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News DOJ internal watchdog opens domestic surveillance probe
DOJ internal watchdog opens domestic surveillance probe
Jeannie Shawl
November 27, 2006 04:21:00 pm

US Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine has launched an internal investigation into the DOJ's use of intelligence gathered under the NSA's domestic surveillance program , according to a letter from Fine to Congressional leaders...

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News Serb nationalist war crimes defendant skips pre-trial hearing due to hunger strike
Serb nationalist war crimes defendant skips pre-trial hearing due to hunger strike
Jeannie Shawl
November 23, 2006 09:23:00 am

Hunger-striking Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj refused to attend a preliminary hearing Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , saying his voice was too weak to be able...

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News Italy court rejects Berlusconi bid for judge recusal in tax fraud trial
Italy court rejects Berlusconi bid for judge recusal in tax fraud trial
Jeannie Shawl
November 22, 2006 11:38:00 am

An Italian judge Wednesday refused the request of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to have one of the judges removed from presiding over his tax fraud trial. Berlusconi and co-defendant David Mills [Guardian...

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News DOJ drops appeal of dismissed Lay conviction after abatement bill proposed
DOJ drops appeal of dismissed Lay conviction after abatement bill proposed
Jeannie Shawl
November 22, 2006 09:27:00 am

The US Justice Department has withdrawn its notice of appeal of a federal judge's decision to vacate the conviction of former Enron founder Ken Lay . Lay, convicted ...

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News Marine claims Navy investigators blocked access to lawyer in Hamdania murder case
Marine claims Navy investigators blocked access to lawyer in Hamdania murder case
Jeannie Shawl
November 21, 2006 12:12:00 pm

Lance Cpl. Robert B. Pennington, one of several US Marines facing court-martial in connection with the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania , told a military court Monday that agents from the...

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News Bosnian immigrant sentenced to 5 years for lying about Srebrenica role
Bosnian immigrant sentenced to 5 years for lying about Srebrenica role
Jeannie Shawl
November 21, 2006 11:49:00 am

A US judge sentenced Bosnian immigrant Marko Boskic to 63 months in prison Monday for failing to reveal his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre while trying to enter the US as a refugee....

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News Court-martial ordered for last accused in Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder case
Court-martial ordered for last accused in Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder case
Jeannie Shawl
November 14, 2006 08:46:00 pm

US Marines Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins III will face court-martial for his role in the April kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania , the US Marine Corps announced Tuesday....

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News South Africa assembly passes civil unions bill
South Africa assembly passes civil unions bill
Jeannie Shawl
November 14, 2006 10:33:00 am

The South African National Assembly passed the Civil Unions Bill Tuesday by a 230-41 vote, becoming the first African nation to recognize same-sex unions . The bill, without specific reference to heterosexual or...

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News Libby judge rejects prosecution effort to limit classified evidence
Libby judge rejects prosecution effort to limit classified evidence
Jeannie Shawl
November 14, 2006 09:45:00 am

US District Judge Reggie Walton ruled Monday that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's proposal to limit what classified evidence I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby can present to the jury in the CIA leak trial...

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News Thai PM holds off on lifting martial law
Thai PM holds off on lifting martial law
Jeannie Shawl
November 14, 2006 09:21:00 am

Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Tuesday that martial law will not be lifted in Thailand, as had been anticipated . Thai Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas said last week that Surayud was...

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Supreme Court upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans

On December 18, 1944, the US Supreme Court decided Korematsu v. United States, upholding the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps.

Read Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, under which the internments were authorized. View photos from the Japanese American internment camps, collected by the University of Utah Library.

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December 18 is International Migrants Day [UN factsheet], marking the 1990 adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

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