Former Lebanese president Amin Gemayel has urged the Lebanese National Assembly to ratify a UN-approved agreement that would create an international tribunal to try suspects accused of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The controversial agreement, supported by Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora but opposed by pro-Syrian Lebanese President Emile Lahoud , has [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Friday upheld a 2004 ruling that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had jurisdiction over tribunal businesses including casinos, placing the tribes under the National Labor Relations Act , which bars unfair labor practices and gives workers the right to organize and bargain with employers. [...]

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US District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled in California Friday that the state's Proposition 83 could not be applied retroactively to sex offenders released before its approval because there was nothing in the measure that indicated that intent. The measure prohibits registered sex offenders from "residing within 2,000 feet of any public or private school or [...]

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JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that Vladimir Putin's insistence on the illegality of using force abroad without UN authorization may be technically correct, but it irresponsibly undercuts new interpretations of international law allowing humanitarian intervention even in the face of Security Council deadlock… Russian President Vladimir Putin chastised [...]

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A. Gregory Ramos : "On February 6 in Nashville, TN, the Metropolitan Council, the legislative body for Nashville and Davidson County, TN ("Metro Council"), passed a controversial and much debated English language ordinance. The announced purpose of this ordinance, according to its sponsor, is to prohibit certain Metro government communications from being translated or interpreted [...]

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The US Environmental Protection Agency on Friday finalized a regulation intended to slash toxic emissions from automobiles and related sources through the year 2030. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson said the new standards will be phased in for fuel containers in 2009, for cars in 2010 and for gasoline in 2011. The EPA estimates that cutting [...]

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A North Carolina State Senator proposed a bill Thursday that will protect doctors who assist in executions from disciplinary actions. Senate Bill 114, filed by Republican State Senator Phil Berger , will shield health care professionals including doctors, nurses, and pharmacists from any disciplinary or corrective measures by any board, commission, or other authority created [...]

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