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News France ex-PM goes on trial for Sarkozy defamation
France ex-PM goes on trial for Sarkozy defamation
Safiya Boucaud
September 21, 2009 10:03:00 am

A French court on Monday began the trial of former prime minister Dominique de Villepin , accused of slandering businessmen and top politicians including current French President Nicolas Sarkozy [official website, in French; JURIST news...

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News ICTY approves release of former Bosnian Serb president
ICTY approves release of former Bosnian Serb president
Safiya Boucaud
September 15, 2009 10:43:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Tuesday that it has approved the release of former Bosnian president Biljana Plavsic . Her sentence was commuted after she served only...

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News Iraq shoe-throwing journalist released from prison
Iraq shoe-throwing journalist released from prison
Safiya Boucaud
September 15, 2009 09:29:00 am

The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US president George W. Bush was released from prison Tuesday. Muntader al-Zaidi was originally sentenced to three years on charges of assaulting a foreign leader but later had...

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News ICTY ex-spokesperson found guilty of contempt for revealing Milosevic secrets
ICTY ex-spokesperson found guilty of contempt for revealing Milosevic secrets
Safiya Boucaud
September 14, 2009 10:30:00 am

A specially appointed chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday found former spokesperson Florence Hartmann guilty of contempt for revealing confidential...

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News South Korea court again rules against Microsoft in antitrust suit
South Korea court again rules against Microsoft in antitrust suit
Safiya Boucaud
September 14, 2009 09:31:00 am

The Seoul Central District Court on Monday found Microsoft in violation of South Korea's antitrust laws for bundling software programs with its Windows operating system. The court found the company's bundling practice to be in violation of...

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News Mexico president replaces attorney general in charge of anti-drug efforts
Mexico president replaces attorney general in charge of anti-drug efforts
Safiya Boucaud
September 8, 2009 10:32:00 am

Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday accepted the resignation of Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora , a key player in Mexico's efforts against drug cartels and drug-related violence. Medina Mora will be replaced...

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News Tobacco companies file lawsuit claiming new federal regulations violate First Amendment
Tobacco companies file lawsuit claiming new federal regulations violate First Amendment
Safiya Boucaud
September 1, 2009 10:53:00 am

Several US tobacco companies, including R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard , filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a new tobacco regulation law on First Amendment grounds. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Western...

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News Iran election protester death deemed result of abuse in police custody
Iran election protester death deemed result of abuse in police custody
Safiya Boucaud
September 1, 2009 09:32:00 am

The death of an Iranian prisoner in police custody was determined to have been caused by beatings and poor prison conditions in the wake of the post-election turmoil , according to the semi-official Mehr News...

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News Cheney criticizes DOJ CIA interrogation probe as political move
Cheney criticizes DOJ CIA interrogation probe as political move
Safiya Boucaud
August 31, 2009 10:27:00 am

Former US vice president Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama of backtracking on his promise to not prosecute Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents for alleged abuses of suspected terrorist detainees under the...

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News Vietnam granting amnesty to more than 5,000 prisoners
Vietnam granting amnesty to more than 5,000 prisoners
Safiya Boucaud
August 31, 2009 09:12:00 am

Vietnamese Vice Minister of Public Security Le The Tiem said Monday that President Nguyen Minh Triet will grant amnesty to more than 5,000 prisoners on Wednesday in honor of National Day. Catholic priest Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly [AI...

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Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

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