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News War crimes tribunal upholds Croat Serb leader sentence on appeal
War crimes tribunal upholds Croat Serb leader sentence on appeal
Tom Henry
July 18, 2005 10:51:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Monday upheld a 13-year jail sentence for Milan Babic , the wartime leader of Croatia's rebel Serbs who took part in a campaign of...

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News Bush may name Supreme Court nominee this week
Bush may name Supreme Court nominee this week
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 10:51:00 am

After Chief Justice William Rehnquist's strong denial of retirement rumors Thursday made it clear that only one new US Supreme Court justice will be selected this summer, President Bush is said to be close to announcing a...

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News International brief ~ New Zealand wants Mugabe tried by ICC
International brief ~ New Zealand wants Mugabe tried by ICC
D. Wes Rist
July 18, 2005 10:45:00 am

Leading Monday's international brief, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff has announced that the New Zealand government is currently investigating the possibility of bringing charges against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe before the...

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News UK convicts Afghan warlord of torture, hostage-taking
UK convicts Afghan warlord of torture, hostage-taking
Tom Henry
July 18, 2005 10:20:00 am

A British court has convicted Afghan warlord Faryadi Sarwar Zardad of torture and the taking of hostages in Afghanistan in what may be the first conviction of an individual by a UK court for crimes committed abroad,...

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News Egypt extends detention for leaders of banned Brotherhood
Egypt extends detention for leaders of banned Brotherhood
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 10:19:00 am

Egypt has extended the detention period for four leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood arrested in May after the group held nationwide protests for political reform. Hundreds of group members were arrested during protests in favor of...

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News German court blocks extradition of terror suspect on EU arrest warrant
German court blocks extradition of terror suspect on EU arrest warrant
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 09:57:00 am

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court blocked the extradition of a suspected al-Qaeda financier to Spain on Monday, ruling that the European Union arrest warrant against him violated his rights. Mamoun Darkazanli, charged...

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News Australia wants speedy military trial for Gitmo detainee, but lawyers balk
Australia wants speedy military trial for Gitmo detainee, but lawyers balk
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 09:36:00 am

After US courts approved military trials for terrorism suspects, Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said his government now wished for a speedy trial for David Hicks , an Australian who was captured in...

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News Israel’s Polish Jews oppose Polish bill to return confiscated property
Israel’s Polish Jews oppose Polish bill to return confiscated property
Tom Henry
July 18, 2005 09:17:00 am

Polish Jews in Israel are strenuously objecting to a proposal now in the Polish parliament to return private property to Jews because it may also offer some validity to the Nazi Nuremberg laws put in place leading...

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News Activists say Afghanistan considering war crimes court in response to allegations
Activists say Afghanistan considering war crimes court in response to allegations
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 09:09:00 am

The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission said Monday that the government of Afghanistan is considering creating a war crimes court to deal with allegations of human rights abuses dating back to the Soviet invasion in the 1970s....

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News Milosevic police convicted of killing former Serb president
Milosevic police convicted of killing former Serb president
Tom Henry
July 18, 2005 08:39:00 am

A Serbian court Monday convicted eight former members of special police unit that took orders from then-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic of killing ex-Serb President Ivan Stambolic in August 2000. The eight men were also...

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Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

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