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News Serb war crimes suspect surrenders, ICTY prosecutor reports
Serb war crimes suspect surrenders, ICTY prosecutor reports
Chris Buell
December 3, 2004 09:37:00 am

A former Serb military officer indicted for his role in the shelling of civilians in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war has surrendered and is being transported Friday to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, chief prosecutor Carla...

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News Germany arrests three for alleged attack plot on Iraqi PM
Germany arrests three for alleged attack plot on Iraqi PM
Chris Buell
December 3, 2004 09:27:00 am

German police arrested three Iraqi men Friday for a suspected plot to assassinate Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi while he was visiting Germany. Chief Federal Prosecutor Kay Nehm said the three were under surveillance, and police noticed an...

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News Gitmo detainee review panels may use evidence obtained by torture
Gitmo detainee review panels may use evidence obtained by torture
Chris Buell
December 3, 2004 09:02:00 am

US military panels reviewing the detention of 550 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay may use evidence obtained by torture in deciding whether the detainees are enemy combatants, the US government has said. Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Brian Boyle said...

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News Ukraine parliament votes to withdraw troops from Iraq
Ukraine parliament votes to withdraw troops from Iraq
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 3, 2004 07:23:00 am

Still wracked by an electoral crisis, the Ukrainian parliament Friday passed a resolution calling on outgoing President Leonid Kuchma to withdraw Ukraine's 1600-strong contingent of troops from Iraq. The resolution was supported by both pro-government and pro-opposition deputies. Under...

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News Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Friday, December 3
Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Friday, December 3
Jeannie Shawl
December 3, 2004 07:05:00 am

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, December 3.The US House and Senate are in recess. The US House will reconvene on Monday, December 6 at 2 PM. The US...

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News Denial of US bid to set Moussaoui trial date [US DC]
Denial of US bid to set Moussaoui trial date [US DC]
December 2, 2004 11:13:00 pm

United States v. Moussaoui, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, December 2, 2004 . Read the full...

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News England defense attorneys lose motion to throw out Abu Ghraib abuse statements
England defense attorneys lose motion to throw out Abu Ghraib abuse statements
Thomas Bird
December 2, 2004 08:49:00 pm

Military judge Col. Stephen Henley Thursday denied a motion by lawyers representing Pfc. Lynndie England to suppress two written statements made by England describing the physical abuse and sexual degradation of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq....

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Judge denies government bid to set Moussaoui trial date
BREAKING NEWS ~ Judge denies government bid to set Moussaoui trial date
Thomas Bird
December 2, 2004 07:59:00 pm

US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema Thursday denied a US government motion to set a trial date in its case against Zacarias Moussaoui. Brinkema stated in her decision that her original order entered on November 5, 2003...

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News Ruling that defendants should pay lawyers' fees in public benefit cases [CA SC]
Ruling that defendants should pay lawyers' fees in public benefit cases [CA SC]
December 2, 2004 07:45:00 pm

Graham v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation; Tipton-Wittingham v. Los Angeles, Supreme Court of California, Justice Carlos R. Moreno, December 2, 2004 [ruling that lawyers participating in cases that benefit the public, including those representing advocacy groups, should have their legal fees paid...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ UN ambassador Danforth resigns
BREAKING NEWS ~ UN ambassador Danforth resigns
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 2, 2004 05:49:00 pm

AP is reporting that United States ambassador to the UN John Danforth has resigned after barely five months service since his swearing-in on July 1, 2004 following predecessor John Negroponte's move to Baghdad as head of the new US...

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India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster

On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court. Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.

Seventeenth Amendment ratified

On April 8, 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the US Constitution, providing for the election of senators by popular vote rather than selection by state legislatures, was ratified. Learn more about the Seventeenth Amendment.

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