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News ICTR upholds genocide acquittal of two former Rwanda government officials
ICTR upholds genocide acquittal of two former Rwanda government officials
Jeannie Shawl
February 8, 2006 10:16:00 am

The appellate chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday upheld a trial chamber acquittal of two high-ranking government officials accused of genocide and massive crimes against humanity during the 1994 crisis....

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Muslim cleric Abu Hamza found guilty in UK terror trial
BREAKING NEWS ~ Muslim cleric Abu Hamza found guilty in UK terror trial
Jeannie Shawl
February 7, 2006 08:12:00 am

CNN is reporting that British-based Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been found guilty in the UK of inciting murder. Hamza faced several charges for urging his followers to kill Jews and...

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News Bosnian court orders release of war crimes suspect on technicality
Bosnian court orders release of war crimes suspect on technicality
Jeannie Shawl
February 2, 2006 04:02:00 pm

The War Crimes Chamber of Bosnia's State Court on Thursday ordered suspected Bosnian Serb war criminal Dragomir Abazovic released from police custody due to a problem with his arrest warrant. Abazovic was arrested earlier this...

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News UK government explores granting vote to prisoners
UK government explores granting vote to prisoners
Jeannie Shawl
February 2, 2006 03:29:00 pm

The UK government said Thursday that it will hold a full public consultation on whether prisoners should be granted the right to vote. The decision comes in response to a European Court of Human Rights ...

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News No marriage amendment on next Florida ballot
No marriage amendment on next Florida ballot
Jeannie Shawl
February 2, 2006 02:29:00 pm

Efforts to amend the Florida constitution to ban same-sex marriage have faltered as supporters of an amendment failed to meet a Wednesday deadline to secure enough signatures to put the issue on the November ballot....

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News EU warns Germany, Luxembourg over tobacco advertising laws
EU warns Germany, Luxembourg over tobacco advertising laws
Jeannie Shawl
February 2, 2006 02:09:00 pm

The European Commission has told Germany and Luxembourg that the Commission is preparing to take legal action against the countries if they fail to bring national tobacco advertising laws into compliance with an EU directive...

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News Saddam and defense lawyers continue boycott as trial resumes
Saddam and defense lawyers continue boycott as trial resumes
Jeannie Shawl
February 1, 2006 08:30:00 am

The Saddam Hussein trial resumed in Baghdad Wednesday with Hussein, four co-defendants, and defense lawyers boycotting the proceedings in protest against the new chief judge. Ra'uf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman was named chief judge...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Alito sworn in as Supreme Court justice
BREAKING NEWS ~ Alito sworn in as Supreme Court justice
Jeannie Shawl
January 31, 2006 01:13:00 pm

AP is reporting that Samuel Alito has been sworn in as the 110th US Supreme Court justice. The private ceremony at the Supreme Court building took place shortly after the US Senate voted to confirm [JURIST...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate confirms Samuel Alito to Supreme Court
BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate confirms Samuel Alito to Supreme Court
Jeannie Shawl
January 31, 2006 11:19:00 am

The US Senate has approved the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to serve as an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court by a vote of 58-42 . Alito will replace Justice Sandra Day...

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News Iran says no legal basis for Security Council recourse
Iran says no legal basis for Security Council recourse
Jeannie Shawl
January 31, 2006 08:44:00 am

Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran , said Tuesday that there is no legal basis for efforts to refer Iran to the UN Security Council . In an interview with the...

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India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster

On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court. Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.

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