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News UN rights expert calls Israel Gaza attacks ‘war crimes’
UN rights expert calls Israel Gaza attacks ‘war crimes’
Howard Kline
January 19, 2008 02:17:00 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard said Friday that Israel's recent attack on a Hamas government office in Gaza which injured around 50 civilians and the killings of some 40 Palestinians...

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News Chile court sentences Pinochet police chief to 10-year prison term
Chile court sentences Pinochet police chief to 10-year prison term
Howard Kline
January 12, 2008 03:06:00 pm

A Chilean appeals court in Santiago Friday sentenced General Manuel Contreras , the secret police chief under former dictator Augusto Pinochet , to 10 years in prison. Contreras, the former head of Pinochet's...

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News Sri Lanka court limits government cordon-and-search security efforts
Sri Lanka court limits government cordon-and-search security efforts
Howard Kline
January 7, 2008 06:00:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Monday ordered the country's government to stop cordon-and-search security operations, in which security forces cut off access to a populated area before searching and arresting residents within. Human rights groups have...

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News Taiwan High Court upholds corruption acquittal of opposition leader
Taiwan High Court upholds corruption acquittal of opposition leader
Howard Kline
December 28, 2007 10:23:00 am

The Taiwan High Court on Friday upheld the acquittal of former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges, clearing the way for Ma to run in Taiwan's presidential elections...

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EPA turning over documents to Congress in California emissions waiver ruling probe
Howard Kline
December 28, 2007 09:47:00 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has indicated that the agency will comply with congressional requests to produce documents related to the EPA's decision to deny California's request for a waiver that would have allowed...

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Russia top court upholds new Khodorkovsky investigation
Howard Kline
December 26, 2007 10:44:00 am

The Russian Supreme Court has overruled a lower court decision that had held that a new investigation into the activities of Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky ...

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News Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina put on trial for extortion
Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina put on trial for extortion
Howard Kline
December 26, 2007 10:07:00 am

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went on trial on one of two alleged extortion charges in a Dhaka courtroom Wednesday, according to a court official cited by Reuters. Sheikh Selim, a former Minister of...

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News Iraq cabinet approves pardon of ‘innocent’ detainees: report
Iraq cabinet approves pardon of ‘innocent’ detainees: report
Howard Kline
December 26, 2007 09:29:00 am

The Iraqi cabinet passed a draft law on Wednesday that would grant a general pardon to "innocent" detainees held in Iraqi and US prisons in the country, according to an Iraqi official speaking to AFP Wednesday. Currently, there are...

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Bush presses case for ‘modernizing’ FISA
Howard Kline
December 1, 2007 02:11:00 pm

President Bush urged Congress in his weekly radio address Saturday to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in time to replace the temporary Protect America Act , set...

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Indonesia prosecutors bring civil lawsuit against Tommy Suharto
Howard Kline
November 19, 2007 05:24:00 pm

Indonesian prosecutors Monday went to court in a civil lawsuit against Tommy Suharto , the youngest son of former President Haji Mohammed Suharto , in order to recover an alleged $55 million in losses...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US apologizes to Japanese-Americans for detention during WWII

US President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law on August 10, 1988, apologizing on behalf of the United States to Japanese-Americans who were interned in camps during WWII and providing $20,000 in compensation for each survivor. The law also provided $12,000 in compensation for each living displaced Aleutian Islander who was relocated to a camp in Alaska during the US's Aleutian Islands campaign.

President Reagan authorized compensation for Japanese-Americans interned during World War II

On August 10, 1988, US President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that provided payments of $20,000 to Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps by the US government during World War II. Learn more about the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which also included a formal apology by Congress for what it called a "grave injustice."

National Security Act Amendment reorganizes U.S. military

On August 10, 1949, the National Security Act Amendment was signed into law. It replaced the Department of War with the Department of Defense (DoD) and pulled all military service branches directly under the supervision of the DoD. Learn more about the National Security Act from the U.S. State Department.

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