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EU lifts travel ban on Belarus president
Kiely Lewandowski
October 13, 2008 12:00:00 pm

The European Union Monday temporarily suspended its travel ban on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and several other Belarussian officials following the first high-level talks between Belarus and the EU in four years. A...

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Thailand appeals court drops treason charges against opposition activists
Kiely Lewandowski
October 9, 2008 01:03:00 pm

Thailand's Court of Appeal Thursday reduced insurrection charges against nine People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) activists following this week's violent clashes between police and PAD protesters . The court dismissed treason charges against the...

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Second Circuit endorses test for special needs educational placement
Kiely Lewandowski
October 9, 2008 12:11:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Thursday adopted a fact-specific test for determining whether a disabled student has been placed in the 'least restrictive environment' as required by the Individuals with Disabilities...

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Citigroup, Wachovia, Wells Fargo agree to merger litigation freeze
Kiely Lewandowski
October 6, 2008 06:46:00 pm

Citigroup Inc., Wachovia Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. announced Monday that they had reached an agreement to freeze litigation activity until at least noon Wednesday. The agreement follows a weekend of legal maneuvering,...

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Delayed ICTY war crimes trial of former Yugoslav army chief begins
Kiely Lewandowski
October 2, 2008 01:33:00 pm

The trial of former Yugoslav army chief of staff and general Momcilo Perisic began Thursday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague. The trial was scheduled to commence...

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Poland ex-leader testifies martial law was ‘lesser evil’
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October 2, 2008 12:31:00 pm

Former Polish leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski testified Thursday at the resumption of his trial that he had no choice but to impose martial law on Poland in 1981. Jaruzelski,...

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New Ecuador constitution approved in national referendum
Kiely Lewandowski
September 29, 2008 12:09:00 pm

In a national referendum on Sunday, Ecuadorean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution which consolidates and significantly broadens the powers held by leftist President Rafael Correa . The new constitution gives...

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Macedonia parliament revokes immunity of two ethnic Albanian MPs
Kiely Lewandowski
September 29, 2008 11:23:00 am

The Assembly of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Saturday revoked two lawmakers' prosecutorial immunity for crimes allegedly committed during the country's 2001 ethnic conflict. Hajrula Misini and Hisen Dzemaili , both members of...

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Nebraska lawmakers call parental ‘safe haven’ law too broad
Kiely Lewandowski
September 26, 2008 10:45:00 am

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) declared Thursday that leaving a child at a hospital does not constitute per se termination of parents' legal rights. Nebraska's safe haven law (LB 157) , which...

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September 26, 2008 07:42:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday affirmed a district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) to Microsoft Corp. in a suit involving alleged infringement...

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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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