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Environmental brief ~ Red dye scare in UK leads to food recalls

February 22, 2005 04:03:00 PM

In Tuesday's environmental law news, over 400 food products in the UK have been revealed to be contaminated with the industrial food dye Sudan 1 by the Food Standards Agency...

February 22, 2005 03:43:00 PM

A report issued Tuesday by the International Atomic Energy Agency urges that nuclear fuel production should not be left under the control of individual countries. An expert panel assigned to consider nonproliferation of nuclear technology found that...

February 16, 2005 12:01:00 AM

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, Feb. 16.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET today, and it will consider S. 384, the Nazi War Crimes Working...

February 14, 2005 08:50:00 AM

A UN ad hoc committee on human cloning meets Monday to begin consideration of an alternative approach to regulation that would focus on national lawmaking rather than on an overarching international regulatory structure. Attempts to frame a...

February 11, 2005 10:24:00 PM

Does v. Bush, et al., Petition for writ of habeas corpus, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, February 11, 2005 . Excerpt:Petitioners...

February 10, 2005 08:28:00 AM

For the first time publicly, North Korea acknowledged Thursday that it has nuclear weapons, and said it has pulled out of a six-nation negotiation aimed at persuading the communist country to abandon its nuclear ambitions....

February 9, 2005 01:28:00 PM

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has announced that three Bank of America Corp. brokerage units have agreed to pay $375 million to settle market timing charges. The SEC charged the three units with...

February 2, 2005 12:46:00 PM

A European Union spokesperson said Wednesday that the EU supports the UN proposal to try those suspected of committing war crimes in Darfur at the International Criminal...

January 31, 2005 01:29:00 PM

Julian Ku, Hofstra University School of Law:"This Reuters story suggests that a district court judge has held the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals unconstitutional. As usual, Reuters (and other news agencies) are overstating the scope of the decision. Rather, it is...

January 27, 2005 10:15:00 AM

In Thursday's international brief, senior African Union officials are reporting that the Sudanese government bombed a Darfur village Wednesday, with NGO workers present for the first time to actually witness the explosions. The announcement came...

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