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AWB executive resigns amidst Australia oil-for-food inquiry

February 10, 2006 10:19:00 AM

Andrew Lindberg , chief executive of the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) , has stepped down from his position as the Australian judicial inquiry continues its fourth week of investigations into alleged Australian connections to...

February 7, 2006 03:14:00 PM

A document released to an Australian commission set up to investigate alleged Australian connections to the oil-for-food scandal Tuesday shows that Saddam Hussein personally assisted the Australian Wheat Board (AWB)...

February 3, 2006 10:18:00 AM

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has demanded an apology from US Senator Norm Coleman , saying that Coleman wrongly accused the Australian government of participating in illegal bribes to Saddam Hussein's former Iraqi...

October 31, 2005 09:04:00 AM

Australian Prime Minister John Howard asked parliament Monday to establish an independent inquiry into whether any Australian companies paid bribes to Iraqi officials involved in the now defunct UN oil-for-food program . Last...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

Learn more about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.