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News Europe court rules for Greek Cypriot in Northern Cyprus land ownership dispute
Europe court rules for Greek Cypriot in Northern Cyprus land ownership dispute
Adrienne Lester
April 28, 2009 02:58:00 pm

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that a judgment by a southern Cyprus court favoring a Greek Cypriot reclaiming land in the north is enforceable despite the south's lack of...

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North Korea to formally indict detained US journalists
Adrienne Lester
April 24, 2009 02:06:00 pm

North Korean state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Friday that two US journalists arrested in March will stand trial. While the charges remain unclear, it is possible the journalists will face charges of espionage [AP...

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News UN racism delegates walk out to protest anti-Israel comments by Iran president
UN racism delegates walk out to protest anti-Israel comments by Iran president
Adrienne Lester
April 21, 2009 08:16:00 am

Delegates to the UN Durban Review Conference on Racism walked out of a speech on Monday by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after he described Israel as "totally racist." Additionally, a...

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News UK court convicts Tamil leader of aiding Sri Lanka separatists
UK court convicts Tamil leader of aiding Sri Lanka separatists
Adrienne Lester
April 17, 2009 02:17:00 pm

A jury for a UK crown court convicted Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar Friday of supplying bomb-making materials to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) a Sri Lankan separatist group. Chrishanthakumar was also convicted of receiving...

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Iran court tries US journalist on espionage charges
Adrienne Lester
April 14, 2009 08:12:00 am

A spokesperson for the Iranian Judiciary announced Tuesday that an imprisoned US journalist was tried on espionage charges Monday. The Revolutionary Court of Iran conducted the trial of Roxana Saberi , accused of passing classified information to US...

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US immigration board denies accused Nazi guard stay of deportation
Adrienne Lester
April 10, 2009 02:14:00 pm

The US Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denied Friday the emergency stay of deportation filed by accused Nazi prison camp guard John Demjanjuk . In March, a Munich district court charged ...

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Austria refuses to accept Guantanamo detainees
Adrienne Lester
April 7, 2009 08:52:00 am

Austrian Interior Minister Maria Fekter said Monday that the country would not accept released Guantanamo Bay  detainees from the US, according to a report by the Associated Press. Fekter said the detainees could pose a security...

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Detained US immigrants sue ICE for facility conditions
Adrienne Lester
April 3, 2009 07:09:00 am

A group of immigrants being detained in a Los Angles facility on Wednesday filed a complaint against the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of immigrants detained at the facility. The suit was...

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US stays proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo detainee pending transfer
Adrienne Lester
March 31, 2009 08:04:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia  granted a joint motion Monday for a stay of proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Ayman Saeed Batarfi, allowing for his eventual transfer....

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UN rights body condemns Myanmar for violations, extends investigation
Adrienne Lester
March 27, 2009 02:03:00 pm

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday passed a resolution condemning Myanmar for human rights violations and calling on the military junta to desist from politically motivated arrests and release nearly 2,100 political prisoners,...

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Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.

Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted Vietnam antiwar bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution.

Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts. See Anthony D'Amato, Massachusetts In The Federal Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Vietnam War [PDF], 4 Journal of Law Reform (1970).

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