Recent Updates
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Hong Kong Election Marks New Ground
Legal World 03/24/2007Many see the selection of Hong Kong's leader as a farce - the incumbent will almost certainly be picked again Sunday by a committee that usually goes with the choice of China's rulers.But for the first time since the former British colony returned to...
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Spain judge says Bush should face war crimes charges
Legal World 03/21/2007[##_1L|1369672087.jpg|width="112" height="95" alt=""|_##]Baltasar Garzon, an investigating judge for Spain's National Court, said Tuesday that President George W. Bush and his allies eventually should face war crimes charges for their actions in Iraq...
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Ex-Saddam VP faces Iraq execution
Legal World 03/19/2007Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be hanged Tuesday, according to Iraqi legal sources quoted by wire services Monday afternoon. The Iraqi government has scheduled the execution despite defense lawyers' contention that the governmen...
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Lawyer to Appeal Pearl Case Conviction
Legal World 03/19/2007[##_1L|1352488650.jpg|width="97" height="103" alt=""|_##]The lawyer for a man convicted of killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl said Sunday he will file an appeal using an al-Qaida lieutenant's recent confession that he beheaded the repo...
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Israel will limit Palestinian talks
Legal World 03/19/2007The Israeli cabinet voted Sunday to limit talks even with moderate Palestinian officials to shared security and humanitarian concerns, ruling out a formal peace process until the new Palestinian government recognizes Israel and renounces violence. &n...
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Iraq court endorses death for ex-official
Legal World 03/16/2007[##_1L|1108773904.jpg|width="180" height="135" alt=""|_##]An Iraqi appeals court Thursday endorsed the death sentence of Taha Yassin Ramadan, vice president under Saddam Hussein. The Court of Cassation had previously overturned the criminal court's o...
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German court: Anti-Nazi swastika OK
Legal World 03/16/2007A German court has ruled that it is legal to sell anti-Nazi T-shirts that use the swastika.A lower court had ruled that Jurgen Kamm, who runs a business called "Nix Gut" or "Nothing Good," was in violation of a law against displaying the swastika, gi...
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Chavez Says Attacks on Bush Not Personal
Legal World 03/14/2007Hugo Chavez has called President Bush a devil, a donkey and a drunkard. But on Wednesday the Venezuelan leader said his comments were "nothing personal."Chavez, who had stepped up his verbal assault during Bush's Latin American tour this week, sugges...
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Japan court rejects gas lawsuit from China
Legal World 03/14/2007Five Chinese citizens seeking compensation from Japan for injuries from poison gas left behind in China by Japanese forces during World War Two lost a court battle on Tuesday. The five Chinese had sought a total of 80 million yen (US$680,000) from th...
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China to decrease number of executions
Legal World 03/12/2007China plans to gradually lessen the number of executions it carries out while still keeping the death penalty, according to a statement released Sunday by China's Supreme People's Court, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Public Security, and China's l...
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Mexico president plans criminal justice overhaul
Legal World 03/12/2007[##_1L|1270460369.jpg|width="200" height="98" alt=""|_##]Mexican President Felipe Calderon proposed changes to the country's constitution Friday in an effort to reform its criminal justice system. Earlier this month, Amnesty International accused Mex...
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Italians rally for rights for unmarried couples
Legal World 03/12/2007Thousands of Italians rallied in Rome on Saturday in support of a bill that would give legal status to unmarried gay and heterosexual couples couples. The proposal, which has been harshly criticized by the Italian justice minister and the top Italian...