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News Russian soldiers cleared of Chechen deaths
Russian soldiers cleared of Chechen deaths
Tom Henry
May 20, 2005 08:39:00 am

A North Caucasus District military court has found a group of a special forces soldiers in the Russian military not guilty in the 2002 murder of six Chechen civilians . The troops admitted to killing the civilians...

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News Bush assassination plot suspect allegedly tortured by Saudis
Bush assassination plot suspect allegedly tortured by Saudis
Tom Henry
May 20, 2005 08:10:00 am

According to a court filing by his attorneys, Ahmed Omar Abu Ali , a Virginia man accused of conspiring to assassinate President Bush and supporting al-Qaida , was tortured while in Saudi custody. Defense attorneys cited the...

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News Opposition parties in Ivory Coast sign deal in Paris before elections
Opposition parties in Ivory Coast sign deal in Paris before elections
Tom Henry
May 18, 2005 03:16:00 pm

The main opposition parties in Ivory Coast signed a deal Wednesday in Paris ahead of the general elections to be held later this year. The prospective alliance would see a distribution of power between the opposition groups if current...

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News Palestinian court deals election blow to Hamas
Palestinian court deals election blow to Hamas
Tom Henry
May 18, 2005 11:58:00 am

A Palestinian court has thrown out election result in parts of Rafah , a town in the Gaza Strip where Hamas had made a strong showing. Supporters of the Fatah movement, led by President Mahmoud...

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News Cambodia ratifies pact with US on nonsurrender to ICC
Cambodia ratifies pact with US on nonsurrender to ICC
Tom Henry
May 18, 2005 11:20:00 am

Cambodia's National Assembly came to an agreement with the US government Wednesday regarding the nonsurrender of current or former US government officials and employees to the International Criminal Court . The US Embassy in Phnom Penh...

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Blair proposes national ID plan
Tom Henry
May 18, 2005 10:17:00 am

British Prime Minister Tony Blair unveiled a new plan Tuesday to introduce national ID cards for the first time since World War II. The proposed ID cards, which would carry biometric details such as fingerprints...

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News Spanish judge indicts 13 al Qaeda suspects
Spanish judge indicts 13 al Qaeda suspects
Tom Henry
May 18, 2005 09:23:00 am

A Spanish judge indicted 13 suspected Islamic militants Wednesday on charges of forming terror cells in the al Qaeda network. The men, mostly Moroccan, were arrested in raids last October when Spanish police claim to have stopped the suspects...

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News GOP starts nomination battle with two controversial judges
GOP starts nomination battle with two controversial judges
Tom Henry
May 18, 2005 09:00:00 am

Senate Republicans picked Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown in the battle with Democrats over nominations to the federal judiciary. Owen is set to be renominated Wednesday with...

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News Opposition urges boycott of Egyptian constitutional referendum
Opposition urges boycott of Egyptian constitutional referendum
Tom Henry
May 17, 2005 07:47:00 pm

The three main opposition parties in Egypt, the moderate-left Wafd , Marxist Tagamu , and the Nasserist Party have joined forces to voice their opposition to a May 25 referendum...

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Work on asbestos compensation bill slowed by Senate judges battle
Tom Henry
May 17, 2005 07:27:00 pm

The future of a work-in-progress bill to provide $140 billion in asbestos compensation was threatened Tuesday by a looming battle between Republicans and Democrats over judicial nominations. Senators moved a Wednesday Senate Judiciary...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

Learn more about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

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