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News Pakistan high court considers challenge against ex-PM Sharif deportation
Pakistan high court considers challenge against ex-PM Sharif deportation
James M Yoch Jr
October 30, 2007 11:04:00 am

The Supreme Court of Pakistan heard arguments Tuesday in a challenge against the September 10 deportation of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Saudi Arabia. Pakistani authorities arrested Sharif on corruption and money laundering...

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News Cattle producers sue USDA to stop Canada cattle imports said to carry ‘mad cow’ risk
Cattle producers sue USDA to stop Canada cattle imports said to carry ‘mad cow’ risk
James M Yoch Jr
October 30, 2007 08:11:00 am

Eleven plaintiffs, including the R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF) have sued the US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) to prevent a rule change that would allow Canadian cattle over 30 months old and beef...

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News Senate judiciary panel renews call for White House to turn over FISA documents
Senate judiciary panel renews call for White House to turn over FISA documents
James M Yoch Jr
October 23, 2007 12:05:00 pm

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and ranking Republican Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) on Monday sent a letter to White House counsel Fred Fielding demanding the Bush administration's compliance with subpoenas [press...

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News ‘Chemical Ali’ execution would be against ‘legitimate expectations’: lawyer
‘Chemical Ali’ execution would be against ‘legitimate expectations’: lawyer
James M Yoch Jr
October 23, 2007 11:11:00 am

A defense lawyer for Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known in Western media as "Chemical Ali," has told JURIST that he expects to file a petition Wednesday against the planned execution of al-Majid. In the...

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News Tyco liability insurer seeks recovery of legal fees from ex-CEO
Tyco liability insurer seeks recovery of legal fees from ex-CEO
James M Yoch Jr
October 17, 2007 12:03:00 am

Corporate Officers & Directors Assurance Ltd. (CODA), a subsidiary of ACE Bermuda , has filed a petition in a New York trial court requesting an order compelling former Tyco International CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski [JURIST news...

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News Mercury settles stock option backdating cases for record $117.5M
Mercury settles stock option backdating cases for record $117.5M
James M Yoch Jr
October 16, 2007 12:23:00 am

Mercury Interactive on Monday settled derivative lawsuits filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California regarding allegations of stock options backdating. The software company, acquired by Hewlett Packard (HP) ...

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News Nortel settles SEC accounting fraud lawsuit
Nortel settles SEC accounting fraud lawsuit
James M Yoch Jr
October 15, 2007 06:08:00 pm

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed suit on Monday against Nortel for fraudulent accounting practices and also reached settlement with the telecommunications giant. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court...

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News Mattel board sued for breach of fiduciary duties in wake of massive toy recalls
Mattel board sued for breach of fiduciary duties in wake of massive toy recalls
James M Yoch Jr
October 12, 2007 03:28:00 pm

The Sterling Heights Police and Fire Retirement System, a public Michigan pension fund, has filed a derivative action alleging misconduct by Mattel , including failing to report toy defects to federal regulators, and in the case...

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News ICTR prisoners launch hunger strike to protest Rwanda case transfers
ICTR prisoners launch hunger strike to protest Rwanda case transfers
James M Yoch Jr
October 9, 2007 11:40:00 am

Approximately 40 inmates in a Tanzania prison awaiting trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) began a hunger strike Monday to protest the planned transfer of three ICTR cases to the national courts of Rwanda....

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News Supreme Court rejects el-Masri rendition case
Supreme Court rejects el-Masri rendition case
James M Yoch Jr
October 9, 2007 10:57:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied without comment the petition for certiorari filed by Khaled el-Masri against the US government, ostensibly supporting the Bush administration's contention that allowing el-Masri's lawsuit [complaint,...

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Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, murdered by Henry II's knights

On December 29, 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights acting in the name of Henry II.

Becket and Henry had been entangled in a power struggle over, among other things, criminal jurisdiction over clergy. Read a contemporary account of the murder of Thomas Becket.

Texas attains US statehood

On December 29, 1845, Texas became the twenty-eighth state to join the United States of America when US President James K. Polk signed the Ordinance of Annexation. Texas had a complicated path to statehood because it had formerly been part of Mexico and then an independent republic. The US Congress passed the Annexation of the Republic of Texas Joint Resolution on March 1, 1845. Voters in Texas then approved the Ordinance of Annexation in October, before it was approved by the US Congress and signed into law by President Polk on this day in 1845. The US Supreme Court later ruled in Texas v. White that, despite its unique path to statehood, Texas did not have the right to secede from the union.

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