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News UK launches FBI-style crime-fighting agency
UK launches FBI-style crime-fighting agency
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2006 08:15:00 am

The United Kingdom launched its first non-police law enforcement agency Monday - the Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) - modeled after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US....

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News Advisor claims Taylor was arrested by same Nigerians who helped him flee
Advisor claims Taylor was arrested by same Nigerians who helped him flee
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2006 07:46:00 am

A spiritual advisor for former Liberian President Charles Taylor has said that Nigerian security forces led Taylor to the border of Cameroon to facilitate his escape, but then returned to arrest him...

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News Frist pushing for immigration reform vote in Senate this week
Frist pushing for immigration reform vote in Senate this week
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2006 07:08:00 am

US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) said Sunday that he wants the full Senate to vote on an immigration bill by the end of the week, detailing three areas that must be addressed : border...

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News ‘Minuteman’ private border patrols restart amidst heated immigration debate
‘Minuteman’ private border patrols restart amidst heated immigration debate
Elizabeth Schultz
April 2, 2006 11:51:00 am

Members of the private Minuteman Civil Defense Corps have begun a new month-long campaign in US states bordering Mexico and Canada to raise public awareness of illegal immigration. Minuteman volunteers watch the borders...

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News La loi CPE – contrat premiere embauche [Journal officiel]
La loi CPE – contrat premiere embauche [Journal officiel]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 2, 2006 11:17:00 am

Loi no 2006-396 du 31 mars 2006 pour l'egalité des chances , Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise, April 2, 2006. CPE excerpt:Article 8I. − Les...

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News Contrat premiere embauche (CPE) statute [France JO]
Contrat premiere embauche (CPE) statute [France JO]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 2, 2006 11:17:00 am

Loi no 2006-396 du 31 mars 2006 pour l'egalité des chances , Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise, April 2, 2006. CPE excerpt:Article 8I. − Les...

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News French CPE labor law goes on the books despite controversy
French CPE labor law goes on the books despite controversy
Elizabeth Schultz
April 2, 2006 11:06:00 am

A controversial French labor law that has prompted strikes and mass demonstrations by students and workers across France was officially published Sunday in France's Journal officiel gazette after being signed by President Jacques Chirac . The...

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News Taylor set for first war crimes court appearance as lawyer appeals for defense funds
Taylor set for first war crimes court appearance as lawyer appeals for defense funds
Elizabeth Schultz
April 2, 2006 10:09:00 am

Former Liberian president and accused war criminal Charles Taylor is set to make his first appearance in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) before Justice Richard Lussick at Freetown on Monday,...

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News Vioxx class action certification ruling [SC NJ AD]
Vioxx class action certification ruling [SC NJ AD]
April 1, 2006 10:08:00 pm

International Union of Operating Engineers Local #68 Welfare Fund v. Merck & Co., Inc., Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division, March 31, 2006 [upholding a trial court decision to certify a nationwide class of plaintiffs suing the drug maker...

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News Saddam prosecutor to present evidence on campaign against Kurds
Saddam prosecutor to present evidence on campaign against Kurds
Jaime Jansen
April 1, 2006 03:50:00 pm

Documents showing Saddam Hussein's role in Iraq's 1987-1989 Anfal campaign against the Kurds are ready to be presented to the Iraqi High Criminal Court , according to Jaafar Al Moussawi, the chief prosecutor...

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