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News US civilian jury acquits ex-Marine of Fallujah killings
US civilian jury acquits ex-Marine of Fallujah killings
Joe Shaulis
August 29, 2008 08:45:00 am

A federal jury on Thursday acquitted former US Marine Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario Jr. of voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the first civilian trial for crimes allegedly committed by a member...

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News Pakistan lawyers block streets demanding restoration of judges
Pakistan lawyers block streets demanding restoration of judges
Joe Shaulis
August 28, 2008 03:00:00 pm

Lawyers blocked streets in the major cities of Pakistan on Thursday to demand the reappointment of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other judges removed last year by...

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News Sudan president vows to ignore ICC arrest warrant
Sudan president vows to ignore ICC arrest warrant
Joe Shaulis
August 28, 2008 02:50:00 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Wednesday threatened to ignore any arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court . Bashir, speaking to legislators Wednesday in semi-autonomous southern Sudan, said he would...

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News ICTY adjourns Serb nationalist leader’s war crimes trial pending appeal ruling
ICTY adjourns Serb nationalist leader’s war crimes trial pending appeal ruling
Joe Shaulis
August 28, 2008 02:15:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has suspended the war crimes trial of Serb nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj pending an appellate ruling on whether the...

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News DOJ seeks lighter sentences for ex-lobbyist Abramoff
DOJ seeks lighter sentences for ex-lobbyist Abramoff
Joe Shaulis
August 28, 2008 11:16:00 am

The US Justice Department (DOJ) has asked federal judges in Florida and Washington, DC, to give lenient sentences to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff , who has cooperated in the prosecution of several legislative and executive...

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News Lebanon court issues warrants for Gaddafi, other Libyan officials
Lebanon court issues warrants for Gaddafi, other Libyan officials
Joe Shaulis
August 28, 2008 09:11:00 am

Lebanon on Wednesday charged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and six other officials with the 1978 disappearance of a prominent Lebanese cleric and issued warrants for their arrests. In Beirut, investigating magistrate...

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News China releases political activist after 16 years
China releases political activist after 16 years
Joe Shaulis
August 27, 2008 04:09:00 pm

Chinese authorities have released activist Hu Shigen after 16 years of imprisonment, the group Human Rights in China (HRIC) announced Tuesday. Hu had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for carrying out counterrevolutionary propaganda and...

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News Washington non-consensual organ-harvesting case to be resolved by state court
Washington non-consensual organ-harvesting case to be resolved by state court
Joe Shaulis
August 27, 2008 03:18:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has asked the Washington Supreme Court to determine whether the sister of a man whose bodily tissues were harvested for medical research without consent may sue...

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News Ninth Circuit finds Falun Gong members eligible for asylum
Ninth Circuit finds Falun Gong members eligible for asylum
Joe Shaulis
August 27, 2008 02:11:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday ruled that a Chinese couple are eligible for asylum because they reasonably feared persecution as members of the Falun Gong sect [group website; BBC...

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News Israel imprisons Palestinian ex-mayor for aiding Hamas
Israel imprisons Palestinian ex-mayor for aiding Hamas
Joe Shaulis
August 27, 2008 01:08:00 pm

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Tuesday that a military court had sentenced a former West Bank mayor to six years in prison after finding him guilty of belonging to and assisting the militant group Hamas [JURIST...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Warren Commission report on the Kennedy assassination released

On September 27, 1964, the report of the Warren Commission chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren on the Kennedy assassination was released. The report essentially concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone. Review the Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy.

WWII Axis Powers formed

On September 27, 1940, Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany, Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano of Italy and Ambassador Saburo Kurusu of Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, creating the World War II alliance of the Axis Powers. The Pact was later assented to by other members of the Axis, including Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

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