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News China government announces new regulations restricting Internet use
China government announces new regulations restricting Internet use
Sarah Miley
February 23, 2010 12:59:00 pm

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued new regulations tightening restrictions on Internet use by requiring citizens operating websites to submit identity cards and meet with regulators before their sites can be...

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News Niger president held hostage in apparent coup attempt
Niger president held hostage in apparent coup attempt
Sarah Miley
February 18, 2010 02:01:00 pm

Niger President Mamadou Tandja was taken hostage on Thursday in an apparent coup attempt by dissident army officials, leaving at least three Nigerien soldiers dead. The opposition forces invaded the presidential palace with machine guns...

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News Bangladesh to appoint prosecutors for war crimes tribunal by March
Bangladesh to appoint prosecutors for war crimes tribunal by March
Sarah Miley
February 16, 2010 11:35:00 am

The Bangladesh government announced on Tuesday that prosecutors and investigators for the country's war crimes tribunal should be appointed by the first week of March. The tribunal will be used to conduct fair and transparent trials for...

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News US intelligence chief condemns UK decision to release details of detainee treatment
US intelligence chief condemns UK decision to release details of detainee treatment
Sarah Miley
February 12, 2010 06:52:00 am

US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair on Wednesday condemned a UK Court of Appeal ruling that the British government must publish intelligence relating to the alleged torture of former...

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News Former Intel executive pleads guilty to insider trading in Galleon probe
Former Intel executive pleads guilty to insider trading in Galleon probe
Sarah Miley
February 9, 2010 03:30:00 pm

Former Intel Capital executive Rajiv Goel pleaded guilty to insider trading charges on Monday in connection with the probe surrounding Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam [Financial Times profile; JURIST news...

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News Bahrain using torture to extract confessions: HRW
Bahrain using torture to extract confessions: HRW
Sarah Miley
February 9, 2010 11:47:00 am

The government of Bahrain has reverted to using torture to gain confessions from detainees after a decade of reform banning such practices, according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . HRW...

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News Spain court rules judge Garzon may have exceeded authority in Franco probe
Spain court rules judge Garzon may have exceeded authority in Franco probe
Sarah Miley
February 4, 2010 02:11:00 pm

A Spanish Supreme Court judge ruled on Thursday that National Court judge Baltasar Garzon may have exceeded his jurisdictional authority when he launched an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed...

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News Former UK Cabinet member claims Blair misled parliament on Iraq invasion
Former UK Cabinet member claims Blair misled parliament on Iraq invasion
Sarah Miley
February 2, 2010 01:28:00 pm

Former UK international development secretary Clare Short told the Iraq Inquiry in a public hearing on Tuesday that Former UK prime minister Tony Blair was "misleading" and "deceitful" with...

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News Iran planning execution of 9 more election protesters: report
Iran planning execution of 9 more election protesters: report
Sarah Miley
February 2, 2010 11:56:00 am

Iran will "soon execute" nine more Iranian citizens for their roles in last summer's post-election protests , according to a statement given by senior judiciary official Ebrahim Raisi to the Fars News Agency Tuesday. The...

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Rights group criticizes Ireland abortion laws
Sarah Miley
January 28, 2010 02:10:00 pm

Ireland's restrictive abortion laws increase health risks to women and expose them to deliberate misinformation about abortion procedures, according to a report released on Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Ireland's current...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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