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Tuesday, February 4

Election of International Criminal Court judges  
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/4/2003 03:54:26 PM

Watch recorded video from the UN of voting and first ballot results in the election of 18 judges to the new International Criminal Court. Second ballot voting will proceed on Wednesday. Learn more about the election procedure from UN Radio.



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SEC open meeting  
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/4/2003 03:45:47 PM

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has posted recorded audio of Tuesday's open meeting on securities depository rules and investment company compliance systems. A press release summarizing actions taken at the meeting is also available.



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Ohio death penalty ruling  
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/4/2003 02:10:41 PM

The US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday overturned an Ohio death penalty conviction on grounds that the trial judge's instruction to the jury leaving the impression that juror unanimity was required to mitigate the punishment from death to life imprisonment clearly violated the Eighth Amendment. Read Davis v. Mitchell.



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Law and African development  
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/4/2003 02:01:13 PM

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan stressed the connection between the rule of law and development in a message Tuesday to a conference of African jurists in Nigeria.



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Microsoft stay order in Java suit  
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/4/2003 11:34:38 AM

Review Monday's order granting Microsoft a stay and expedited appeal of a lower court ruling directing it to provide a Windows-based version of Sun Microsystem's Java language.



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February 4 - This day at law  
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/4/2003 06:30:02 AM

On February 4, 1913, civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Learn more about Rosa Parks.



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