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News UPDATE ~ Bankruptcy judge approves federal extension of US Airways financing
UPDATE ~ Bankruptcy judge approves federal extension of US Airways financing
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 13, 2005 05:48:00 pm

Following up on JURIST report from earlier today, US Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Mitchell has now approved a deal between US Airways and the federal Air Transportation Stabilization Board , extending the government's financing of the troubled...

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News Israeli high court temporarily halts building of separation fence
Israeli high court temporarily halts building of separation fence
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 13, 2005 05:03:00 pm

Israel's High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction Thursday instructing state workers "to refrain from all uprooting of trees or orchards and digging, paving, leveling, construction or other preparations" for the erecting of the security fence...

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News FCC urged to probe commentator’s alleged pay-off from Bush administration
FCC urged to probe commentator’s alleged pay-off from Bush administration
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 13, 2005 04:07:00 pm

Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that in response to numerous complaints, the agency should investigate the legality of commentator Armstrong Williams' failure to disclose $240,000 received from the...

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News Rehnquist not returning to bench after holiday break
Rehnquist not returning to bench after holiday break
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 7, 2005 03:02:00 pm

Updating a Wednesday announcement on Chief Justice William Rehnquist's return to work part-time, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said Friday that Rehnquist will not preside from the bench Monday when the high court returns from the holiday break. Rehnquist, 80,...

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News Supreme Court to review accounting firm’s conviction in Enron case
Supreme Court to review accounting firm’s conviction in Enron case
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 7, 2005 02:34:00 pm

The US Supreme Court announced Friday that it would hear an appeal brought by the Chicago-based accounting firm Arthur Andersen, previously convicted for obstruction of justice by destroying documents related to the fall of the Enron Corp. Andersen was...

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News UPDATE ~ Jury seated for Abu Ghraib trial
UPDATE ~ Jury seated for Abu Ghraib trial
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 7, 2005 02:04:00 pm

Following up on a report this morning in JURIST's Paper Chase, jury selection came to a close Friday after the seating of a 10-man jury in the military trial of Spc. Charles Graner, named by prosecutors as the ringleader...

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News 9th Circuit: Make-up requirement for waitresses not sex discrimination
9th Circuit: Make-up requirement for waitresses not sex discrimination
Phillip Hong-Barco
December 28, 2004 04:06:00 pm

In an 2-1 opinion written by Judge A. Wallace Tashima, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a casino's requirement that its waitresses wear make-up while serving beverages does not constitute sex discrimination in violation of...

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News Arraignment postponed for Colombian drug kingpin
Arraignment postponed for Colombian drug kingpin
Phillip Hong-Barco
December 28, 2004 03:02:00 pm

US District Judge Federico Moreno Tuesday postponed the arraignment of Cali drug kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela until Jan. 28, 2005, giving his attorney time to persuade the Treasury Department to allow Orejuela's assets to pay for his legal defense...

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News UK detainees allege more Guantanamo mistreatment
UK detainees allege more Guantanamo mistreatment
Phillip Hong-Barco
December 11, 2004 02:05:00 pm

According to British Foreign & Commonwealth Office documents obtained and published Saturday by the Guardian newspaper, Martin Mubanga, one of four muslim Britons still held at Guantanamo Bay, made new allegations of torture and humiliation endured by him and...

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News FBI agent indicted for tipping-off suspects
FBI agent indicted for tipping-off suspects
Phillip Hong-Barco
December 11, 2004 01:34:00 pm

Denise K. Woo, a 45 year old former FBI agent, has been indicted on five criminal counts for tipping-off a suspect under investigation and lying to other FBI agents. Woo's indictment revealed that the FBI was conducting a national...

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British Mandate for Palestine goes into effect

The League of Nations Mandate for Palestine went into effect on September 29, 1923, granting the United Kingdom administrative control of Palestine. It also directed the UK to facilitate the creation of a Jewish state in the region pursuant to the 1917 Balfour Declaration. Learn more about the British Mandate for Palestine.

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