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News Obama outlines measures taken following attempted Detroit plane bombing
Obama outlines measures taken following attempted Detroit plane bombing
Haley Wojdowski
December 28, 2009 01:58:00 pm

US President Barack Obama on Monday announced steps the federal government is taking to address air travel security following the Friday attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate an explosive device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. He said...

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News Karadzic files motion challenging legitimacy of war crimes court
Karadzic files motion challenging legitimacy of war crimes court
Haley Wojdowski
December 1, 2009 09:34:00 am

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has filed a motion made public Monday, challenging the legitimacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Karadzic claims that the...

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News Leaked documents question legality of UK involvement in Iraq
Leaked documents question legality of UK involvement in Iraq
Haley Wojdowski
November 23, 2009 02:02:00 pm

UK government reports leaked on Sunday revealed many shortcomings in the country's involvement in the Iraq War, some possibly rising to the level of illegality. The documents show that the UK's plans for invasion of...

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News Russia Constitutional Court extends moratorium on death penalty
Russia Constitutional Court extends moratorium on death penalty
Haley Wojdowski
November 19, 2009 03:03:00 pm

The Constitutional Court of Russia on Thursday extended the moratorium on the death penalty until the Russian parliament ratifies an international treaty abolishing capital punishment. In 1997, Russia...

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News Italy court adjourns Berlusconi tax fraud trial until January
Italy court adjourns Berlusconi tax fraud trial until January
Haley Wojdowski
November 16, 2009 02:23:00 pm

An Italian court on Monday reopened the tax fraud trial of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , but immediately adjourned it until January as a result of official business. Berlusconi was unable to attend the...

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News ICTY reduces sentence of Bosnian Serb general
ICTY reduces sentence of Bosnian Serb general
Haley Wojdowski
November 12, 2009 10:13:00 am

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday reduced the sentence of former Bosnian Serb general Dragomir Milosevic from 33 years to 29 years...

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News Zimbabwe trial begins for opposition cabinet nominee
Zimbabwe trial begins for opposition cabinet nominee
Haley Wojdowski
November 9, 2009 02:27:00 pm

The trial of Zimbabwe Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer and deputy agriculture minister-nominee Roy Bennett began Monday, but was adjourned until Wednesday to allow Judge Chinembiri Bhunu to make a...

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News Indonesia law enforcement officials resign amid corruption scandal
Indonesia law enforcement officials resign amid corruption scandal
Haley Wojdowski
November 5, 2009 11:46:00 am

Two senior Indonesian law enforcement officials resigned Thursday after being linked to an alleged plot to weaken the Corruption Eradication Commisions (KPK) , an anti-corruption agency. Deputy Attorney General Abdul Hakim Ritonga and Chief Detective Susno...

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News Bosnia court convicts former Serb commander of crimes against humanity
Bosnia court convicts former Serb commander of crimes against humanity
Haley Wojdowski
November 2, 2009 01:08:00 pm

The War Crimes Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Friday convicted former Serbian commander Predrag Kujundzic of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 22 years in jail. The court found Kujundzic...

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News Bosnia police arrest 3 suspected in Srebrenica massacre
Bosnia police arrest 3 suspected in Srebrenica massacre
Haley Wojdowski
October 29, 2009 12:06:00 pm

Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) arrested three former Bosnian Serb policemen on Thursday on genocide charges related to the Srebrenica massacre . Dusko Jevic, Zoran Ilic, and Mendeljev Djuric were...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi SS and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps. Read a biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted anti-Vietnam War bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution. Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts.

Trial of Marquess of Queensberry begins, leading to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde

On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality. Read about the trials of Oscar Wilde.

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