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News Lawyers fan out for US mid-term elections
Lawyers fan out for US mid-term elections
Ryan Olden
November 4, 2006 03:16:00 pm

Thousands of lawyers working for political parties, government and interest groups are preparing to go into action across the United States Tuesday when Americans vote in mid-term elections. At stake is control of Congress and a series...

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Appeals court blocks US handover of American to Iraqis before high court ruling
Ryan Olden
October 28, 2006 03:14:00 pm

The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Iraqi-American Mohammed Munaf had to be given ten days to appeal his case to the US Supreme Court and then the high court had to be accorded...

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News British prison ships proposal revives memories of deadly ‘hulks’
British prison ships proposal revives memories of deadly ‘hulks’
Ryan Olden
October 21, 2006 03:54:00 pm

UK Home Secretary John Reid is soliciting bids for the provision of prison ships to house approximately 800 inmates to relieve pressure on Britain's overcrowded jails. The system has neared its 80,000 inmate limit and...

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News ICTY prosecutor says Serbian war crimes fugitive Mladic in Belgrade
ICTY prosecutor says Serbian war crimes fugitive Mladic in Belgrade
Ryan Olden
October 21, 2006 03:00:00 pm

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) prosecutor Carla del Ponte said Saturday that she believes that Bosnian war fugitive Ratko Mladic "is in Serbia, in...

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Ex-NYSE chairman Grasso ordered to refund part of pay
Ryan Olden
October 19, 2006 07:06:00 pm

The New York State Supreme Court Thursday ordered former New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard A. Grasso to pay back a major portion of the compensation paid to him while he held that...

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French rail carrier facing 1,200 claims for Nazi death camp transports
Ryan Olden
October 14, 2006 03:32:00 pm

French state rail network SNCF announced Friday that since June 2006 it has received about 1200 claims related to its role in helping the Nazis to transport people, mostly Jews, to concentration...

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Australia lawyers condemn government handling of Hicks Guantanamo case
Ryan Olden
October 14, 2006 02:22:00 pm

Members of the Australian Lawyers Alliance have voted unanimously to condemn the Australian government's handling of the case of Australian national David Hicks , held by American authorities at Guantanamo Bay after...

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States loosen felon voting restrictions
Ryan Olden
October 12, 2006 06:24:00 pm

Sixteen states have in recent years made it easier for convicted felons to vote, according to new report by The Sentencing Project . Lifetime voting bans in Iowa , Nebraska, and New Mexico have...

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Appeals court upholds California gay marriage ban
Ryan Olden
October 5, 2006 08:22:00 pm

California’s First District State Court of Appeal upheld a state ban on gay marriage Thursday. In a 2-1 decision , the court held that the ban was not unconstitutional because it did not violate any "vested...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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