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News House committee passes bill to eliminate cocaine sentencing disparity
House committee passes bill to eliminate cocaine sentencing disparity
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 30, 2009 12:26:00 pm

The US House Judiciary Committee voted 16-9 Wednesday to approve a bill that would eliminate sentencing disparities for powder and crack cocaine offenses. The bill, co-sponsored by committee chairman John Conyers (D-MI)...

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News Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 30, 2009 11:09:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted Al-Mutairi's petition for habeas...

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News Federal judge rules Pakistan woman alleged to be al Qaeda agent fit to stand trial
Federal judge rules Pakistan woman alleged to be al Qaeda agent fit to stand trial
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 30, 2009 09:37:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday ruled that Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al Qaeda, is mentally competent to stand trial....

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News Ireland to take 2 Guantanamo detainees
Ireland to take 2 Guantanamo detainees
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 29, 2009 11:33:00 am

Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced Wednesday that Ireland will accept two detainees being released from the US prison facility at Guantanamo Bay . The detainees will not be admitted as refugees, but...

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News Federal appeals court revives suit over Iran assassination
Federal appeals court revives suit over Iran assassination
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 29, 2009 10:27:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit against Iran over the 1984 assassination of former chief of the Iranian armed forces Gholam Oveissi in France by...

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News Parmalat and Bank of America reach $100 million settlement
Parmalat and Bank of America reach $100 million settlement
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 29, 2009 09:52:00 am

Bank of America (BOA) announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with Parmalat SpA in litigation stemming from the 2003 collapse of the Italian dairy giant. Under the terms...

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News ICTY convicts Seselj of contempt for revealing witness identities
ICTY convicts Seselj of contempt for revealing witness identities
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 24, 2009 03:25:00 pm

The trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday convicted Serbian nationalist Volislav Seselj of contempt and sentenced him to 15...

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News Taiwan court to deliver ex-president Chen verdict in September
Taiwan court to deliver ex-president Chen verdict in September
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 24, 2009 02:23:00 pm

The Taipei District court said Friday that a verdict in the corruption cases against former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian will be delivered on September 11. Presiding judge Tsai Shou-hsum said that the trial had...

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News Suu Kyi defense lawyers present closing arguments
Suu Kyi defense lawyers present closing arguments
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 24, 2009 01:00:00 pm

Defense lawyers for Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi presented their closing arguments Friday with the prosecution expected to offer its closing arguments Monday. Suu Kyi was reportedly disappointed with...

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News Federal appeals court orders Interior Department to account in Indian Trust case
Federal appeals court orders Interior Department to account in Indian Trust case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 24, 2009 10:38:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that the US Department of the Interior (DOI) must provide an accounting in a 13-year class action lawsuit [plaintiffs' website;...

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On February 22, 1979, Saint Lucia gained independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign nation.

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