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News UN officials deplore post-election violence in DRC, call for restraint
UN officials deplore post-election violence in DRC, call for restraint
John Paul Putney
December 2, 2011 08:10:35 am

Top UN officials with the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) decried post-election violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Thursday and called for restraint. Acknowledging reports from international...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on sentencing, government liability for emotional damages
Supreme Court hears arguments on sentencing, government liability for emotional damages
John Paul Putney
December 1, 2011 07:09:39 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday. In Setser v. US , the justices heard arguments on a federal district court's power to determine whether a...

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News DC Circuit overturns release of Guantanamo detainee
DC Circuit overturns release of Guantanamo detainee
John Paul Putney
November 11, 2011 07:49:36 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday released a partially redacted opinion in Latif v. Obama, overturning the release order for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on preemption
Supreme Court hears arguments on preemption
John Paul Putney
November 10, 2011 09:01:30 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases on preemption. In National Meat Association v. Harris , the court considered where the federal regime of slaughterhouse regulation as...

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News UN SG calls for universal accession to treaty banning indiscriminate weapons
UN SG calls for universal accession to treaty banning indiscriminate weapons
John Paul Putney
November 10, 2011 07:58:16 am

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Wednesday for universal accession to the Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II) . The comments came as part...

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News Bangladesh urged to stop harassment of defense counsel at war crimes tribunal
Bangladesh urged to stop harassment of defense counsel at war crimes tribunal
John Paul Putney
November 4, 2011 08:30:26 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Bangladesh to stop the harassment of defense counsel and witnesses to preserve legitimacy of the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) . HRW pointed to reports...

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News Canada high court refuses to hear Abdullah Khadr extradition appeal
Canada high court refuses to hear Abdullah Khadr extradition appeal
John Paul Putney
November 4, 2011 07:27:01 am

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday declined to hear the government's appeal in the extradition of accused al Qaeda arms supplier Abdullah Khadr, bringing to a close efforts to extradite him to the US. The appeal...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on eyewitness identification
Supreme Court hears arguments on eyewitness identification
John Paul Putney
November 3, 2011 09:42:33 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday. In Perry v. New Hampshire , the court considered whether the due process protections against unreliable identification evidence apply...

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News Russia arms trafficker Viktor Bout convicted in US federal court
Russia arms trafficker Viktor Bout convicted in US federal court
John Paul Putney
November 3, 2011 08:10:08 am

A federal jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday found Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout guilty of four counts of conspiracy connected...

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News Women launch new discrimination claim against Wal-Mart
Women launch new discrimination claim against Wal-Mart
John Paul Putney
October 28, 2011 08:37:40 am

Lawyers representing women who claimed discrimination by Wal-Mart filed an amended lawsuit Thursday narrowing their claims to California stores of the retail giant. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District...

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India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty

On March 19, 1972, India and Bangladesh signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Peace for twenty-five years. The treaty recognized the independence of Bangladesh by India at the conclusion of Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan. The treaty expired in 1997 without renewal.

Earl Warren born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, California. He led the Court during a critical period of social change in the 1950s and 1960s and is perhaps best known for his Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education. Learn more about Earl Warren from the Supreme Court Historical Society, and hear him deliver the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University in 1970, shortly after his retirement, on the theme "The Alternative is Chaos."

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