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News Hawaii lower house shelves vote on same-sex civil unions
Hawaii lower house shelves vote on same-sex civil unions
Ximena Marinero
January 30, 2010 05:39:00 pm

The Hawaii House of Representatives on Friday postponed indefinitely a vote on legislation that would have allowed persons in same-sex civil unions the same rights as married heterosexual couples. The postponement was...

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News US rejects Russian security treaty proposals
US rejects Russian security treaty proposals
Ximena Marinero
January 30, 2010 01:57:00 pm

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday dismissed two Russian proposals for new European security treaties and reaffirmed US commitment to "unified" European security. In prepared remarks delivered at the L’Ecole Militaire in Paris,...

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News DOJ approves Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger after settlement
DOJ approves Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger after settlement
Ximena Marinero
January 26, 2010 07:56:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Canadian Competition Bureau reached an agreement on Monday to allow the merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. and Live Nation, Inc. . The two companies agreed to...

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News Three former Bosnian Serb police indicted for Srebrenica massacre
Three former Bosnian Serb police indicted for Srebrenica massacre
Ximena Marinero
January 26, 2010 06:33:00 am

The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court confirmed on Monday that three former Bosnian Serb policemen have been indicted on charges of genocide for their alleged roles in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the...

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News Germany court issues arrest warrant for Argentina ‘Dirty War’ junta leader
Germany court issues arrest warrant for Argentina ‘Dirty War’ junta leader
Ximena Marinero
January 23, 2010 01:46:00 pm

A German court in Nuremberg has issued an arrest warrant for Argentina's former de-facto president Jorge Videla for helping to cover up the death of a German citizen in 1978, at the height of the "Dirty War" [JURIST news...

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News Switzerland court rules UBS may not disclose US taxpayer’s financial information
Switzerland court rules UBS may not disclose US taxpayer’s financial information
Ximena Marinero
January 23, 2010 09:51:00 am

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court ruled Thursday that an American taxpayer's financial information at Swiss bank UBS may not be disclosed to the US...

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News US removal of illegal Haitians put on hold after earthquake
US removal of illegal Haitians put on hold after earthquake
Ximena Marinero
January 16, 2010 04:58:00 pm

Haitian nationals already present in the US on January 12 have been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and will be allowed to continue living and working in the US for the next 18 months regardless of their immigration status,...

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News Afghanistan authorities commit to taking over former Bagram detention facility
Afghanistan authorities commit to taking over former Bagram detention facility
Ximena Marinero
January 10, 2010 12:24:00 pm

Afghan officials on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding to delineate the process through which Afghanistan will take over the US military's Parwan Detention Center that was formerly housed at Bagram Air Base [official website; JURIST news...

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News US terrorism suspect pleads not guilty to receiving al Qaeda training
US terrorism suspect pleads not guilty to receiving al Qaeda training
Ximena Marinero
January 10, 2010 10:32:00 am

A naturalized American citizen pleaded not guilty on Saturday in federal court in New York City to charges of conspiring to commit murder in a foreign country and of receiving military training from al Qaeda. Adis Mendunjanin was indicted...

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News China warns Switzerland against accepting Uighur Guantanamo detainees
China warns Switzerland against accepting Uighur Guantanamo detainees
Ximena Marinero
January 9, 2010 10:11:00 am

The Chinese Embassy in Switzerland on Friday warned that Switzerland would jeopardize relations with China by accepting two Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees . Switzerland has already agreed to accept an Uzbek Guantanamo detainee,...

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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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