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News Milosevic died of natural causes: ICTY report
Milosevic died of natural causes: ICTY report
Jaime Jansen
May 31, 2006 08:38:00 am

Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic died of natural causes on March 11 when guards found him dead in his prison cell at the detention center for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...

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News Perjury accusations leveled at Saddam trial witnesses
Perjury accusations leveled at Saddam trial witnesses
Jaime Jansen
May 31, 2006 08:03:00 am

Defense lawyers in the Saddam Hussein trial on Wednesday accused a prosecution witness of perjury and urged chief judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman to stop proceedings at the Iraqi High Criminal Court to investigate the credibility...

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News Kosovo criminal justice system in shambles: HRW
Kosovo criminal justice system in shambles: HRW
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 02:40:00 pm

The criminal justice system in Kosovo is failing, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday in a report focusing on the criminal justice response to renewed violence between Serbs and ethnic Albanians...

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News Thailand sets new election date as PM sues opponents for defamation
Thailand sets new election date as PM sues opponents for defamation
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 02:13:00 pm

Thailand's Cabinet on Tuesday approved October 15 as the date for new elections just three weeks after the country's Constitutional Court annulled last month's parliamentary elections , finding that the Election Commission unconstitutionally organized...

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News Supreme Court to hear Philip Morris punitive damages appeal
Supreme Court to hear Philip Morris punitive damages appeal
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 01:41:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in Philip Morris USA v. Williams , 05-1256, a case involving the damages awarded in a wrongful death action against Philip...

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Sensenbrenner drafting bill to protect congressional documents from FBI raids
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 12:52:00 pm

US Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) , chairman of the US House Judiciary Committee , said Tuesday that he intends to draft legislation that would shield congressional documents and materials from being seized in searches similar to the...

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Australia AG considering sedition laws revision
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 12:10:00 pm

Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Tuesday that he is willing to revise Australia's new sedition laws , particularly the use of the word "sedition," after the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) ...

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News East Timor president imposes emergency rule as office of attorney general looted
East Timor president imposes emergency rule as office of attorney general looted
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 11:33:00 am

East Timor President Xanana Gusmao said Tuesday that he is taking control of national security and defense in response to the increasing and often violent unrest related to the March firing...

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News Saudi Arabia releases three former Guantanamo detainees
Saudi Arabia releases three former Guantanamo detainees
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 10:47:00 am

Saudi Arabia has freed three former Guantanamo Bay detainees who were repatriated there last year. According to an Interior Ministry source, the three "admitted to have been present in troubled areas without obtaining the consent of their...

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Europe court strikes down US-EU airline passenger records deal
Jaime Jansen
May 30, 2006 09:53:00 am

The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that an agreement between the European Union and the US that compels European airlines to disclose information about passengers flying from...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Germany surrenders unconditionally, ending WWII in Europe

On May 7, 1945, General Gustav Jodl, on behalf of Germany, signed an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe. The surrender was formally accepted by the Allied Powers the next day, May 8, which came to be known as Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

Read World War II legal documents, treaties, and declarations from the Avalon Project at the Yale University School of Law.

27th Amendment to US Constitution ratified

On May 7, 1992, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, barring Congress from granting its members pay raises in the middle of terms. The Amendment had initially been proposed in 1789 by James Madison, but only became law after a grass-roots campaign in the 1980s against "excessive" Congressional privileges. Learn more about the Twenty-seventh Amendment.

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