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News Kosovo war crimes going unpunished 10 years later: rights group
Kosovo war crimes going unpunished 10 years later: rights group
Matt Glenn
June 12, 2009 07:20:00 am

Many human rights abuses that occurred during the war in Kosovo have gone uninvestigated and unpunished, Amnesty International (AI) , told Deutsche Welle Wednesday, which was the 10-year anniversary of the conflict's...

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Appeals court upholds Chrysler bankruptcy assets sale
Matt Glenn
June 6, 2009 08:04:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Friday approved the sale of most of the assets of Chrysler Group to Italian automaker Fiat , but said the deal could...

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News Turkish police arrest 20 more in alleged coup plot
Turkish police arrest 20 more in alleged coup plot
Matt Glenn
June 5, 2009 07:21:00 am

Turkish police on Thursday arrested ten military officers and ten others in connection with an alleged coup plot. The Turkish government linked the arrested men with Ergenekon , a Turkish secular nationalist group that is accused...

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Obama warns against partisanship in Sotomayor confirmation process
Matt Glenn
May 30, 2009 03:51:00 pm

US President Barack Obama rebuked Republicans who would oppose his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court Saturday in his weekly address. The president predicted failure for...

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News US government urges Supreme Court to reject Uighur detainee appeal
US government urges Supreme Court to reject Uighur detainee appeal
Matt Glenn
May 30, 2009 02:29:00 pm

The Obama administration urged the US Supreme Court Friday to reject a petition for certiorari filed by 14 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay seeking their release. Taking the...

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News US must do more to prevent war crimes: UN rapporteur
US must do more to prevent war crimes: UN rapporteur
Matt Glenn
May 29, 2009 08:04:00 am

The US has failed to adequately prevent and prosecute war crimes and other abuses during its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston said in...

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Canada Supreme Court to rule on media blackout in terrorism trial
Matt Glenn
May 29, 2009 07:04:00 am

Canada's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review an Ontario court decision upholding media restrictions on the Toronto 18 terrorism case. Under Canada's criminal code the media may attend pre-trial hearings but in...

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News South Korea ex-president targeted by bribery probe dies in apparent suicide
South Korea ex-president targeted by bribery probe dies in apparent suicide
Matt Glenn
May 23, 2009 02:23:00 pm

Former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun apparently committed suicide Saturday by leaping off a 30-foot cliff. Roh and members of Roh's family were under investigation by the Republic of Korea's Supreme Prosecutor's...

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Taiwan ex-president Chen dismisses lawyers to protest prosecution
Matt Glenn
May 22, 2009 07:26:00 am

Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian dismissed his defense lawyers Thursday and announced he would not call any witnesses in protest of what he sees as a politically motivated prosecution . Chen, who...

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Spain cabinet approves draft bill expanding abortion rights
Matt Glenn
May 14, 2009 03:49:00 pm

Spain's Cabinet approved a draft bill Thursday that would liberalize Spanish abortion law. The new bill, which must now be approved by Parliament, would give women the right to an abortion...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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