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Tuesday, September 10, 2002 NEW ON THE WEB... ICC concludes Assembly
The First Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court treaty concluded its week-long meeting in New York on Tuesday. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged delegates to ensure that the new judicial body "begins life on a secure footing" free of politicization. A signing ceremony for the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the Court followed the closing of the meeting. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
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NEW ON THE WEB... House sends Martha Stewart probe to Justice Department
[UPDATED] The House Energy and Commerce Committee called on the Department of Justice Tuesday to launch a criminal investigation of Martha Stewart to determine whether she made false statements to the Committee during their examination of insider trading allegations surrounding her sale of ImClone stock before that stock plummeted in value at the end of 2001. Attorneys for Martha Stewart later issued a statement in response, welcoming the attention of "professional law enforcement authorities who are trained to conduct a responsible and thorough investigation." LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MARTHA STEWART/IMCLONE PROBE
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NEW ON THE WEB... Prosecution wrapping up Kosovo case in Milosevic trial
[UPDATED] The prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia is concluding its case against former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes committed in Kosovo. Video of Tuesday's trial proceedings is online. After this segment of the prosecution case is formally closed, the trial will break for two weeks before the ICTY prosecution begins the next segment of its case, on war crimes committed in Bosnia and Croatia. WATCH THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL LIVE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL
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BREAKING NEWS "High" risk of terrorist attack
[UPDATED] For the first time since it adopted the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System, the Bush Administration has raised its terrorist threat-assessment status from "Elevated" to "High". Attorney General John Ashcroft and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge announced the heightened state of alert at a Justice Department press conference[video via C-SPAN]. LEARN MORE ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY
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NEW ON THE WEB... Justice Department monitoring primary elections
The US Department of Justice has sent 80 federal observers to monitor primary elections taking place today in Florida, New York and elsewhere. In Florida, Justice Department personnel are authorized to be present in the polls by U.S. District Courts under consent decrees with each county entered earlier this year. In Miami-Dade County, personnel will monitor the treatment of Haitian-American voters to ensure they have full and equal access to the voting process. In Orange and Osceola Counties, personnel, some of whom are bilingual in English and Spanish, will monitor the treatment of Hispanic voters and the delivery of Spanish language assistance to Hispanic voters with limited English proficiency. GET FLORIDA PRIMARY RESULTS
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NEW ON THE WEB... Civil liberties lost since Sept. 11
The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights has released a detailed report chronicling actions taken by the United States government since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 that it says have gradually eroded basic human rights protections, including fundamental guarantees that have been central to the U.S. constitutional system for more than 200 years LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
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NEW ON THE WEB... ICC: Canada expresses support, chastises US
[UPDATED] Speaking Monday at the First Assembly of States Party to the International Criminal Court treaty in New York, Canadian Minister for Foreign Affairs Bill Graham reinterated Canada's strong support for the incipient tribunal. He declared that democratic, law-abiding states "have nothing to fear" from it. A line suggesting that if Americans did not trust the nations co-operating to create it "the time may come when they may return the favor" was cut from the speech as delivered, although it appeared in the Minister's prepared remarks. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
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NEW ON JURIST... Deanship at IU-Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington SEE MORE DETAILS AND MORE JOBS
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is online. After this segment of the prosecution case is formally closed, the trial will break for two weeks before the ICTY prosecution begins the next segment of its case, on war crimes committed in Bosnia and Croatia. 
Bush Administration has raised its terrorist threat-assessment status from "Elevated" to "High". Attorney General John Ashcroft and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge 
