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News US Navy guards charged with abusing detainees at Camp Bucca
US Navy guards charged with abusing detainees at Camp Bucca
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 15, 2008 01:18:00 pm

Six US sailors have been charged for allegedly abusing Iraqi detainees held at Camp Bucca , the US Naval Forces Central Command said Thursday. The six are said to have physically assaulted at least two detainees...

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Fifth Circuit orders anti-Castro militant to stand trial for US immigration violations
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August 15, 2008 12:35:00 pm

The US Appeals Court for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles will stand trial in the US for alleged immigration violations, effectively blocking extradition efforts by Cuba...

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US military judge disqualifies Pentagon advisor from another Guantanamo trial
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August 15, 2008 11:52:00 am

A military judge on Thursday ordered that military commissions legal advisor Gen. Thomas Hartmann will not participate in the Guantanamo trial of Afghan detainee Mohammed Jawad . The judge, Army...

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Second Circuit dismisses 9/11 lawsuit against Saudi Arabia
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August 15, 2008 11:01:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by survivors of the 9/11 attacks against the nation of Saudi Arabia and four of its princes,...

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US reaches settlement on Libya terror lawsuits
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August 14, 2008 03:16:00 pm

The United States and Libya reached an agreement on Thursday to settle all pending lawsuits brought by US terror victims against Libya, including 26 lawsuits related to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am...

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Second Circuit to reconsider Arar rendition lawsuit
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August 14, 2008 02:20:00 pm

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday agreed to an en banc rehearing of a case brought by Canadian citizen Maher Arar seeking a declaratory judgment against...

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New Orleans judge quashes indictments against ‘Danziger Seven’ police officers
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 14, 2008 12:41:00 pm

A New Orleans judge on Wednesday threw out indictments against the so-called "Danziger Seven" , police officers accused of murder in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina . District Judge Raymond Bigelow ruled that prosecutors had violated...

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Indonesia Bali bombers appeal argues death sentence against Islamic law
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 14, 2008 11:32:00 am

Indonesia's Constitutional Court has accepted a death penalty challenge filed by three men condemned for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings . Mukhlas, Imam Samudra and Amrozi Nurhasyim argue that death by firing squad...

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Georgia files complaint against Russia with International Court of Justice
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August 14, 2008 10:44:00 am

Georgia filed a complaint against Russia with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday, alleging that invading Russian troops have engaged in murder, rape and mass displacement of civilians during the...

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Nigeria cedes disputed peninsula to Cameroon following ICJ ruling
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August 14, 2008 10:05:00 am

Nigeria officially turned over the entirety of the disputed Bakassi peninsula to neighboring Cameroon on Thursday, in compliance with a 2002 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling . Basing its ruling on an old colonial agreement...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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