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News New China bankruptcy law takes effect
New China bankruptcy law takes effect
Michael Sung
June 1, 2007 12:41:00 pm

China's new "Enterprise Bankruptcy" law came into effect Friday, officially introducing broad sweeping regulations governing the resolution of outstanding business debts for the first time in China , which is gradually amending its laws to address the...

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News Assisted suicide doctor Kevorkian released on parole after 8 years in prison
Assisted suicide doctor Kevorkian released on parole after 8 years in prison
Michael Sung
June 1, 2007 11:56:00 am

Jack Kevorkian , a former doctor convicted of second degree murder for assisting the suicide of a patient with Lou Gehrig's disease, was released from prison in Michigan Friday after serving 8 years. Kevorkian, who will remain on...

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News Arrested aide to Mladic transferred to Hague war crimes court
Arrested aide to Mladic transferred to Hague war crimes court
Michael Sung
June 1, 2007 11:31:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Friday confirmed the transfer to The Hague of newly arrested Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir . Tolimir, a former...

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News Federal court dismisses Fannie Mae shareholders lawsuit
Federal court dismisses Fannie Mae shareholders lawsuit
Michael Sung
June 1, 2007 11:00:00 am

The US District Court for the District of Colombia Thursday dismissed a derivative lawsuit filed by shareholders of home financial services corporation Fannie Mae to force former CEO Franklin D. Raines, former CFO J. Timothy...

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News Myanmar detention of democracy advocate against international law: UN rights body
Myanmar detention of democracy advocate against international law: UN rights body
Michael Sung
June 1, 2007 10:18:00 am

Myanmar's extended detention of democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi violates the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights , the UN...

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News Poland court sentences 15 riot police for 1981 martial law protest killings
Poland court sentences 15 riot police for 1981 martial law protest killings
Michael Sung
June 1, 2007 09:51:00 am

A Polish court Thursday sentenced 15 riot police officers involved in the 1981 shooting deaths of nine coal miners, handing down sentences ranging from eleven years to at least two and half years in prison. The coal miners were...

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News Senate intelligence panel questions value of CIA secret detentions
Senate intelligence panel questions value of CIA secret detentions
Michael Sung
June 1, 2007 08:52:00 am

The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence questioned whether the secret CIA detention and interrogation program "is the best means to obtain a full and reliable intelligence debriefing of a detainee" in a report published...

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News DOD identifies Guantanamo suicide detainee
DOD identifies Guantanamo suicide detainee
Michael Sung
June 1, 2007 08:00:00 am

US military officials Thursday identified a deceased Saudi Arabian detainee who apparently committed suicide at the military prison Wednesday as Abdul Rahman Ma'ath Thafir al-Amri. Joint Task Force-Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) said in press release...

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News China government planning new anti-terrorism law
China government planning new anti-terrorism law
Michael Sung
May 31, 2007 03:27:00 pm

Zhao Bingzhi, president of the criminal law research committee of the China Law Society told China Daily Thursday that China is preparing to enact anti-terrorism legislation , which Zhao described as a "separate...

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News Top aide to Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Mladic arrested: reports
Top aide to Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Mladic arrested: reports
Michael Sung
May 31, 2007 02:55:00 pm

Zdravko Tolimir , a former Bosnian Serb general and a UN-indicted war crimes suspect, has been arrested, according to Thursday media reports. Tolimir, a close aide to war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Knights Templar arrested in France on false charges

French members of the Crusade-era chivalric order the Knights Templar, including Grand Master Jacques de Molay, were arrested upon the orders of King Phillip IV of France on October 13, 1307. The group was baselessly accused of multiple offenses, including idolatry and homosexual acts. The Templars would be tried for these offenses before being disbanded officially by Pope Clement V in 1312. Learn more about the Knights Templar.

Rosenbergs' espionage appeal denied by Supreme Court

On October 13, 1952, the US Supreme Court announced that it had declined to grant certiorari in the appeal of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, condemned to death for conspiracy to commit atomic espionage for the Soviet Union. Justice William O. Douglas eventually granted a stay of execution on June 17, 1953, but that order was vacated by the full Court and the Rosenbergs were executed on June 19, 1953. Learn more about the Rosenbergs' case from the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Greenwich Mean Time established as universal standard

On October 13, 1884, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was declared universal time by the International Meridian Conference, a gathering of 25 nations from around the globe.
Read the proceedings of the International Meridian Conference from Project Gutenberg.

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