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News DOJ drops criminal probe of AIG executive
DOJ drops criminal probe of AIG executive
Sarah Miley
May 23, 2010 09:45:03 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided not to file charges against former American International Group (AIG) executive Joseph Cassano, according to prosecutors from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on...

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Obama commission to investigate BP Gulf oil spill
Sarah Miley
May 22, 2010 12:29:20 pm

US President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday establishing an independent commission to investigate offshore drilling and the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico . The National...

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News Rights group fears ill-treatment of imprisoned Thai protesters
Rights group fears ill-treatment of imprisoned Thai protesters
Sarah Miley
May 22, 2010 09:59:58 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed concern about the treatment of anti-government protesters detained during Thailand's latest round of political violence . The group is chiding the Thai government for enacting an emergency...

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News Kyrgyzstan interim government approves draft constitution
Kyrgyzstan interim government approves draft constitution
Sarah Miley
May 21, 2010 02:18:53 pm

The interim government of Kyrgyzstan on Thursday approved a draft constitution that will shift power from the president to the prime minister. The draft constitution defines Kyrgyzstan as a secular state and limits the president...

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News DC Circuit dismisses Bagram detainee habeas petitions
DC Circuit dismisses Bagram detainee habeas petitions
Sarah Miley
May 21, 2010 11:30:53 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday in Al Maqaleh v. Gates that detainees held at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan cannot bring...

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Rights group claims to have new evidence of Sri Lanka war crimes
Sarah Miley
May 21, 2010 11:08:36 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced Friday that it has acquired new evidence to support allegations of wartime abuses against civilians by both the government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [JURIST news...

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UK to launch investigation into torture allegations
Sarah Miley
May 21, 2010 09:44:41 am

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary William Hague said Friday that the UK will launch an investigation into allegations that overseas UK operatives were complicit in torture. Hague stated that the new coalition government will initiate a...

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News ICC prosecutors investigating 2009 military violence in Guinea
ICC prosecutors investigating 2009 military violence in Guinea
Sarah Miley
May 20, 2010 03:45:03 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday sent a delegation from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to Guinea to further investigate the killing of more than 150 pro-democracy protesters in Conakry in...

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UK electoral commission calls for revision of voting law
Sarah Miley
May 20, 2010 02:44:04 pm

The UK Electoral Commission called Thursday for revisions to the voting laws after 1,200 voters were unable to cast ballots in the May elections even though they had arrived at the polling station...

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France authorities arrest suspected Basque separatist leader
Sarah Miley
May 20, 2010 12:44:42 pm

Four suspected members of armed Basque separatist group ETA were arrested Thursday in France, including suspected ETA leader Mikel Kabikoitz Carrera Sarobe. The officers raided a residential block of the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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