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News Serbia convicts 12 in prime minister assassination trial
Serbia convicts 12 in prime minister assassination trial
Brett Murphy
May 23, 2007 02:16:00 pm

Milorad Ulemek, paramilitary commander under Slobodan Milosevic , was convicted with 11 others on Wednesday for the assassination of former Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic . The Special Court in Belgrade sentenced Ulemek to...

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News Italy PM says EU constitution compromise unacceptable
Italy PM says EU constitution compromise unacceptable
Brett Murphy
May 23, 2007 11:59:00 am

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Tuesday that the European Union should avoid any radical changes to the draft European Constitution , telling European Parliament members that a compromise on the treaty is not an...

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News UK CJ says judges, government ‘poles apart’ on new justice ministry
UK CJ says judges, government ‘poles apart’ on new justice ministry
Brett Murphy
May 23, 2007 10:48:00 am

The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales told a British parliamentary committee Tuesday that top judges were very concerned with the establishment of the new Ministry of Justice (MOJ) after they and the government...

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News Goodling not complying with documents subpoena without DOJ approval
Goodling not complying with documents subpoena without DOJ approval
Brett Murphy
May 23, 2007 09:49:00 am

Former Department of Justice aide Monica Goodling told the House Judiciary Committee in a letter Tuesday that she will not give up documents sought by the committee in compliance with a subpoena for e-mails...

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News Senate Judiciary panel presses Gonzales for warrantless wiretapping information
Senate Judiciary panel presses Gonzales for warrantless wiretapping information
Brett Murphy
May 23, 2007 09:11:00 am

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), ranking member of the committee, have sent a letter to US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales asking him again...

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News California court lets prisoner transfer program continue during litigation
California court lets prisoner transfer program continue during litigation
Brett Murphy
May 22, 2007 10:13:00 am

The California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District has ruled that the state may continue to transfer prisoners out-of-state while litigation proceeds over the challenged program to deal with California's prison overcrowding ....

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News UN torture panel presses Poland for details on CIA secret prisons probe
UN torture panel presses Poland for details on CIA secret prisons probe
Brett Murphy
May 22, 2007 09:56:00 am

The UN Committee Against Torture Monday urged Poland to disclose details regarding a parliamentary investigation into the presence of secret CIA prisons in the country on Monday, expressing concern that Poland [JURIST...

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News ICC to probe violence in Central African Republic
ICC to probe violence in Central African Republic
Brett Murphy
May 22, 2007 09:32:00 am

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will review allegations of rape and other violence committed in the Central African Republic (CAR), ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Tuesday. According to Moreno-Ocampo, reports detailing...

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News Bush: ‘I stand by Al Gonzales’
Bush: ‘I stand by Al Gonzales’
Brett Murphy
May 22, 2007 09:03:00 am

President Bush said Monday that he still fully supports US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales despite the growing number of Republicans who have expressed concern over the firings of nine federal prosecutors , telling reporters...

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Federal court urged to dismiss Plame CIA leak lawsuit
Brett Murphy
May 17, 2007 02:09:00 pm

A lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney urged a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit brought by former CIA operative Valerie Plame against members of the Bush administration, arguing that the lawsuit is...

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Sandra Day O'Connor confirmed as first female US Supreme Court justice

On September 21, 1981, the US Senate approved the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the US Supreme Court by a vote of 99-0, making her the first female Supreme Court justice.

Leran more about Justice O'Connor from the OYEZ website at Northwestern University.

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On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation 1081, implementing martial law in the Philippines. Marcos used the proclamation not only to suppress a communist insurgency but to eliminate political opponents as well. He remained in power until he was forced from office and into exile by the People Power Revolution in 1986.

Sandra Day O'Connor confirmed as the first female US Supreme Court justice

On September 21, 1981, the US Senate approved the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the US Supreme Court by a vote of 99-0, making her the first female Supreme Court justice.

Leran more about Justice O'Connor from the OYEZ website at Northwestern University.

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