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| Should this toy be saved? | After a 6-year-old Canadian girl swallowed 19 superstrong, pea-size magnets in March, she told her mother she thought they were candy. The magnets failed to pass through naturally, and a surgeon removed them three days later, finding a perforated small intestine, ulcerations in the stomach and two small holes in… |
| Lawyer testifies OJ Simpson knew about guns, said ‘No deal. No way.’ when told of plea offer | Reluctantly testifying about his former client, O.J. Simpson, a Miami attorney on Friday contradicted key aspects of Simpson's earlier testimony during a hearing about whether the former football great should be granted a new trial in his Nevada armed robbery case. Called to the stand by prosecutors and reminded that… |
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| | Joe Biden Sees 'No Legal Reason' Why We Can't Tax Violent Video Games - Forbes | |
| Guantanamo Bay: Inside a Legal Nightmare - RollingStone.com |  RollingStone.com |
Guantanamo Bay: Inside a Legal NightmareRollingStone.comAs the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay enters its fourth month and pressure to close the prison mounts, it's easy to forget that Guantanamo is not only a detention facility but also the site of a unique legal experiment that has no direct precedent in ... |
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Jurist
| | UK judge upholds request to withhold evidence in Russian spy death investigation | [JURIST] A senior judge for the Judiciary of England and Wales [official website] on Friday partially upheld [Reuters report] a request by British Foreign Secretary William Hague [official profile] to withhold certain information from the investigation into the 2006 death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko [JURIST news archive]. Litvinenko was a member of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) [official website, in Russian] when he was poisoned to death. Sir Robert Owen was appointed [press release] in... |
| Afghanistan parliament blocks women's rights legislation | [JURIST] The Afghanistan parliament on Saturday blocked legislation that would have worked to strengthen women's rights in the country. If passed, the legislation would have protected provisions [AP report] of the 2009 Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) [PDF], which was originally implemented by presidential decree, from being repealed by a future Afghanistan president. The law criminalizes child marriages and forced marriages and states that rape victims should not be charged with adultery or fornication. Fawzia Koofi [official... |
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| | Vermont about to become 4th state with aid-in-dying law - CBS News | |
| Firms Brace for New European Data Privacy Law - New York Times | |
Firms Brace for New European Data Privacy LawNew York TimesOn Monday, their European counterparts showed up in force at a conference in Berlin to discuss the potential law, which is expected to come to a vote sometime next year. Representatives from European Aeronautics Defense & Space, BMW, Daimler and ...and more » |
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