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News Cambodian PM opposes private funds for Khmer Rouge genocide trial
Cambodian PM opposes private funds for Khmer Rouge genocide trial
Kate Heneroty
June 8, 2005 08:24:00 am

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen , a former Khmer Rouge soldier, responded to an opposition proposal Wednesday by saying that the families of the 1.7 million victims of the hardline communist Khmer Rouge regime that ruled...

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News Hague war crimes court will miss case wrapup deadline
Hague war crimes court will miss case wrapup deadline
Kate Heneroty
June 8, 2005 07:54:00 am

Theodor Meron , president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia said Tuesday that the tribunal will miss a 2008 trial completion date set by the UN Security Council, extending at least into 2009. Meron...

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News US to end campaign to replace UN nuclear chief
US to end campaign to replace UN nuclear chief
Kate Heneroty
June 8, 2005 07:28:00 am

The US will end its lone opposition to Mohamed ElBaradei , Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Wednesday in exchange for concessions involving Iran and the fight against nuclear arms proliferation. ElBaradei is arriving...

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FL sex offender registry ruling [11th Circuit]
June 7, 2005 09:10:00 pm

Doe v. Moore, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, June 6, 2005 . Excerpt:In...

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2004 US crime statistics [FBI]
June 7, 2005 08:59:00 pm

2004 Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, FBI, June 6, 2005 . Excerpt:The number of violent crimes reported to law enforcement agencies in the...

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Senate finance committee recommends tighter laws for charities
Holly Manges Jones
June 7, 2005 08:07:00 pm

The US Senate Finance Committee released a report Tuesday saying stricter laws may be necessary to prevent insider deals, regulate moneymaking ventures, and open more activities to public scrutiny in large nonprofit organizations. The recommendation follows a two-year investigation...

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Florida A&M under criminal investigation; law school dean suspended
Holly Manges Jones
June 7, 2005 07:57:00 pm

A criminal investigation has been launched against Florida A and M University for alleged misuse of taxpayer monies, and interim University president Castell Bryant announced Tuesday that A and M law school dean Percy Luney, Jr. had...

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Senate panel endorses expanded FBI subpoena power under Patriot Act
Holly Manges Jones
June 7, 2005 07:37:00 pm

The US Senate Intelligence Committee late Tuesday approved revisions to the Patriot Act which would expand the FBI's power to subpoena records in terrorism investigations without receiving the approval of a judge or grand...

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Carter calls for Guantanamo Bay shutdown
Holly Manges Jones
June 7, 2005 07:01:00 pm

Former US President Jimmy Carter closed a two-day human rights conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta Tuesday by saying that the US should close the Guantanamo Bay military prison camp and two...

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News Hyde UN reform bill would allow dissatisfied US to cut dues by 50%
Hyde UN reform bill would allow dissatisfied US to cut dues by 50%
Tom Henry
June 7, 2005 05:11:00 pm

Republican Congressman Henry Hyde , chair of the House International Relations Committee, introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives Tuesday calling for broad reforms to the UN. The UN Reform Act of 2005 alleges that...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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