April 2, 2007 10:42:00 am

Dutch prosecutors Monday sought to introduce documents from the ongoing genocide trial of Saddam-era Iraqi officials for the gassing deaths of Kurds in the so-called "Anfal" campaign to oppose an appeal...

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News Iraq prosecutors urge death penalty for ‘Chemical Ali’
Iraq prosecutors urge death penalty for ‘Chemical Ali’
Holly Manges Jones
April 2, 2007 09:49:00 am

Iraqi prosecutors Monday sought the death penalty for Ali Hassan al-Majid , the cousin of Saddam Hussein known to Western media as "Chemical Ali" for allegedly using poisonous gas to clear Kurdish...

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Hicks applies for transfer to Australia prison
Holly Manges Jones
April 2, 2007 09:21:00 am

Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has submitted an application to be transferred to a prison near his home in South Australia to serve the remainder of his nine-month sentence after pleading...

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Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).

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