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News Egypt rights groups condemn defamation charges against judges
Egypt rights groups condemn defamation charges against judges
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2006 10:29:00 am

Human rights groups have condemned the Egyptian Higher Judiciary Council's decision to strip three judges of immunity after they protested voting irregularities during the December parliamentary elections. Members of a group known as the Judges...

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News Ninth Circuit refuses stay of execution for California death row inmate
Ninth Circuit refuses stay of execution for California death row inmate
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2006 10:02:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Sunday refused to stay the execution of Michael Morales , but in a second decision also approved the presence of a doctor at his...

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News British historian pleads guilty in Austria to denying Holocaust
British historian pleads guilty in Austria to denying Holocaust
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2006 09:38:00 am

British historian David Irving has pleaded guilty before an Austrian criminal court to charges of denying the World War II Holocaust . Irving, 68, was arrested in Austria in November...

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News Interrogation issues memo [US Navy GC]
Interrogation issues memo [US Navy GC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 20, 2006 09:30:00 am

Statement for the Record: Office of General Counsel Involvement in Interrogation Issues, US Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora, July 7, 2004 ....

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News Belgium first country to ban cluster bombs
Belgium first country to ban cluster bombs
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2006 09:03:00 am

Belgium has become the first country in the world to ban the manufacture and use of cluster bombs following passage of legislation by a sound majority of its lower house of parliament. The...

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News Sudan president says no extradition of Darfur war crimes suspects
Sudan president says no extradition of Darfur war crimes suspects
jstaff
February 20, 2006 08:55:00 am

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has again said that his country refuses to extradite any Sudanese citizens for prosecution by the International Criminal Court . In remarks made during this weekend's celebration of the golden...

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News Frist says changes to surveillance legislation unnecessary
Frist says changes to surveillance legislation unnecessary
jstaff
February 20, 2006 08:24:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) said Sunday that existing legislation governing domestic surveillance does not need to be rewritten or updated. Appearing on CBS News' Face the Nation, Frist also said that he...

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News European ambassadors call for Guantanamo Bay base closure
European ambassadors call for Guantanamo Bay base closure
jstaff
February 20, 2006 07:47:00 am

The French, German, and British ambassadors to the US on Sunday called for the United States to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, with French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte going so far as to call...

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News International brief ~ Israel imposes sanctions against Hamas
International brief ~ Israel imposes sanctions against Hamas
D. Wes Rist
February 20, 2006 06:45:00 am

Leading Monday's international brief, the Israeli Cabinet has agreed to impose a hefty series of sanctions against the Palestinian Authority (PA) unless the ruling party of Hamas commits to non-violence and drops its call...

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News Former Navy lawyer warned officials that legal theories could breed detainee abuse
Former Navy lawyer warned officials that legal theories could breed detainee abuse
Katerina Ossenova
February 19, 2006 04:10:00 pm

Former US Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora warned the Pentagon as early as 2002 that legal arguments advanced by Bush administration officials seeking to avoid international prohibitions against torture were wrong and could lead to the...

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St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

On May 19, 1848, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States. Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the US Library of Congress.

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