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Bill proposed to force FDA decision on Plan B status
Greg Sampson
November 3, 2005 04:09:00 pm

In response to what has been described as the "slow pace" by which the Food and Drug Administration is acting to approve the so-called "morning after pill" for over-the-counter sale, a bipartisan group of US representatives on...

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South African company to sue UN over oil-for-food findings
Greg Sampson
November 3, 2005 03:56:00 pm

South African oil company Imvume on Thursday announced plans to file a lawsuit against UN's Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) in response to its allegations that the company provided illegal kick-backs to the Iraqi government in the now...

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Rumsfeld defends prohibiting UN interviews with Guantanamo detainees
Greg Sampson
November 1, 2005 03:51:00 pm

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday defended the US government's decision to prohibit UN human rights observers from interviewing detainees on any visit to the prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay ....

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Senators stake out positions on possible Alito filibuster
Greg Sampson
November 1, 2005 03:24:00 pm

An influential Ohio Republican said Tuesday that US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito had a judicial philosophy "clearly within the mainstream" and that he should not be filibustered. Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) was a...

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ICTY transfers first case to Croatia
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November 1, 2005 02:55:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Tuesday transferred its case against Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac to Croatia, marking the first time a case involving persons already indicted by the ICTY...

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Syria criticizes UN resolution demanding cooperation in Hariri murder probe
Greg Sampson
November 1, 2005 02:24:00 pm

The Syrian government on Tuesday sharply criticized a UN resolution ordering Syria to fully cooperate with the international investigation into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri or face serious diplomatic...

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UN endorses international election observation standards
Greg Sampson
October 28, 2005 07:15:00 am

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday endorsed a Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and an accompanying Code of Conduct in efforts to begin establishing new standards for international election monitoring. The...

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Kenyans clash in riot over draft constitution
Greg Sampson
October 27, 2005 04:58:00 pm

Kenya's debate over its draft constitution has erupted into violence, with supporters and opponents clashing in the streets in what has become an increasingly intense disagreement over a controversial document. Dozens were injured during rioting...

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Federal appeals court upholds injunction against Georgia voter ID law
Greg Sampson
October 27, 2005 04:03:00 pm

In a brief order issued Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied a request from Georgia to throw out a lower court injunction barring enforcement of the state's new voter identification law [JURIST...

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October 25, 2005 04:40:00 pm

A group of former international political leaders supporting the defense of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein called Tuesday for a UN investigation into last week's kidnapping and murder of Saadoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi , a lawyer...

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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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