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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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News Fifth Circuit orders anti-Castro militant to stand trial for US immigration violations
Fifth Circuit orders anti-Castro militant to stand trial for US immigration violations
Mike Rosen-Molina
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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News US military judge disqualifies Pentagon advisor from another Guantanamo trial
US military judge disqualifies Pentagon advisor from another Guantanamo trial
Mike Rosen-Molina
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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News Second Circuit dismisses 9/11 lawsuit against Saudi Arabia
Second Circuit dismisses 9/11 lawsuit against Saudi Arabia
Mike Rosen-Molina
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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News US reaches settlement on Libya terror lawsuits
US reaches settlement on Libya terror lawsuits
Mike Rosen-Molina
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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News Second Circuit to reconsider Arar rendition lawsuit
Second Circuit to reconsider Arar rendition lawsuit
Mike Rosen-Molina
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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News Indonesia Bali bombers appeal argues death sentence against Islamic law
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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News Georgia files complaint against Russia with International Court of Justice
Georgia files complaint against Russia with International Court of Justice
Mike Rosen-Molina
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
Mike Rosen-Molina
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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Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).

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