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News Poland prosecutors charge Communist-era leader for imposing martial law
Poland prosecutors charge Communist-era leader for imposing martial law
Nishat Hasan
March 31, 2006 10:58:00 am

Polish prosecutors on Friday charged General Wojciech Jaruzelski with "organizing crimes of a military nature" and "carrying out crimes that consisted of the deprivation of freedom through internment" for his imposition of martial law ...

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News Annan call for UN bureaucracy overhaul may impact rights reporting
Annan call for UN bureaucracy overhaul may impact rights reporting
Krystal MacIntyre
March 31, 2006 10:56:00 am

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for the United Nations to reduce the number of reports it produces each year as part of his ongoing UN reform agenda first announced...

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News Alabama House approves bill to pardon Rosa Parks, civil rights activists
Alabama House approves bill to pardon Rosa Parks, civil rights activists
Nishat Hasan
March 31, 2006 10:25:00 am

The Alabama House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that would pardon Rosa Parks and others arrested for violating segregation-era laws. Under the proposal, arrest records of those pardoned would not be removed from...

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News UN torture investigator seeks access to alleged secret CIA prisons in Europe
UN torture investigator seeks access to alleged secret CIA prisons in Europe
Krystal MacIntyre
March 31, 2006 10:16:00 am

Manfred Nowak , the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture , has said that he is certain that the United States has secret detention facilities in Europe and has demanded access to the facilities....

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News FBI to probe fraud allegations in Red Cross Katrina relief efforts
FBI to probe fraud allegations in Red Cross Katrina relief efforts
Lauren Becker
March 31, 2006 07:54:00 am

The FBI has said that it will look into allegations of illegal activities connected to the distribution of millions of dollars worth of Red Cross supplies in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina . The announcement...

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News Moussaoui trial lawyer under criminal investigation for coaching witnesses
Moussaoui trial lawyer under criminal investigation for coaching witnesses
Lauren Becker
March 31, 2006 07:49:00 am

The US Transportation Security Administration lawyer who allegedly coached government witnesses in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial and nearly scuttled the prosecution's case is under criminal investigation by the US Attorney's Office in Philadelphia and...

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News Supreme Court’s Kennedy urges lawyers to heed Darfur genocide
Supreme Court’s Kennedy urges lawyers to heed Darfur genocide
Lauren Becker
March 31, 2006 07:17:00 am

US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Thursday urged greater attention to reports of genocide in Sudan's Darfur region . In a speech to the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law [official...

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News Catholic bishops report 783 sex abuse claims in 2005
Catholic bishops report 783 sex abuse claims in 2005
Cathy J. Potter
March 31, 2006 06:52:00 am

Over 780 new allegations of clergy sex abuse were reported to the US Catholic Church in 2005, though a majority of the claims relate to incidents which occurred in past decades, according to a new audit...

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News Senate Judiciary Committee clears bill to allow TV cameras in Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee clears bill to allow TV cameras in Supreme Court
Cathy J. Potter
March 30, 2006 09:28:00 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved by a 12-6 vote S. 1768 , an amendment to 28 USC 45 that would permit Supreme Court proceedings to be televised, "unless the Court decides by a vote...

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News FEC 527 loophole ruling [US DC]
FEC 527 loophole ruling [US DC]
March 30, 2006 09:23:00 pm

Shays v. FEC, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, March 29, 2006 . Read the full text...

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