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News Nepal rebel leaders call for interim constitution
Nepal rebel leaders call for interim constitution
Jamie Sterling
May 7, 2006 03:55:00 pm

Leaders of Nepal's Maoist rebel insurgency on Sunday called for an interim constitution to be enacted before a special assembly gathers to draft a new charter. The Maoists and a seven-party alliance of opposition political parties joined...

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News Serbia launches renewed effort to arrest Mladic after EU suspends talks
Serbia launches renewed effort to arrest Mladic after EU suspends talks
Jamie Sterling
May 7, 2006 03:26:00 pm

Serbian police launched a full scale search on Sunday for Bosnian war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic but were unable to arrest the former Bosnian Serb army commander wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal...

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News Bush says Guantanamo closure possible after Supreme Court rules on military trials
Bush says Guantanamo closure possible after Supreme Court rules on military trials
Jamie Sterling
May 7, 2006 03:02:00 pm

US President George W. Bush said Sunday that closing the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is a possibility in the future depending on the US Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld [Duke Law case...

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News Israel police evict settlers from Palestinian home after Supreme Court order
Israel police evict settlers from Palestinian home after Supreme Court order
Jamie Sterling
May 7, 2006 02:18:00 pm

Israeli police on Sunday evicted a group of Jewish settlers squatting in a Palestinian house in the West Bank city of Hebron, a region where Jewish settlement is no longer allowed. Three settler families left peacefully, but police scuffled...

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News Russia prosecutors to appeal acquittal in murder of US journalist
Russia prosecutors to appeal acquittal in murder of US journalist
Jamie Sterling
May 6, 2006 03:58:00 pm

Russian prosecutors said Saturday that they will appeal the acquittal of two Chechens accused of murdering American journalist Paul Klebnikov . Klebnikov, the editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition, was in the process of...

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News Zimbabwe security forces stepping up use of torture: rights group
Zimbabwe security forces stepping up use of torture: rights group
Jamie Sterling
May 6, 2006 03:21:00 pm

Zimbabwe security officials have increased the use of torture in dealing with opponents of the government of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe , according to a report released Saturday by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum [advocacy...

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News State lawmakers predict problems with REAL ID Act implementation
State lawmakers predict problems with REAL ID Act implementation
Jamie Sterling
May 6, 2006 11:54:00 am

State lawmakers have expressed concern about possible problems expected to accompany the implementation of the REAL ID Act , fearing that they will not be able to comply with the law's requirements before a May 2008 deadline. The...

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News Amnesty International report to UN torture committee says US abuses widespread
Amnesty International report to UN torture committee says US abuses widespread
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2006 11:31:00 am

Amnesty International Wednesday released a report it has submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture detailing widespread torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners at US detention sites around the...

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News Revised Army interrogation manual held up by secrecy concerns
Revised Army interrogation manual held up by secrecy concerns
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2006 09:05:00 am

The release of a revised US Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation has been delayed while Defense Department officials continue to debate whether a portion of the manual should remain secret. Discussions have been underway...

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News Controversial judicial nominees may be filibustered: Reid
Controversial judicial nominees may be filibustered: Reid
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2006 08:41:00 am

US Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Tuesday that a filibuster is possible for two of President Bush's nominees to federal appeals courts, White House aide Brett Kavanaugh and federal judge...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

World court established at The Hague

On December 13, 1920, the League of Nations Assembly, sitting in Geneva, approved the statute setting up the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague. Learn more about the Permanent Court of International Justice. Visit the website of the Permanent Court's successor body, the International Court of Justice.

President Wilson arrives in France to negotiate WWI treaty

On December 13, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France to negotiate a treaty to conclude World War I. Wilson was the first US President to visit Europe while in office. His meeting with the other Allied leaders would result in the Treaty of Versailles, which created the League of Nations and redrew borders across Europe. The treaty, however, was rejected by the US Senate, thus preventing the U.S. from joining the League with the other major powers.

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