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News Thailand prosecutors file new corruption charges against ex-PM
Thailand prosecutors file new corruption charges against ex-PM
Michael Sung
March 10, 2008 09:36:00 am

Thai prosecutors formally filed new corruption charges Monday against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and other high-level officials, accusing Thaksin and the officials of illegally approving and operating funds from the state lottery....

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News Countrywide Financial under securities fraud investigation: report
Countrywide Financial under securities fraud investigation: report
Michael Sung
March 10, 2008 08:50:00 am

The US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have launched a criminal investigation into troubled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial , according to a New York Times report Sunday. Federal authorities are investigating...

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News Egypt police arrest 54 Muslim Brotherhood members as candidate registration opens
Egypt police arrest 54 Muslim Brotherhood members as candidate registration opens
Michael Sung
March 4, 2008 09:17:00 am

Egyptian security officials arrested 54 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday, as Egypt began candidate registration for the upcoming April 8 provincial council elections . Egypt's provincial councils administer local municipal government services....

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News Serbia prosecutors order arrest of suspected US embassy arsonist
Serbia prosecutors order arrest of suspected US embassy arsonist
Michael Sung
March 4, 2008 09:00:00 am

Serbian prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the arrest of an unidentified suspect believed to be responsible for the burning of the US embassy in Belgrade last month. The unidentified suspect, who is facing charges of violating public security...

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News Pakistan lawyers clash with police over Chaudhry house arrest
Pakistan lawyers clash with police over Chaudhry house arrest
Michael Sung
March 3, 2008 09:41:00 am

Pakistani police clashed with protesting lawyers outside the home of former Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry Monday, as the country's Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) announced plans to hold new demonstrations to pressure President Pervez...

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News Russia presidential election observers skeptical about poll fairness
Russia presidential election observers skeptical about poll fairness
Michael Sung
March 3, 2008 09:01:00 am

Election observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Monday expressed reservations about the fairness of Russia's weekend presidential election, pointing to media restrictions and alleged polling irregularities that hampered opposition candidates. In a...

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News Australia court relaxes control order restrictions on ex-Gitmo detainee Hicks
Australia court relaxes control order restrictions on ex-Gitmo detainee Hicks
Michael Sung
February 19, 2008 10:32:00 am

The Federal Magistrate Court of Australia Tuesday relaxed certain control order restrictions against former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks , permitting him to reside anywhere in the country subject to approval from the...

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UN SG not commenting on legality of Kosovo independence declaration
Michael Sung
February 19, 2008 09:42:00 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Monday refused to comment on the legality of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, instead calling on all parties to "exercise maximum restraint" in response to the declaration....

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News Suharto heirs fail to appear for Indonesia civil corruption case
Suharto heirs fail to appear for Indonesia civil corruption case
Michael Sung
February 19, 2008 09:23:00 am

The six children of former Indonesian President Haji Mohammed Suharto failed to appear in court Tuesday, ignoring a court summons to defend Suharto's estate in a civil corruption case. Suharto's defense lawyer,...

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News New Pakistan parliament could reinstate ousted judges, depose Musharraf
New Pakistan parliament could reinstate ousted judges, depose Musharraf
Michael Sung
February 19, 2008 08:42:00 am

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) conceded defeat Tuesday in parliamentary elections as unofficial results tentatively gave the opposition parties of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and former Prime...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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