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'Muscovite code' tells foreigners to blend in
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 As foreign moles in suburban America, the "Murphy's" of Montclair -- two of the recently exposed Russian "illegals" (read: spies with boring long-term assignments...
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Thu, Jul 07 2010 10:26 AM
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Aharon Barak is the new "wise Latina"
Looking at the opening statements of the Republican members of the Senate judiciary committee, it appears that, as expected, Elena Kagan's description of former Israeli Supreme Court President Aharon Barak as her "judicial hero" is going...
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Mon, Jun 06 2010 2:51 PM
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French fare-dodgers get organized
The Parisians who flooded the streets of France's capital city this morning -- part of country-wide push-back against President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposed austerity plan (which includes, among other simply intolerable measures, a new retirement...
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Thu, Jun 06 2010 10:15 AM
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First comes love, then comes...jail?
Love was momentarily in the air in Saudi Arabia -- until the cops showed up. AP reports this morning that a young Saudi man from Riyadh will face 90 lashes and four months in the clapper as punishment for "engaging in immoral movements" (read...
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Thu, Jun 06 2010 9:49 AM
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Kagan on international law: "A blank slate"
If the recent contentious confirmation hearings of judicial nominee Goodwin Liu and State Department legal advisor Harold Koh are any evidence, the question the role of international law and whether it is proper to use foreign judgements in deciding cases...
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Tue, May 05 2010 11:45 AM
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Argentine courts to give Spain a taste of its own medicine
Spanish investigative judge Baltasar Garzon has made a name for himself by prosecuting human rights abusers around the world -- including former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet -- using universal jurisdiction to get around national amnesties. But Garzon...
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Wed, Apr 04 2010 10:41 AM
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Justice Stevens and the "War on Terror"
When Justice John Paul Stevens retires this summer he will have served longer than any Supreme Court Justice in history save one -- William O. Douglas. In his decades on the court, Stevens has had a profound influence on several issues -- including one...
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Fri, Apr 04 2010 2:33 PM
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What's the definition of war criminal?
At a Monday lecture in Los Angeles, Bush presidential advisor Karl Rove was given a very, very warm welcome . Audience members called him a war criminal and yelled that he would "rot in hell." One member of activist group Code Pink even approached...
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Tue, Mar 03 2010 9:54 AM
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No lawyers for Swiss animals
A setback for animal-rights activists in Switzerland: Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to introduce a nationwide system of state-funded lawyers to represent animals in court. Animal rights groups had proposed the move, saying that without...
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Mon, Mar 03 2010 9:26 AM
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Seven arrested in Italian-Iranian smuggling sting
Though Iranian-Italian relations don't often make the headlines, trade between the two countries is estimated to be in the neighborhood of $9 billion . That makes Italy Iran's largest trading partner in the EU. But perhaps the $9 billion figure...
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Wed, Mar 03 2010 10:23 AM
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Vote in your pajamas in sunny Catalunya
For the past few months, a cynical observer might think, Washington has carried out a long piece of performance art detailing the many ways in which passing legislation is hard, even with the White House and Congress in one party's hands. There are...
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Tue, Feb 02 2010 3:10 PM
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A conversation with Anwar Ibrahim
Late last year, my colleague Blake Hounshell and I sat down with Anwar Ibrahim here in Washington, where he was attending a conference on inter-religious understanding. The Malaysian opposition leader (who is #32 one of our Top Global Thinkers of 2009...
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Wed, Feb 02 2010 9:01 AM
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John Yoo on John Yoo
Deborah Soloman, the New York Times Magazine 's Q&A writer, has an interview with John Yoo. The Berkeley professor and law scholar worked in the Office of Legal Counsel during the George W. Bush administration and is the author of the infamous...
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Tue, Dec 12 2009 10:52 AM
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Indian court recommends legalizing prostitution
If you can’t beat ‘em, regulate ‘em -- that’s the Indian Supreme Court’s take on the country’s illegal sex trade. The court’s advice came in response to an NGO’s public litigation regarding child trafficking in the country. As of 2007, UNICEF estimates...
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Fri, Dec 12 2009 1:30 PM
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Uganda's Human Rights Hokey Pokey
It seems like Uganda is taking two steps forward and one step backward this week in terms of securing human rights for its citizens. Amid growing debate regarding the national Anti-Homosexuality Bill , the Ugandan parliament unanimously passed a law which...
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Fri, Dec 12 2009 9:15 AM
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