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News Iraq oil law goes to cabinet for approval
Iraq oil law goes to cabinet for approval
Holly Manges Jones
February 19, 2007 07:07:00 am

Iraqi legislators delivered a draft law to Iraq's cabinet over the weekend which outlines the development and distribution of oil in the country, according to two members of a negotiating committee tasked with developing the resolution. Negotiations...

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News Judge sentences former CIA contractor to eight years for abusing Afghan detainee
Judge sentences former CIA contractor to eight years for abusing Afghan detainee
Holly Manges Jones
February 13, 2007 06:10:00 pm

A federal judge in Raleigh, North Carolina Tuesday sentenced David Passaro to eight years and four months in prison as well as three years of supervised release on charges related...

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News Russia military to investigate alleged male prostitution of conscript soldiers
Russia military to investigate alleged male prostitution of conscript soldiers
Holly Manges Jones
February 13, 2007 09:03:00 am

Russian military prosecutors said Monday that they plan to launch a probe into allegations that young men serving their mandatory military conscription period are being forced into prostitution by fellow soldiers. The Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committees...

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News Taiwan opposition leader charged with corruption
Taiwan opposition leader charged with corruption
Holly Manges Jones
February 13, 2007 08:27:00 am

The Taipei High Prosecutors Office in Taiwan indicted Nationalist Party (KMT) leader Ma Ying-jeou Tuesday on corruption charges. The allegations against Ma, who had been...

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News Belgium court rules Google infringed copyright with newspaper links
Belgium court rules Google infringed copyright with newspaper links
Holly Manges Jones
February 13, 2007 07:56:00 am

The Brussels Court of First Instance ruled Tuesday that Google violated copyright law by linking to Belgian newspapers without receiving permission to do so. The Internet company was ordered to pay $32,500 (25,000 euros)...

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North Korea agrees to shut down reactor, end nuclear weapons program
Holly Manges Jones
February 13, 2007 07:19:00 am

North Korea agreed Tuesday that it would end its nuclear weapons program in exchange for aid as part of a multi-stage initiative with partners in the so-called Six-Party Talks . In...

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Portugal PM to seek abortion legalization despite low referendum turnout
Holly Manges Jones
February 12, 2007 08:15:00 am

The Portuguese government plans to seek approval in the Portuguese Parliament of a proposal to make abortion legal in the country, despite low turnout in Sunday's referendum on loosening the current law [text,...

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First Louisiana trial for Hurricane Katrina insurers set to start
Holly Manges Jones
February 12, 2007 07:13:00 am

Jury selection begins Monday in the first trial of thousands of lawsuits brought by Louisiana homeowners affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster against their insurance companies. Homeowners Lawrence and Elizabeth Tomlinson are suing Allstate ...

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UN urges Lebanon to ratify Hariri tribunal proposal
Holly Manges Jones
February 6, 2007 07:49:00 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday urged the government of Lebanon to ratify an agreement with the UN to create a UN-supported international tribunal to try suspects accused of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik...

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ABA panel recommends softening of judicial ethics standards
Holly Manges Jones
February 6, 2007 07:12:00 am

An American Bar Association (ABA) panel has proposed revisions to its judicial code of conduct so that judges are advised to avoid impropriety but would no longer be subject to formal discipline for failing to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

Learn more about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

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