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News Nepal groups appeal to Supreme Court to protect media
Nepal groups appeal to Supreme Court to protect media
Lisl Brunner
October 24, 2005 11:23:00 am

A major Nepalese radio station appealed to the country's Supreme Court Sunday after its office was raided and equipment seized by Nepalese police on Friday. Kantipur FM filed a writ to the court to condemn the raid...

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News FBI documents show unlawful surveillance of US residents
FBI documents show unlawful surveillance of US residents
Lisl Brunner
October 24, 2005 10:44:00 am

The FBI has conducted secret surveillance of US citizens and legal residents for up to 18 months without notifying the Justice Department, according to documents released Monday by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) . EPIC made...

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News Former Gitmo detainee arrested in Russian rebel attack
Former Gitmo detainee arrested in Russian rebel attack
Lisl Brunner
October 24, 2005 10:07:00 am

A former Guantanamo Bay detainee was arrested in Russia's Caucasus yesterday after evidence surfaced that he was involved in a rebel attack there last week. Rasul Kudayev was one of seven Russian nationals arrested by US...

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UK proposes reforms for legal profession
Lisl Brunner
October 17, 2005 10:56:00 am

The British government on Monday proposed allowing non-lawyers to partner with lawyers to run combined firms and the creation of an independent body to handle complaints against legal professionals. The proposed reforms to the legal profession in England and...

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News French official denies corruption in Oil-for-Food investigation
French official denies corruption in Oil-for-Food investigation
Lisl Brunner
October 17, 2005 10:06:00 am

France's former Interior Minister Charles Pasqua said Monday that he did not profit from the now defunct UN Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq. A US Senate report ...

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News Chinese activist gets life sentence for terrorist activities
Chinese activist gets life sentence for terrorist activities
Lisl Brunner
October 14, 2005 09:29:00 am

Chinese activist Peng Ming has been sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorist activities by Wuhan's Intermediate People's Court. The court found that Peng tried to overthrow the Communist Party by operating a terrorist training base in Myanmar,...

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Sudan cooperating in ICC hunt for Uganda rebels
Lisl Brunner
October 14, 2005 08:51:00 am

Sudan has agreed to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its pursuit of rebel leaders from neighboring Uganda, Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for five leaders...

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News Sunni leader predicts ‘no’ vote in Iraq constitution referendum
Sunni leader predicts ‘no’ vote in Iraq constitution referendum
Lisl Brunner
October 14, 2005 08:12:00 am

Sunni Industry Minister Usama Abdul Aziz Al-Najafi said Friday that he expects a 'no' vote in the upcoming referendum on the proposed Iraqi constitution , scheduled for Saturday. The prediction comes despite a...

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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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