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Obama administration invokes state secrets in effort to block targeted killings lawsuit
Sarah Paulsworth
September 25, 2010 01:52:56 pm

The Obama administration on Friday filed a brief with the District Court for the District of Columbia , asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit questioning the legality of targeted killings of terrorism suspects....

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UN panel criticizes Israel, Hamas investigations into Gaza Strip conflict
Sarah Paulsworth
September 21, 2010 02:32:46 pm

The UN panel of experts tasked with monitoring and assessing investigations into alleged war crimes during the 2008-2009 conflict in the Gaza Strip issued a report Tuesday criticizing the investigations...

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Federal appeals court upholds verdict for Chevron in Nigeria protest deaths
Sarah Paulsworth
September 11, 2010 02:14:53 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a jury verdict clearing Chevron of wrongdoing in the 1998 deaths of two protesters occupying a Nigerian oil platform operated by...

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Rwanda genocide tribunal opens trial of ex-mayor
Sarah Paulsworth
September 7, 2010 02:28:34 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday began the trial of former Kivumu, Rwanda, mayor Gregoire Ndahimana . Ndahimana was charged in July 2001...

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France protesters rally against Sarkozy security measures
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September 4, 2010 03:35:28 pm

Over 100,000 people in 130 cities across France protested Saturday against the security policies of President Nicolas Sarkozy . The protesters called the expulsion of illegal Roma and a recent bid to ban the...

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September 4, 2010 01:22:51 pm

Canada has allocated $105 million to build new prison cells at four existing prisons in anticipation of a drastic increase in prisoners over the next several years. The Canadian government's plan envisages the creation of 2,700...

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Hamdan appeal to be heard by full US military commissions review court
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September 4, 2010 11:31:59 am

The US Court of Military Commission Review will hear en banc an appeal by former Osama Bin Laden driver Salim Ahmed Hamdan according to media reports. The decision was...

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September 1, 2010 07:50:56 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has begun considering a lawsuit filed by three Russian activists alleging their right to freedom of assembly has been violated, their lawyer said Tuesday. The court is reportedly deciding whether...

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Turkish prosecutors to investigate allegations of fabricated coup plot
Sarah Paulsworth
August 24, 2010 05:21:42 pm

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday announced plans to investigate claims by Eskisehir Police Chief Hanefi Avci that evidence of several alleged coups plots, particularly Ergenekon , was fabricated. Avci alleged in a book he recently published,...

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May 10, 2010 03:23:55 pm

The accused leader of the Toronto 18 , Fahim Ahmad, unexpectedly switched his plea to guilty on Monday in the midst of his Canadian trial on terrorism charges. Ahmad is on trial [Toronto Star...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

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.

Read a biography of Nelson Mandela from the Nobel Foundation.

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