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News Iraqi-born cleric pleads not guilty in Norway to encouraging suicide bombings
Iraqi-born cleric pleads not guilty in Norway to encouraging suicide bombings
Max Slater
February 15, 2012 01:02:45 pm

Mullah Krekar, the founder of the Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group Ansar Al Islam , pleaded not guilty before a Norwegian district court on Wednesday to charges of condoning suicide bombings and making death threats against politicians. The prosecutor...

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February 15, 2012 12:59:41 pm

A military judge on Tuesday denied the request of suspected USS Cole bomber and Guantanamo inmate Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri to question Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh as a witness in his case....

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UN rights chief again urges referral of Syria to ICC
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February 14, 2012 12:27:10 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay , in a speech to the UN General Assembly on Monday, called for the UN Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International...

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US State Department sends experts to Haiti to strengthen Haitian courts
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February 14, 2012 11:41:25 am

The US Department of State (DOS) on Monday dispatched a team of international law experts to Haiti to assess how to reinforce the Haitian judiciary's power and independence, according to Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille [official website,...

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UN rights chief calls for protection of Syria civilians
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February 8, 2012 01:13:53 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday urged the international community to take action to protect Syrian civilians. Pillay argued that the failure of the UN Security Council to agree...

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Arizona files opening brief with Supreme Court on immigration law
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February 7, 2012 01:30:43 pm

Attorneys for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer filed an opening brief with the US Supreme Court on Monday, asking the court to lift an injunction that has blocked many contentious provisions of a state...

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UN tribunal accepts war crimes lawyer’s contempt plea
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February 1, 2012 01:28:41 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) accepted a plea agreement on Tuesday in which Jelena Rasic, the case manager for Bosnian war criminal Milan Lukic, pleaded guilty [amended indictment,...

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France lawmakers seek ruling on genocide denial ban
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January 31, 2012 01:26:12 pm

A French genocide denial ban passed last week stalled on Tuesday after two groups of French politicians challenged the law's constitutionality. The opposition groups, which include members in both the Senate and the National...

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Illinois high court to allow cameras in circuit courts
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January 25, 2012 08:30:50 pm

The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday authorized the use of television cameras and other recording devices in state courts . The order permits "extended media coverage" in courtrooms, which entails broadcasting of proceedings...

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Minnesota appeals court remands same-sex marriage lawsuit
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January 24, 2012 01:23:22 pm

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a trial court must review a lawsuit challenging a Minnesota law prohibiting gay marriage . The plaintiffs are three same-sex couples who were married in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Socialist Constitution of Cuba promulgated

On February 24, 1976, the Republic of Cuba promulgated the Socialist Constitution of Cuba. The document solidified the socialist system in Cuba. It was the fifth Cuban constitution since the country's independence in 1901 and the first since the Cuban Revolution in 1959. The Socialist Constitution was subsequently amended in 1992 and 2002.

Marbury v. Madison decided

On February 24, 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall of the US Supreme Court ruled in Marbury v. Madison that any act of Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is null and void, thereby establishing the doctrine of judicial review.

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