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News UN urges probe of Sudan Kordofan region war crimes
UN urges probe of Sudan Kordofan region war crimes
Maureen Cosgrove
August 15, 2011 11:28:15 am

The UN on Monday called for a thorough investigation into alleged violations of international law and war crimes in the Southern Kordofan area of Sudan . The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

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News Serbia urges US to block execution of citizen
Serbia urges US to block execution of citizen
Maureen Cosgrove
August 15, 2011 09:44:21 am

The Serbian government filed an amicus curiae on Friday in a Nevada court seeking to block the execution of a Serbian citizen on the grounds that the country's consulate was not informed of the man's arrest in 1994. Serbia...

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News Mubarak trial resumes, live TV broadcasts to end
Mubarak trial resumes, live TV broadcasts to end
Maureen Cosgrove
August 15, 2011 09:07:04 am

The corruption and murder trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resumed on Monday. Mubarak is on trial for murder, attempted killing of protesters and other charges related to general abuse of power...

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News Class action lawsuit accuses Apple, major publishers of collusion
Class action lawsuit accuses Apple, major publishers of collusion
Maureen Cosgrove
August 11, 2011 11:34:28 am

A class action lawsuit filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California alleges that Apple and five major publishers colluded to illegally fix electronic book (e-book) prices. The...

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News Pennsylvania judge sentenced to 28 years in juvenile sentencing scandal
Pennsylvania judge sentenced to 28 years in juvenile sentencing scandal
Maureen Cosgrove
August 11, 2011 10:53:24 am

A Pennsylvania judge was sentenced Wednesday to 28 years in prison for his participation in a juvenile sentencing scandal . Mark Ciavarella Jr., a former judge in Pennsylvania's Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas , was...

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Arizona appeals immigration law ruling to Supreme Court
Maureen Cosgrove
August 11, 2011 09:32:29 am

The state of Arizona on Wednesday filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the US Supreme Court seeking to overturn a lower court decision enjoining four provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law [SB 1070...

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Bangladesh court begins first war crimes trial
Maureen Cosgrove
August 10, 2011 02:16:53 pm

The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICTB) on Wednesday began the country's first trial against a suspect accused of war crimes related to the 1971 War of Independence . Delwar Hossain Sayedee, 71, is a...

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News Chile president introduces civil union legislation
Chile president introduces civil union legislation
Maureen Cosgrove
August 10, 2011 12:55:06 pm

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday proposed legislation that would legalize same-sex civil unions . The bill, entitled Acuerdo de Vida en Pareja, would extend inheritance and social welfare...

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Afghanistan president dissolves special elections court
Maureen Cosgrove
August 10, 2011 11:11:48 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday announced the dissolution of a special court he had established to investigate poll fraud in last September's parliamentary elections . The special court...

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Lebanon tribunal says authorities have reported back on Hariri probe
Maureen Cosgrove
August 10, 2011 10:34:23 am

The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) announced on Tuesday that Lebanese authorities reported to the tribunal on their efforts to search for and arrest four men wanted for killing former prime minister Rafik Hariri...

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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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