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Third of Iranian parliament resigns over election disqualifications
Chris Buell at 2/1/2004 02:15:53 PM
AP: "More than a third of the Iranian parliament resigned on Sunday and the speaker delivered a stinging rebuke to the hard-line Guardian Council for its disqualification of hundreds of liberal candidates in upcoming elections."
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Bush to support inquiry into prewar intelligence
Chris Buell at 2/1/2004 02:02:59 PM
Washington Post: "President Bush has agreed to support an independent inquiry into the prewar intelligence that he used to assert that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction, Republican and congressional sources said yesterday."
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Special Iraqi court to decide Saddam Hussein's fate
Chris Buell at 2/1/2004 02:02:38 PM
AFP/AP: "Former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein was still in Iraq and would be delivered to a special court being set up by the US-appointed Governing Council to face charges of genocide and invasion of neighbouring countries, US administrator Paul Bremer has said in an interview published Sunday."
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Israel: 33 countries oppose ICJ involvement on West Bank barrier
Chris Buell at 2/1/2004 02:02:15 PM
AFP: "Thirty-three countries believe the International Court of Justice (ICJ) does not have the jurisdiction to rule on the legality of the controversial separation barrier Israel is building in the West Bank, an Israeli foreign ministry official said Sunday."
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Chinese reformers demand clarification of expression laws
Chris Buell at 2/1/2004 02:01:23 PM
New York Times: "A group of prominent Chinese academics, lawyers and liberal reformers made a bold public demand on Sunday for a definition of freedom of expression in China that would clearly establish the extent to which citizens can legally criticize the nondemocratic government."
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Hearing scheduled for former Army chaplain after delays
Chris Buell at 2/1/2004 02:01:01 PM
AP: "Army Capt. James Yee, the Muslim chaplain originally suspected of espionage at the prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay's Navy base in Cuba, has seen the case against him wither, but he still faces criminal charges. His often-delayed preliminary hearing is set to resume Wednesday."
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NFL threatens Vegas hotels over big-screen broadcasts
Chris Buell at 2/1/2004 02:00:31 PM
AP: "Some of Las Vegas’ biggest hotel-casinos are canceling Super Bowl parties and making refunds to thousands of guests after the NFL threatened legal action against those broadcasting the title game on big-screen TVs."
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Second Zimbabwe judge flees under pressure from authorities
Chris Buell at 2/1/2004 02:00:08 PM
NewZimbabwe: "High Court judge, Justice Sandra Mungwira, has fled to the United Kingdom amid reports that she was being pressurised by authorities to rule against the five members of the opposition MDC accused of murdering war veterans' leader Cain Nkala late 2002."
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Ryanair threatens lawsuits against other airlines over state aid
Chris Buell at 2/1/2004 01:59:39 PM
AFP: "Irish budget airline Ryanair will launch a blitz of lawsuits against other airlines if the European Commission rules this week in a key test case that it has received illegal state aid, it vowed."
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Judge sets deadline for Alabama AG to respond to Moore lawsuit
Chris Buell at 2/1/2004 01:59:10 PM
NBC News: "A federal judge has set a Feb. 18 deadline for Attorney General Bill Pryor's response to a lawsuit that seeks to restore ousted Chief Justice Roy Moore to office."
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This day at law - Sir Edward Coke born
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/1/2004 09:35:31 AM
Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and author of law reports and commentaries (including, most famously, Coke on Littleton), was born on February 1, 1552. Learn more about Sir Edward Coke.
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