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News Nepal panel to recommend plans for nationalizing king’s assets
Nepal panel to recommend plans for nationalizing king’s assets
Holly Manges Jones
February 27, 2007 08:20:00 am

The Nepalese government has created a panel to assemble a list of assets held by King Gyanendra and seize property he obtained after ascending to the throne, a cabinet spokesman said Monday. Dilendra...

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News California appeals court upholds stem cell research program
California appeals court upholds stem cell research program
Holly Manges Jones
February 27, 2007 07:43:00 am

A California state appeals court ruled Monday that the state's stem cell research program "suffers from no constitutional or other legal infirmity," leading the way for approximately $3 billion in grant money to be...

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News Federal judge refuses to limit NY ferry crash damages
Federal judge refuses to limit NY ferry crash damages
Holly Manges Jones
February 27, 2007 07:08:00 am

A federal judge Monday refused to apply a 1851 maritime law that would have limited the possible damages for victims of the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash to $14.4 million. The city of New...

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News ICJ: Serbia not guilty of Bosnia genocide but broke law by not preventing Srebrenica
ICJ: Serbia not guilty of Bosnia genocide but broke law by not preventing Srebrenica
Holly Manges Jones
February 26, 2007 09:11:00 am

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered its judgment Monday in the long-anticipated case of Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro , finding that although the Serbian government was not directly responsible for...

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News UK immigration panel orders deportation of convicted terrorist to Jordan
UK immigration panel orders deportation of convicted terrorist to Jordan
Holly Manges Jones
February 26, 2007 08:25:00 am

The UK Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) ruled Monday that a convicted terrorist from Jordan must return to his home country despite his arguments that he risks being tortured upon returning to Jordan. SIAC chairman Justice Ouseley...

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News South Koreans file lawsuit over draftee names on Japan war shrine
South Koreans file lawsuit over draftee names on Japan war shrine
Holly Manges Jones
February 26, 2007 07:55:00 am

Eleven South Koreans filed a lawsuit Monday asking the Tokyo District Court to order the removal of their relatives' names from the Yasukuni Shrine , a controversial memorial which many argue is a symbol of...

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News Afghanistan upper house approves war crimes amnesty
Afghanistan upper house approves war crimes amnesty
Holly Manges Jones
February 20, 2007 08:17:00 am

The Meshrano Jirga , the upper house of the Afghanistan parliament , Tuesday approved a resolution calling for amnesty from war crimes prosecution for leaders of the Afghan mujahedeen resistance who fought against Soviet forces in the...

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News Bangladesh authorities publishing list of corruption suspects
Bangladesh authorities publishing list of corruption suspects
Holly Manges Jones
February 20, 2007 07:50:00 am

Authorities in Bangladesh plan to publish a list of several hundred people who are suspected of graft, following the Sunday arrests of 50 high-profile suspects, according to a government official. Delowar Hossain, secretary of the Anti-Corruption...

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News UK PM favors stricter gun laws after London teenager deaths
UK PM favors stricter gun laws after London teenager deaths
Holly Manges Jones
February 19, 2007 08:13:00 am

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday that he is in favor of toughening Britain's gun laws after the deaths of three teenagers in London during the past month. Blair said that the...

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News Japan foreign minister regrets draft US bill urging ‘comfort women’ compensation
Japan foreign minister regrets draft US bill urging ‘comfort women’ compensation
Holly Manges Jones
February 19, 2007 07:43:00 am

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso Monday rejected a US House of Representatives proposed resolution which urges Japan to apologize to women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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