NSA domestic spying cases order [US DC] News
NSA domestic spying cases order [US DC]

In Re: National Security Agency Telecommunication Records Litigation, US District Court for the Northern District of California, July 24, 2007 [refusing the federal government's motion to dismiss lawsuits brought by the states of Connecticut, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, and Vermont seeking to obtain more information concerning the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program]. Read the full text of the order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires

On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.