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News Japan politicians shrug off likely US call for apology over WWII use of sex slaves
Japan politicians shrug off likely US call for apology over WWII use of sex slaves
Melissa Bancroft
March 11, 2007 04:24:00 pm

After initial expressions of concern and regret , several top Japanese politicians said over the weekend they would ignore a proposed US House of Representatives resolution calling for Japan to apologize to "comfort...

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News South Carolina senators oppose moving Guantanamo detainees to mainland
South Carolina senators oppose moving Guantanamo detainees to mainland
Melissa Bancroft
March 11, 2007 03:45:00 pm

South Carolina US senators Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint , both Republicans, have angrily criticized a Democrat-sponsored proposal to transfer current prisoners held at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the state's penal system or facilities...

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News ICTY trial begins for former Kosovo prime minister accused of KLA war crimes
ICTY trial begins for former Kosovo prime minister accused of KLA war crimes
Melissa Bancroft
March 5, 2007 03:59:00 pm

The trial of former Kosovo prime minister and Kosovo Liberation Army commander Ramush Haradinaj and two Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj , began Monday before the International Criminal...

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News Libby trial judge refuses to answer jury level of proof question
Libby trial judge refuses to answer jury level of proof question
Melissa Bancroft
March 5, 2007 03:15:00 pm

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton refused to answer a jury question Monday in the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial on the level of proof that would have to be...

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News Sudan ex-militia leader rejects ICC accusation of attacking Darfur civilians
Sudan ex-militia leader rejects ICC accusation of attacking Darfur civilians
Melissa Bancroft
March 5, 2007 10:50:00 am

A former Sudanese militia leader recently accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court denied attacking Darfur civilians or displacing refugees in an article published in Sudan's Al Intibaha newspaper Sunday. Ali Kushayb...

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News UK minister blames ‘constitution’ term for slowing EU charter
UK minister blames ‘constitution’ term for slowing EU charter
Melissa Bancroft
March 4, 2007 05:06:00 pm

British EU Minister Geoff Hoon said Sunday that the term "constitution" may be to blame for the slow progress of an official set of EU operating rules. Speaking to ITV, Hoon said "It seems to me much...

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News Italy challenges US to take responsibility for Iraq shooting of Italian agent
Italy challenges US to take responsibility for Iraq shooting of Italian agent
Melissa Bancroft
March 4, 2007 04:29:00 pm

Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alemo criticized the US Saturday for failing to claim responsibility for the March 2005 shooting of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari . The minister's comments called for...

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News Iraqi intelligence torture center discovered in Basra raid
Iraqi intelligence torture center discovered in Basra raid
Melissa Bancroft
March 4, 2007 03:51:00 pm

Iraqi special forces and coalition troops Sunday uncovered an Iraqi intelligence facility in Basra in southern Iraq apparently used to torture prisoners and produce bomb-making equipment. The government building, local headquarters of the Iraqi interior ministry's domestic intelligence agency,...

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News Federal judge rules Virgin Islands failing to care for mentally ill prisoners
Federal judge rules Virgin Islands failing to care for mentally ill prisoners
Melissa Bancroft
March 4, 2007 03:12:00 pm

US District Judge Stanley S. Brotman ruled late last week that the US Virgin Islands has inadequate health care available for the territory's mentally ill prisoners awaiting trial. Brotman threatened to find the government in contempt ...

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Iraqi oil ministry worried Kurds may block new revenue law
Melissa Bancroft
February 25, 2007 05:14:00 pm

The Iraqi Oil Ministry indicated Sunday that a recently proposed law regulating oil revenues may be in jeopardy. Members of the ministry have expressed doubt that the Kurdish administration in the north of the country ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi SS and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps. Read a biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted anti-Vietnam War bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution. Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts.

Trial of Marquess of Queensberry begins, leading to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde

On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality. Read about the trials of Oscar Wilde.

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