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News Convicted Bosnian war criminal dies while awaiting appeal
Convicted Bosnian war criminal dies while awaiting appeal
Ximena Marinero
April 17, 2010 03:22:00 pm

Former commander of the Bosnian army during the 1992-1994 Bosnian civil war Rasim Delic died Friday of cancer in his home. Delic was awaiting a decision from the International Criminal...

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News Spain judge Garzon appeals high court indictment
Spain judge Garzon appeals high court indictment
Ximena Marinero
April 10, 2010 04:56:00 pm

Spanish National Court judge Baltasar Garzon on Saturday appealed an indictment that charges him with abuse of power for launching an investigation of alleged...

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News Poland lower house speaker assumes interim presidency after plane crash
Poland lower house speaker assumes interim presidency after plane crash
Ximena Marinero
April 10, 2010 03:01:00 pm

Polish Parliament Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski became the interim Polish president on Saturday after elected President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash . Komorowski must now announce the...

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News US DOT to impose record civil fine on Toyota for safety defect reporting delay
US DOT to impose record civil fine on Toyota for safety defect reporting delay
Ximena Marinero
April 6, 2010 07:49:00 am

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will seek a record civil penalty of $16.375 million against Toyota Motor Corporation for a four-month delay in notifying the agency about a problem with "sticky"...

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News Federal judge dismisses 105 former Guantanamo detainee <i>habeas</i> cases
Federal judge dismisses 105 former Guantanamo detainee habeas cases
Ximena Marinero
April 3, 2010 02:24:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed as moot 105 habeas corpus petitions of non-citizen former Guantanamo Bay detainees who are no longer in...

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News Germany chancellor proposes EU &#8216;preferred partnership&#8217; with Turkey
Germany chancellor proposes EU ‘preferred partnership’ with Turkey
Ximena Marinero
March 30, 2010 07:39:00 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday maintained that Turkey should become a European Union (EU) "preferred partner" rather than continue as a candidate country for EU accession. Turkey has only opened 12 of the 35...

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News Philippines court orders arrest of 189 for November massacre
Philippines court orders arrest of 189 for November massacre
Ximena Marinero
March 25, 2010 03:43:00 pm

The Quezon City Trial Court in Manila on Thursday issued arrest warrants for 189 suspects for their alleged role in the November 2009 massacre in semi-autonomous Maguindanao province that left 57 dead. Eight more individuals are also...

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News Federal judge rules US may continue holding Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Federal judge rules US may continue holding Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Ximena Marinero
March 25, 2010 02:12:00 pm

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday denied a Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee's habeas corpus petition on its merits, allowing the US government to prolong...

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News Senate committee approves financial regulation bill
Senate committee approves financial regulation bill
Ximena Marinero
March 23, 2010 06:06:00 am

The US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Monday voted 13-10 in favor of the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 , aimed at increasing oversight of the American financial...

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News Rights group urges Spain to abolish civil war amnesty law
Rights group urges Spain to abolish civil war amnesty law
Ximena Marinero
March 20, 2010 03:22:00 pm

Spain should repeal its 1977 amnesty law that bars investigation and prosecution of crimes committed under the Franco regime rather than "prosecuting a judge seeking accountability for past abuses," Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday....

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Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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