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News Democratic Party fundraiser indicted for fraud, campaign finance violations
Democratic Party fundraiser indicted for fraud, campaign finance violations
Brett Murphy
December 5, 2007 12:07:00 pm

Disgraced Democratic Party fundraiser Norman Hsu was indicted Tuesday on 15 additional counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) in connection with a massive alleged...

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News Japan prime minister offers apology to ‘war orphans’ left behind in China
Japan prime minister offers apology to ‘war orphans’ left behind in China
Brett Murphy
December 5, 2007 11:39:00 am

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Wednesday apologized to the thousands of Japanese women and children abandoned during Japan's retreat from China at the close of World War II, marking the first time...

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News Chad completes probe into  ‘Darfur orphan’ airlift, case goes to prosecutor
Chad completes probe into ‘Darfur orphan’ airlift, case goes to prosecutor
Brett Murphy
December 5, 2007 10:39:00 am

Investigators in Chad Tuesday completed a criminal probe into French charity Zoe's Ark for its involvement in an October attempt to airlift 103 alleged Darfur orphans from Chad to Europe,...

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News Ousted Pakistan judges involuntarily retired
Ousted Pakistan judges involuntarily retired
Brett Murphy
December 5, 2007 09:55:00 am

The Pakistan Law and Justice Ministry Tuesday announced the formal forced retirement from the Pakistan Supreme Court and other high courts of 37 judges, including ousted Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry , who was replaced immediately after...

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News New oil law needed in Iraq: US Treasury official
New oil law needed in Iraq: US Treasury official
Brett Murphy
December 5, 2007 09:37:00 am

The Iraqi legislature's failure to pass an oil law , rather than the security situation in the country, is preventing international oil corporations from investing in Iraq, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt said Tuesday....

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News Guantanamo detainee recovering from self-inflicted injury
Guantanamo detainee recovering from self-inflicted injury
Brett Murphy
December 5, 2007 08:56:00 am

A Guantanamo Bay detainee survived a self-inflicted injury last month when he cut open his throat using a sharpened fingernail during his daily shower, Navy Cmdr. Andrew Haynes said Tuesday. The detainee received stitches after losing...

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News Pakistan election officials bar candidacy of ex-PM Sharif citing criminal conviction
Pakistan election officials bar candidacy of ex-PM Sharif citing criminal conviction
Brett Murphy
December 3, 2007 01:37:00 pm

Pakistani election officials ruled Monday that former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cannot not run as a candidate in January parliamentary elections because of a 2000 criminal conviction. A rival candidate had challenged Sharif's nomination based on...

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News Supreme Court takes sovereign immunity, tax, right to counsel cases
Supreme Court takes sovereign immunity, tax, right to counsel cases
Brett Murphy
December 3, 2007 11:59:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in three cases , including Philippines v. Pimental (06-1204) , in which the Supreme Court will consider whether the government of the...

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News ICTY witnesses in former Kosovo leader trial too fearful to testify
ICTY witnesses in former Kosovo leader trial too fearful to testify
Brett Murphy
November 28, 2007 11:47:00 am

The last two witnesses for the prosecution in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia case against former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and two other members of the Kosovo Liberation Army [FAS...

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News Federal appeals court affirms dismissal of Massachusetts immigration raid lawsuit
Federal appeals court affirms dismissal of Massachusetts immigration raid lawsuit
Brett Murphy
November 28, 2007 11:06:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Tuesday upheld a district court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by illegal immigrant detainees over their transfer from Massachusetts to Texas holding centers...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Dreyfus convicted of treason

On December 22, 1894, Jewish French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial trial that prompted worldwide allegations of anti-Semitism. Dreyfus was later cleared. Learn more about the case of Alfred Dreyfus and read an English translation of the famous public letter J'Accuse...! by novelist and Dreyfus partisan Emile Zola.

US passed Embargo Act, banning foreign trade

On December 22, 1807, the Embargo Act was passed at the urging of US President Thomas Jefferson. The act barred trade with any foreign nations in an effort to avoid American entry into the Napoleonic Wars of Europe. However, the act proved unenforceable and was replaced with the Non-Intercourse Act, which barred trade with France and Great Britain. Learn more about the Embargo Act of 1807 from Monticello.org

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