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News TSA lawyer in Moussaoui case placed on leave for misconduct
TSA lawyer in Moussaoui case placed on leave for misconduct
Joshua Pantesco
March 16, 2006 04:07:00 pm

Carla Martin, the Transportation Security Administration lawyer who improperly coached witnesses against defendant Zacarias Moussaoui in his September 11 sentencing trial, was placed on paid administrative leave Thursday. According to trial judge...

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News UN torture expert urges EU pressure on US to shut down Guantanamo
UN torture expert urges EU pressure on US to shut down Guantanamo
Joshua Pantesco
March 16, 2006 03:27:00 pm

Manfred Nowak , the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture told reporters Thursday that the European Union should push the US to close its detention center at Guantanamo Bay due to documented human...

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News Belarus slammed for rights abuses in run-up to election
Belarus slammed for rights abuses in run-up to election
James M Yoch Jr
March 16, 2006 02:55:00 pm

Adrian Severin, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus , censured the Belarusian government headed by President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday for a series of allegedly abusive tactics ahead of Sunday's presidential...

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News Environmental brief ~ Nebraska to buy water rights from farmers
Environmental brief ~ Nebraska to buy water rights from farmers
Tom Henry
March 16, 2006 02:50:00 pm

Leading Thursday's environmental law news, Nebraska's Bostwick Irrigation District has voted to sell its 2006 water allotment from the Republican River to the State of Nebraska for about $2.5 million. The deal will include 10,100 acre-feet of water...

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News Student protests against new French labor law escalate
Student protests against new French labor law escalate
James M Yoch Jr
March 16, 2006 02:07:00 pm

Protests by students across France increased on Thursday in response to the First Employment Contract (CPE) , a controversial labor law which allows employers to hire workers under 26 for a conditional two-year period at the end...

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News Khadr brother to face extradition from Canada on terror charges
Khadr brother to face extradition from Canada on terror charges
James M Yoch Jr
March 16, 2006 01:32:00 pm

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice held Thursday that the US can seek extradition of Abdullah Khadr , who has been detained in Canada there since December 2005 on a US arrest warrant...

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News Ex-Abu Ghraib intel officer says no clear rules for dog use in interrogations
Ex-Abu Ghraib intel officer says no clear rules for dog use in interrogations
Holly Manges Jones
March 16, 2006 12:34:00 pm

The former US Army commander of military intelligence at Abu Ghraib prison said Wednesday that the Army lacked clear rules regarding the use of dogs during interrogations of Iraqi prisoners. Col. Thomas Pappas [Wikipedia...

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News Russia police officers plead not guilty to negligence in Beslan school hostage crisis
Russia police officers plead not guilty to negligence in Beslan school hostage crisis
David Shucosky
March 16, 2006 12:02:00 pm

Three Russian police officers pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal negligence in connection with the Beslan school hostage crisis on Thursday as their trial opened in southern Russia. Prosecutors say the police failed...

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News Nepal high court orders release of opposition leaders
Nepal high court orders release of opposition leaders
Holly Manges Jones
March 16, 2006 11:41:00 am

The Supreme Court of Nepal on Thursday ordered the release of two leaders in the Nepali Congress Democratic party who were arrested almost two months ago in a government crackdown on opposition politicians and activists....

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Ethiopia releases hundreds more poll protesters
David Shucosky
March 16, 2006 11:26:00 am

Officials in Ethiopia have released another 395 protesters who were detainees after violent mass demonstrations following Ethiopia's May 2005 elections, bringing the total number of protesters released to over 8,200. According to the prosecutor general's office, the...

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Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).

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