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News NYC subway bomb plotter conviction affirmed on appeal
NYC subway bomb plotter conviction affirmed on appeal
Kiely Lewandowski
July 10, 2008 07:12:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Wednesday affirmed the conviction of a Pakistani man tried for conspiring to bomb a New York City subway station. On appeal, Shahawar Matin Siraj (Matin) argued...

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News China court plans to broadcast hearings online
China court plans to broadcast hearings online
Kiely Lewandowski
July 2, 2008 09:10:00 am

The Shanghai People's Higher Court will broadcast its hearings online, a Shanghai judge announced Tuesday. China began televising live court cases in 1998, and the internet broadcasts are the newest element of its effort to increase judicial...

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News US senator criticizes warrantless laptop searches at border
US senator criticizes warrantless laptop searches at border
Kiely Lewandowski
July 2, 2008 07:39:00 am

US Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) has criticized the Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) warrantless searches and seizures of travelers' laptops and other digital devices at the US border, calling the searches an unacceptable invasion of privacy...

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News Council of Europe to investigate Kosovo organ trafficking allegations
Council of Europe to investigate Kosovo organ trafficking allegations
Kiely Lewandowski
June 26, 2008 07:54:00 am

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) announced Wednesday that it will prepare a report on allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo. Former prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...

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News New Zealand Parliament signs record-breaking Maori land settlement
New Zealand Parliament signs record-breaking Maori land settlement
Kiely Lewandowski
June 26, 2008 06:57:00 am

The New Zealand government and several Maori groups signed a deed of settlement Wednesday worth nearly NZ $196 million to resolve certain indigenous claims concerning land taken by British settlers in the 19th century. The deed of settlement agreement,...

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News Myanmar state media defends Suu Kyi house arrest extension into sixth year
Myanmar state media defends Suu Kyi house arrest extension into sixth year
Kiely Lewandowski
June 12, 2008 10:07:00 am

Myanmar law allows the continued detention of pro-democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi , the government-run New Light of Myanmar insisted in an editorial Wednesday. The editorial cited Myanmar's 1975 "Law Safeguarding...

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News Malaysia constitutional amendment needed to protect judiciary: law minister
Malaysia constitutional amendment needed to protect judiciary: law minister
Kiely Lewandowski
June 12, 2008 09:00:00 am

Malaysian Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim Wednesday said legal reforms are needed to safeguard the independence of the country's judiciary. His remarks came in response to recent allegations that during his term of office, former PM Tun...

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News Federal judge enjoins Oklahoma immigration law employer provisions
Federal judge enjoins Oklahoma immigration law employer provisions
Kiely Lewandowski
June 5, 2008 09:14:00 am

The US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking the enforcement of employer-related provisions of Oklahoma's controversial immigration law . Judge Robin Cauthron concluded that...

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News Black farmers allege USDA discrimination in new class action lawsuit
Black farmers allege USDA discrimination in new class action lawsuit
Kiely Lewandowski
June 4, 2008 08:40:00 pm

The Virginia-based National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) brought a class action lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Monday, alleging on behalf of over 800 black farmers that the USDA improperly discriminated against them...

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News Padilla sent to Colorado ‘supermax’ prison to serve out terrorism conspiracy sentence
Padilla sent to Colorado ‘supermax’ prison to serve out terrorism conspiracy sentence
Kiely Lewandowski
April 19, 2008 11:57:00 am

US prison officials said Friday that convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla will serve his approximately 17-year term at a "supermax" federal prison in Colorado. The maximum-security facility located in Florence also holds "Unabomber" Theodore...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity

Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

Che Guevara executed

On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.

Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

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