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News Fifth Circuit reverses Katrina false claims dismissal
Fifth Circuit reverses Katrina false claims dismissal
Andrew Morgan
February 20, 2009 12:28:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a lower court ruling that dismissed a suit resulting from Hurricane Katrina brought on behalf of the US against eight...

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News Italy begins dismantling Roma camps after rape sparks ethnic tensions
Italy begins dismantling Roma camps after rape sparks ethnic tensions
Andrew Morgan
February 17, 2009 05:43:00 pm

Italian authorities Monday began dismantling illegal immigrant camps around Rome heavily populated by members of the Roma minority ("gypsies") following the alleged weekend rape of a 14-year old girl by East European immigrants which led to...

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News Canada court rejects Guantanamo detainees’ bid to access intelligence records
Canada court rejects Guantanamo detainees’ bid to access intelligence records
Andrew Morgan
February 17, 2009 04:13:00 pm

The Federal Court of Canada Monday dismissed an application by two Guantanamo Bay detainees requesting access to Canadian interrogation records. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian with landed immigrant status in Canada, and...

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News China making limited progress on human rights: UN panel
China making limited progress on human rights: UN panel
Andrew Morgan
February 12, 2009 12:12:00 pm

A report issued Wednesday by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) commended China's developmental progress, while urging the nation to share best practices in poverty reduction and to improve the national standard of living. The...

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News Solicitor General nominee Kagan pledges to be ‘true to the rule of law’
Solicitor General nominee Kagan pledges to be ‘true to the rule of law’
Andrew Morgan
February 10, 2009 05:31:00 pm

US Solicitor General nominee Elena Kagan said Tuesday that she was committed to being "true to the rule of law" in confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee . Kagan, currently the Dean at Harvard...

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Albania Supreme Court judge shot in Tirana
Andrew Morgan
February 10, 2009 08:47:00 am

An Albania Supreme Court judge was shot four times outside his home in the capital Tirana, according to local police Monday. Ardian Nuni , a former law professor nominated to the high court in 2007, was...

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Turkish court sentences Kurdish lawmaker to prison for terrorist propaganda
Andrew Morgan
February 6, 2009 07:06:00 am

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced a Kurdish member of the Grand National Assembly , the Turkish parliament, to 18 months in prison on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda. Aysel Tugluk was convicted in connection with...

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AG Holder pledges to restore credibility to DOJ at swearing-in ceremony
Andrew Morgan
February 3, 2009 04:52:00 pm

US Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday expressed his commitment to restoring a tradition of fairness and political neutrality to the Department of Justice (DOJ) . In video remarks to DOJ employees delivered after he...

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Australia court rejects accused Serb war criminal extradition appeal
Andrew Morgan
February 3, 2009 03:47:00 pm

The Australian Federal Court Tuesday dismissed the application of former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic for review of a 2007 extradition order that he be handed over to Croatian authorities....

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Russia high court rejects appeal in 1940 Poland massacre case
Andrew Morgan
January 29, 2009 01:33:00 pm

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on Thursday rejected an appeal by relatives of victims of the 1940 Katyn Massacre to reopen investigations into the killings. The court...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

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