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News Rice defends Bush administration approval of harsh interrogation tactics
Rice defends Bush administration approval of harsh interrogation tactics
Andrew Gilmore
May 23, 2008 09:43:00 am

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday defended the Bush administration's authorization of the use of harsh interrogation tactics, including waterboarding , on suspected terrorist detainees. In her comments at the headquarters...

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News Conservative group petitions for stay of California same-sex marriage decision
Conservative group petitions for stay of California same-sex marriage decision
Andrew Gilmore
May 23, 2008 09:00:00 am

Alliance Defense Fund , a conservative Christian legal advocacy group, petitioned the Supreme Court of California Thursday to stay its May 15 decision overturning a ban on same-sex marriage until...

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News Pakistan signs pact with Islamic militants to implement Sharia law in province
Pakistan signs pact with Islamic militants to implement Sharia law in province
Andrew Gilmore
May 22, 2008 04:04:00 pm

The government of Pakistan reached an agreement with Taliban-linked Islamic militants in the Pakistani North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) area of Swat to implement Islamic Sharia law in the area, according to statements...

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News Rwanda genocide suspect transferred from Hague to ICTR
Rwanda genocide suspect transferred from Hague to ICTR
Andrew Gilmore
May 22, 2008 02:56:00 pm

Accused Rwanda war crimes suspect Michel Bagaragaza was transferred from the Hague back to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania Wednesday after a...

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News European Parliament endorses criminalization of environmental offenses
European Parliament endorses criminalization of environmental offenses
Andrew Gilmore
May 22, 2008 11:10:00 am

The European Parliament Wednesday adopted new rules to criminalize acts that cause serious environmental damage. Among the offenses which could now receive criminal sanctions are the illegal disposal of radioactive substances, waste...

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FTC says ‘pay-for-delay’ contracts between drug makers hurt consumers
Andrew Gilmore
May 22, 2008 09:38:00 am

Drug companies are harming consumers by using "pay-for-delay" legal agreements to keep cheaper generic prescription drugs off the market, according to a report released Wednesday by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) . The...

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News UK Law Lords bar Home Office appeal in case of pilot wrongly detained after 9/11
UK Law Lords bar Home Office appeal in case of pilot wrongly detained after 9/11
Andrew Gilmore
May 21, 2008 03:33:00 pm

The Law Lords, the judicial members of UK House of Lords, Wednesday denied the Home Office the right to appeal a lower court ruling which granted government compensation to an Algerian-born pilot wrongly detained after the September...

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Former Khmer Rouge minister makes first appearance before Cambodian tribunal
Andrew Gilmore
May 21, 2008 08:54:00 am

Former Khmer Rouge minister for social affairs Ieng Thirith made her first appearance in court Tuesday at a bail hearing before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official...

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News Defense lawyers for 9/11 detainees seek to delay arraignments
Defense lawyers for 9/11 detainees seek to delay arraignments
Andrew Gilmore
May 20, 2008 12:36:00 pm

Military defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay detainees allegedly behind the Sept. 11 attacks are attempting to delay their clients' arraignments, currently scheduled for June 5. They allege the US government has interfered...

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Alleged Lackawanna Six terrorist imprisoned in Yemen
Andrew Gilmore
May 20, 2008 11:06:00 am

Jaber Elbaneh, a Yemeni-American on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists List for alleged participation in acts of international terrorism, was jailed in Yemen Monday after an appeals court upheld his ten-year prison sentence. Elbaneh was...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

World court established at The Hague

On December 13, 1920, the League of Nations Assembly, sitting in Geneva, approved the statute setting up the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague. Learn more about the Permanent Court of International Justice. Visit the website of the Permanent Court's successor body, the International Court of Justice.

President Wilson arrives in France to negotiate WWI treaty

On December 13, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France to negotiate a treaty to conclude World War I. Wilson was the first US President to visit Europe while in office. His meeting with the other Allied leaders would result in the Treaty of Versailles, which created the League of Nations and redrew borders across Europe. The treaty, however, was rejected by the US Senate, thus preventing the U.S. from joining the League with the other major powers.

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