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Philippines lawmakers approve terrorism funding law
Sung Un Kim
June 6, 2012 12:10:05 pm

The Philippine Congress on Wednesday approved the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 that criminalize the financing of terrorism. The bill penalizes an individual who organizes or directs the commission of the crime of financing...

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EU proposes regulations to address future financial crises
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June 6, 2012 11:14:05 am

The European Commission on Wednesday announced a proposal that would address the problems of bailing out large banks with public funds during financial crises in the future. The proposal rests on Article 114...

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Egypt court to rule on constitutionality of political isolation law
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June 6, 2012 10:27:20 am

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt said Wednesday that it will rule on the constitutionality of the proposed amendments to the political isolation law on June 14. The Political isolation law was passed in 2011 and had...

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Israel urged to release Palestinian detainees
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June 6, 2012 09:35:54 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged Israel to release all prisoners of conscience and administrative detainees or immediately try them under international fair trial standards. AI revealed that Israel has been using a number of...

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Federal judge rejects Apple’s request for injunction against Samsung
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June 5, 2012 02:11:40 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday rejected a request by Apple for a preliminary injunction against four Samsung products including the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Judge Lucy...

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Federal judge grants preliminary approval for JPMorgan settlement
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June 5, 2012 01:29:01 pm

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York granted JPMorgan Chase permission on Monday to pay $44.6 million in order to resolve allegations of fraudulent bidding practices for state...

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Russia activists arrested protesting proposed legislation
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June 5, 2012 01:03:24 pm

Russian police on Tuesday arrested more than 20 people who were protesting a new bill that was introduced to the State Duma , the lower house of parliament, for a final vote. The proposed bill would...

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DOJ monitoring Wisconsin recall election to prevent voter fraud
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June 5, 2012 12:16:49 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that it would monitor the Wisconsin recall election taking place on Tuesday to prevent voter fraud. The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will be one of the jurisdictions...

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Conrad Black moves to dismiss remaining conviction
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June 5, 2012 11:08:28 am

The lawyers for media magnate Conrad Black on Monday filed a motion in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to dismiss the remainder of their client's...

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June 5, 2012 10:20:16 am

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo said Monday that economic or other aid should be refused to those countries that assist Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir in evading...

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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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