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News China opposed to new deadline for UN reform
China opposed to new deadline for UN reform
D. Wes Rist
August 15, 2005 11:34:00 am

China's UN Ambassador, Wang Guangya , indicated on Sunday that China was opposed to the call for an end-of-the-year deadline for UN reform by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan . Annan originally wanted an agreement reached...

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News Ugandan journalist accused of sedition for Garang statements released on bail
Ugandan journalist accused of sedition for Garang statements released on bail
D. Wes Rist
August 15, 2005 10:59:00 am

Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda , a reporter for KFM Radio, was arraigned and released on bail Monday, following his plea of not guilty to charges of sedition, allegedly committed when he "uttered words with the intention to bring...

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News NY judge to decide on release of new Abu Ghraib photos
NY judge to decide on release of new Abu Ghraib photos
D. Wes Rist
August 15, 2005 10:57:00 am

US District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein will hear arguments Monday from US Department of Defense lawyers and attorneys from the ACLU concerning whether photos taken by Spc. Joseph M. Darby of Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST...

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News Iraqi survey shows support for women’s rights, decentralized government
Iraqi survey shows support for women’s rights, decentralized government
D. Wes Rist
August 15, 2005 10:36:00 am

In the first national poll conducted by the government in Iraq, over two-thirds of all respondents said they favored increased rights for women, so long as those rights did not violate the teachings of Islam. The poll, which was...

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News Kenya to tighten legal review of NGOs
Kenya to tighten legal review of NGOs
D. Wes Rist
August 15, 2005 10:12:00 am

The Non-Governmental Organisations Co-ordinating Board of Kenya may be empowered to conduct tighter reviews of the legal status of NGOs operating in Kenya, after several members of the Kenyan Parliament raised loud objections over the...

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News International brief ~ SA opposition urges rejection of Zimbabwe plea for money
International brief ~ SA opposition urges rejection of Zimbabwe plea for money
D. Wes Rist
July 22, 2005 01:45:00 pm

Leading Friday's international brief, the main political opposition party in South Africa, the Democratic Alliance , has called on South African President Thabo Mbeki to reject a request by Zimbabwean officials for financial aid to support the...

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News International brief ~ African Nobel laureates call for AU sanctions against Mugabe
International brief ~ African Nobel laureates call for AU sanctions against Mugabe
D. Wes Rist
July 21, 2005 12:30:00 pm

Leading Thursday's international brief, two of Africa's most prominent Nobel laureates have called for the African Union to impose sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for his continued program of mass evictions in Operation Murambatsvina...

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News International brief ~ Bundestag calls for ICC investigation of Zimbabwe evictions
International brief ~ Bundestag calls for ICC investigation of Zimbabwe evictions
D. Wes Rist
July 20, 2005 02:26:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's international brief, in the strongest statement so far by a European governmental body, the German Bundestag has called on the German government to take several strong steps against the administration of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe...

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News International brief ~ UN peacekeepers found guilty of sexual abuse in Burundi
International brief ~ UN peacekeepers found guilty of sexual abuse in Burundi
D. Wes Rist
July 19, 2005 01:58:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's international brief, UN spokesman Penangnini Toure has announced that two UN peacekeepers serving in the UN Mission to Burundi peacekeeping force were found guilty of breaking the UN's new, strict code governing sexual conduct of...

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International brief ~ New Zealand wants Mugabe tried by ICC
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July 18, 2005 10:45:00 am

Leading Monday's international brief, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff has announced that the New Zealand government is currently investigating the possibility of bringing charges against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe before the...

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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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