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Annan submits Hariri tribunal proposal to Security Council
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official profile] has submitted to the UN
Security Council [official website] a proposal [JURIST report] on establishing an
international tribunal to try suspects in the … 
Saddam lawyer accuses Iraqi tribunal of obstructing appeal efforts
[JURIST] Khalil al-Dulaimi, chief defense counsel for Saddam Hussein [JURIST news
archive], said Wednesday that the Iraqi High Tribunal is obstructing his efforts to appeal
Hussein's death sentence [JURIST report] …
Specter introduces new domestic surveillance bill
[JURIST] US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official website; JURIST news archive], outgoing
chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee [official website], has introduced a new bill,
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Oversight …
Former HP head pleads not guilty in 'pretexting' case
[JURIST] Former Hewlett-Packard [corporate website] chairwoman Patricia Dunn [Forbes
profile] pleaded not guilty Wednesday to four felony charges [felony complaint, PDF;
JURIST report] stemming from her role in the corporate …
German appeals court finds Moroccan guilty of aiding 9/11 attacks
[JURIST] The German Federal Court of Justice [official website, in German] Thursday found
Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] guilty of assisting
the men who carried out the …
Cheney, Libby request dismissal of Plame lawsuit in CIA leak case
[JURIST] US Vice President Dick Cheney and his former chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter"
Libby [defense profile; JURIST news archive] asked a federal court Tuesday to dismiss the
civil …
Ex-Enron accounting chief gets 5 1/2 year prison sentence
[JURIST] Former Enron [JURIST news archive] accounting chief Richard Causey [CBS profile]
received a 66-month prison sentence Wednesday for authorizing bookkeeping practices that
allowed Enron to defraud investors of billions …
Guantanamo detainee asks court to block medical procedure
[JURIST] Lawyers for Saifullah Paracha [advocacy website; Wikipedia profile], a
multimillionaire from Pakistan in US custody at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive],
petitioned a federal court Wednesday to enjoin the …
Ireland High Court rules frozen embryos not 'unborn' with right …
[JURIST] The High Court of Ireland [official website] held Wednesday that the protection
of an unborn's right to life under Article 40 of the Irish Constitution [PDF text] does
not …
Pakistan assembly approves Sharia rape laws change
[JURIST] Pakistan's National Assembly [official website], the lower house of parliament,
passed the 2006 Protection of Women Bill [BBC report] Wednesday, transferring rape case
jurisdiction from religious Sharia [Wikipedia backgrounder] …