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News Marine legal affairs officer denies Marine lawyer derelict in Haditha probe
Marine legal affairs officer denies Marine lawyer derelict in Haditha probe
Brett Murphy
May 15, 2007 09:32:00 am

US Marine Capt. Randy Stone did not commit a criminal dereliction of duty in his failure to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians at Haditha , Col. John Ewers said during testimony at Stone's...

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News Pakistan high court official killed for ties to ousted chief justice: Chaudhry lawyers
Pakistan high court official killed for ties to ousted chief justice: Chaudhry lawyers
Brett Murphy
May 15, 2007 08:31:00 am

Lawyers for suspended Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said Tuesday that Monday's killing of Pakistani Supreme Court deputy registrar Syed Hamad Raza at his home in Islamabad was "targeted" and that Raza had...

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DOJ proposes stiffer penalties for copyright violators
Brett Murphy
May 15, 2007 08:01:00 am

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales submitted the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007 to Congress on Monday, legislation meant to strengthen current copyright laws and provide harsher penalties for counterfeiters. The new measure would...

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News Colombia high court orders lawmakers arrested for paramilitary links
Colombia high court orders lawmakers arrested for paramilitary links
Brett Murphy
May 15, 2007 07:36:00 am

The Colombian high court ordered the arrest of five congressmen Monday for alleged ties to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and authorities have listed an additional 15 current and former congress members and businesspersons as...

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Churches pushing sanctuary movement to help illegal immigrants
Brett Murphy
May 10, 2007 01:15:00 pm

Churches across the US have agreed to become part of the New Sanctuary Movement , a program to protect illegal immigrants from arrest and deportation and place pressure on the government to make becoming a citizen an easier...

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Chemical weapons treaty 10th anniversary marked
Brett Murphy
May 10, 2007 12:13:00 pm

Member nations to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) marked the 10th anniversary of the accord at an unveiling of a memorial dedicated to chemical warfare victims at the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of...

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Ireland High Court holds constitution no bar to traveling abroad for abortion
Brett Murphy
May 10, 2007 11:49:00 am

The High Court of Ireland ruled Wednesday that the Irish constitution does not prevent a minor girl in state care from traveling to the UK to have an abortion. Lawyers appointed by Attorney General Rory...

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Gunmen target home of lawyer for sacked Pakistan CJ
Brett Murphy
May 10, 2007 10:46:00 am

Pakistani police have registered a case against unidentified persons for firing at the house of Munir A. Malik, lawyer for suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and president of the Supreme Court...

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Federal judge rejects Massachusetts return bid by immigration detainees
Brett Murphy
May 10, 2007 10:18:00 am

A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit brought by illegal immigrant detainees over their transfer from Massachusetts to Texas holding centers following a March 6 factory raid in which 360 people were arrested....

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Ninth US Attorney claims political firing
Brett Murphy
May 10, 2007 09:49:00 am

Former US Attorney Todd P. Graves was forced to resign from his post with the Western District of Missouri last year after he expressed a difference of opinion with the Department of Justice (DOJ) on...

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US House voted to impeach President Clinton

On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.

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On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which ceded control of Hong Kong to the government of mainland China in 1997. The treaty also ensured that Hong Kong would retain its capitalist and democratic systems for at least 50 year after the transfer of power.

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