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News War crimes fugitive Mladic drew Serb pension until Nov. 2005, probe reveals
War crimes fugitive Mladic drew Serb pension until Nov. 2005, probe reveals
Joshua Pantesco
January 3, 2006 09:15:00 am

Former Bosnian Serb general and indicted war criminal Radko Mladic , who is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on genocide charges, had access to his army general's...

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Alito nomination to be opposed in new liberal advocacy ad campaign
Joshua Pantesco
January 3, 2006 08:47:00 am

A coalition of liberal interest groups has announced a new series of television commercials aimed at derailing the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. The ads, to be officially unveiled Wednesday, will...

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News IECI set to release results of Iraq vote fraud investigation
IECI set to release results of Iraq vote fraud investigation
Joshua Pantesco
January 3, 2006 07:59:00 am

The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) announced Tuesday that results from its investigation into allegations of voting fraud during the December 15 parliamentary elections will be announced Wednesday, but that voting results will...

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News Bulgarian AIDS case should be over by mid-2006, justice minister says
Bulgarian AIDS case should be over by mid-2006, justice minister says
Joshua Pantesco
January 2, 2006 11:43:00 am

Bulgaria's Justice Minister Georgi Petkanov said Monday that the Libyan trial of five Bulgarian nurses, accused of intentionally infecting over 400 patients with HIV in an attempt to discover a cure for the virus, should be finished by June...

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News Oregon high court allows jury resentencing based on aggravating circumstances
Oregon high court allows jury resentencing based on aggravating circumstances
Joshua Pantesco
January 2, 2006 11:13:00 am

The Supreme Court of Oregon has ruled that juries may retroactively resentence as many as 300-400 criminal defendants based on aggravating circumstances, such as the use of a gun, breach of trust, or racial motivation. In three...

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UN Hariri commission requests interviews with Syrian leaders
Joshua Pantesco
January 2, 2006 10:46:00 am

A spokesperson for the UN commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri announced Monday that the commission will request interrogations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister...

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Trial begins for alleged Muslim militants in Indonesia
Joshua Pantesco
January 2, 2006 10:16:00 am

Five Muslim militants went on trial Monday in Indonesia for allegedly having protected members of terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah , the group responsible for several recent terrorist incidents, including the 2002 and October 1, 2005 Bali bombings and...

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Uganda opposition leader released on bail
Joshua Pantesco
January 2, 2006 09:59:00 am

Ugandan opposition leader and presidential challenger Dr. Kizza Besigye , who has been imprisoned since November on charges of treason and rape was released on bail Monday by the Ugandan High Court. Uganda's military court, which...

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Roberts calls for judicial pay raise in year-end report
Joshua Pantesco
January 1, 2006 04:57:00 pm

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts released his first year-end report on the federal judiciary Sunday, one of his duties as the highest judicial officer in the country. After acknowledging...

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News Syria lawmakers demand treason charges, ex-VP expelled from party after Hariri comments
Syria lawmakers demand treason charges, ex-VP expelled from party after Hariri comments
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January 1, 2006 04:35:00 pm

One day after the Syrian parliament demanded that former Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam be tried for treason and corruption, the country's ruling Baath party decided Sunday to expel Khaddam from the party after...

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FDR proposed 'court-packing' plan

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire. Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing." Review the text of Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.

Panamanian dictator Noriega indicted

On February 5, 1988, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. The following year, he was extradited to the United States and later sentenced to 30 years in US federal prison. In 1999, the French government requested that Noriega be extradited to France, where he had been convicted of money laundering. In that same year, the government of Panama also requested the extradition of Noriega, as a result of his 1995 conviction in absentia on murder charges.

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