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News Treaty required for extradition of Mumbai attack suspects: Pakistan
Treaty required for extradition of Mumbai attack suspects: Pakistan
Lucas Tanglen
January 2, 2009 04:19:00 pm

Pakistan on Friday said a bilateral extradition treaty would be required if it were to transfer Mumbai terror attack suspects to India. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in a television interview that no...

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News China police detain parents of children sickened by tainted milk
China police detain parents of children sickened by tainted milk
Lucas Tanglen
January 2, 2009 03:11:00 pm

Police in China detained five parents of children who became sick after drinking melamine-tainted milk , preventing the parents from participating in a Friday news conference. One of the parents said that they had been given no...

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News ACLU protests censorship of Guantanamo detainee testimony
ACLU protests censorship of Guantanamo detainee testimony
Lucas Tanglen
December 6, 2008 01:50:00 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sought to prohibit government censorship of prisoners' testimony about alleged torture and abuse at Guantanamo Bay in a motion filed Friday in military commission proceedings against...

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News Kenya moves to replace controversial electoral commission
Kenya moves to replace controversial electoral commission
Lucas Tanglen
December 6, 2008 12:38:00 pm

The Kenyan government on Friday published a bill calling for a constitutional amendment allowing the replacement of the controversial Electoral Commission of Kenya which oversaw the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki in December 2007, leading...

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News UN rights council adopts resolution condemning Congo abuses
UN rights council adopts resolution condemning Congo abuses
Lucas Tanglen
December 1, 2008 03:09:00 pm

The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution Monday condemning human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the close of a special session on renewed violence in...

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News Singapore judge finds WSJ Asia in contempt of court for articles on judiciary
Singapore judge finds WSJ Asia in contempt of court for articles on judiciary
Lucas Tanglen
November 25, 2008 12:07:00 pm

Singapore's High Court on Tuesday found the Wall Street Journal Asia in contempt of court over the newspaper's publication of three articles that allegedly undermined the country's judiciary. High Court Justice Tay Yong Kwang ruled...

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News Netherlands says statute of limitations bars 1947 Indonesia massacre claims
Netherlands says statute of limitations bars 1947 Indonesia massacre claims
Lucas Tanglen
November 24, 2008 03:31:00 pm

A lawyer for the Dutch government on Monday claimed the statute of limitations bars one survivor and nine widows of victims of a 1947 massacre in Indonesia from seeking compensation. Dutch soldiers allegedly executed...

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Transfer of Iraq detainees under security pact concerns rights groups
Lucas Tanglen
November 18, 2008 12:20:00 pm

Iraqi human rights activists are concerned about the treatment of detainees due to be transferred from US military custody to Iraqi authorities under the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) , according to an IRIN report...

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Obama picks former Clinton impeachment lawyer to be White House counsel
Lucas Tanglen
November 18, 2008 07:01:00 am

US president-elect Barack Obama has reportedly selected Gregory Craig to serve as White House counsel. Craig, who was an adviser to Obama during the presidential campaign, led former President Bill Clinton's defense...

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News Connecticut judge signs off on same-sex marriage
Connecticut judge signs off on same-sex marriage
Lucas Tanglen
November 13, 2008 08:05:00 am

Connecticut Superior Court Judge Jonathan Silbert signed a final order on Wednesday allowing same-sex marriage in the state. Last month, the state Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that state...

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John Jay born

John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the state of New York, co-author of the Federalist Papers and first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born on December 12, 1745. Read a biographical sketch of John Jay, and pay a virtual visit to the John Jay Homestead, to which he retired in 1801.

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