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News Croatia to ask Australia to extradite accused Serb war criminal
Croatia to ask Australia to extradite accused Serb war criminal
Jaime Jansen
January 12, 2006 07:27:00 pm

Croatia plans to ask the government of Australia to extradite former Serb commander “Captain Dragan” Vasiljkovic , charged with war crimes committed during Croatia’s 1991-1995 independence war. Croatia accuses Vasiljkovic of torturing...

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Ninth Circuit dismisses Yahoo! free speech suit
Jaime Jansen
January 12, 2006 07:19:00 pm

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday dismissed a free speech suit by Yahoo! Inc. challenging a $15 million fine imposed on the company five years ago by a French court for...

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Justice Department urges Supreme Court to dismiss Guantanamo tribunals case
Jaime Jansen
January 12, 2006 06:48:00 pm

The US Justice Department filed a motion with the US Supreme Court Thursday to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction a case brought by Salim Ahmed Hamdan challenging President Bush's authority to establish military commissions to try Guantanamo...

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DeLay steps down as House Majority Leader under legal cloud
Jaime Jansen
January 7, 2006 03:52:00 pm

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) announced in a letter to rank-and-file Republican Representatives Saturday that he was formally stepping down as House Majority Leader . DeLay was forced to temporaily step aside...

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French rights groups condemn ‘racist’ immigration bill
Jaime Jansen
January 7, 2006 03:31:00 pm

Several French human rights groups led by the French League for Human Rights declared a proposed French immigration bill racist and a "blatant violation of immigrants' rights" in a joint statement issued Saturday. The proposed...

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Ex-Peru president Fujimori registers for 2006 election
Jaime Jansen
January 7, 2006 03:17:00 pm

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori , who fled to Japan after a corruption scandal in 2000, registered through intermediaries to run for president of Peru again Friday, shortly after a Chilean judge detained him indefinitely...

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Wisconsin governor vetoes abortion bill to warn women of fetal pain
Jaime Jansen
January 7, 2006 02:59:00 pm

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle vetoed a bill Friday that would have made doctors inform women seeking abortions after the fifth month of pregnancy that their fetuses may feel pain. The bill passed...

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Former Qwest VP pleads guilty to wire fraud
Jaime Jansen
December 28, 2005 04:36:00 pm

Former Qwest Communications vice president of investments, mergers and acquisitions Marc Weisberg pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single wire fraud count after his indictment in February on eight counts of wire fraud and...

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Ethiopian election protesters claim lawyers denied them
Jaime Jansen
December 28, 2005 03:36:00 pm

Some 80 opposition politicians, reporters and aid workers facing treason and genocide charges in Ethiopia relating to November's street clashes over May elections that killed 46 people have complained that they have been denied access to lawyers by prison...

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December 28, 2005 03:30:00 pm

Chilean police have taken fingerprints and a mug shot of former dictator Augusto Pinochet as part of his indictment over Operation Colombo , in which at least 119 dissidents were allegedly murdered during...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience

On June 7, 1893, Mohandas Gandhi committed his first act of civil disobedience in South Africa. Because he was an Indian, Gandhi was ordered to move to the third class section of a train, despite holding a first-class ticket. When he refused, Gandhi was thrown off of the train. Gandhi would go on to organize efforts by Indians living in South Africa to oppose racial discrimination thereby founding the Natal Indian Congress. He would then return to his native India to lead its drive for independence from Great Britain. Learn more about the Natal Indian Congress from the South African History Archive.

US Supreme Court ruled contraceptive use protected by privacy right

On June 7, 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, the US Supreme Court held that the use of contraceptives was protected by the constitutional right of privacy.

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