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News Chief judge in Saddam trial downplays security concerns
Chief judge in Saddam trial downplays security concerns
Brandon Smith
November 21, 2005 12:53:00 pm

In an interview with Reuters reported Monday, Chief Justice Rizgar Mohammed Amin of the Iraqi High Criminal Court , also known as the Iraqi Special Tribunal, trying Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants played down security...

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News Milosevic trial delayed again
Milosevic trial delayed again
Brandon Smith
November 21, 2005 12:31:00 pm

The war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic has been further delayed due to Milosevic's poor health, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Judge Patrick Robinson announced Monday. The trial was set...

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News Trial of Holocaust denier Zundel delayed by removal of defense lawyer
Trial of Holocaust denier Zundel delayed by removal of defense lawyer
Brandon Smith
November 15, 2005 01:27:00 pm

The German trial of Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel was postponed Tuesday after Judge Ulrich Meinerzhagen fired one of Zundel's lawyers. Judge Meinerzhagen fired Sylvia Stolz because he believed Stolz would not defend Zundel properly, but...

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News Moussaoui death sentencing trial delayed
Moussaoui death sentencing trial delayed
Brandon Smith
November 15, 2005 12:58:00 pm

US District Judge Leonie Brinkema has delayed the sentencing trial of September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui by one month and ordered a two-stage process to determine whether or not he will receive...

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News Global recording industry sues 2,100 alleged music sharers
Global recording industry sues 2,100 alleged music sharers
Brandon Smith
November 15, 2005 12:44:00 pm

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) on Tuesday announced that it has launched its largest international wave of legal action against illegal online file-sharing. This latest push targeted 2,100 alleged uploaders [IFPI...

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News Supreme Court rules parents have burden of proof in special ed challenges
Supreme Court rules parents have burden of proof in special ed challenges
Brandon Smith
November 14, 2005 12:41:00 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that parents who challenge special education programs for not meeting their children's needs must bear the burden of proving the programs' inadequacies, and not school officials. The case,...

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News US to proceed with Hicks military trial despite Supreme Court case
US to proceed with Hicks military trial despite Supreme Court case
Brandon Smith
November 8, 2005 12:37:00 pm

The Pentagon has said that it is committed to proceeding with a preliminary military commission hearing for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks despite the US Supreme Court's announcement Monday that...

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News Bush: "We do not torture" terror suspects
Bush: "We do not torture" terror suspects
Brandon Smith
November 7, 2005 01:30:00 pm

US President George W. Bush on Monday defended US interrogation techniques in the war on terror and insisted that the US does not torture terror detainees. Answering questions about reports of a secret...

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News India foreign minister removed after oil-for-food allegations
India foreign minister removed after oil-for-food allegations
Brandon Smith
November 7, 2005 12:35:00 pm

Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh was removed from his position Monday at his own request after allegations arose that he improperly benefited from the now-defunct UN oil-for-food program in Iraq. According to the government,...

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News Asylum-seekers in Morocco launch hunger strike
Asylum-seekers in Morocco launch hunger strike
Brandon Smith
November 1, 2005 01:22:00 pm

A group of asylum-seekers originating from Asia and Africa has begun a hunger strike in a detention camp in southwest Morocco in an attempt to gain refugee status from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , the...

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Supreme Court upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans

On December 18, 1944, the US Supreme Court decided Korematsu v. United States, upholding the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. Read Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, under which the internments were authorized. View photos from the Japanese American internment camps, collected by the University of Utah Library.

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