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UN Security Council extends terms of ICTY judges

July 1, 2010 08:41:34 AM

The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution extending the terms of office for the judges of the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Resolution 1931 ...

March 25, 2010 08:57:00 AM

The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday proposed reforms to simplify and clarify international divorce laws. Under the proposal, married couples from different European Union (EU) countries could choose the country of the divorce, and the various courts...

November 13, 2008 07:40:00 AM

The South African Constitutional Court Wednesday refused to hear an appeal brought by former president Thabo Mbeki of a lower court ruling that dismissed corruption charges against his rival, African National Congress...

September 19, 2008 08:43:00 AM

The South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) announced Thursday it would appeal a Pietermaritzburg High Court judgment invalidating corruption charges against politician Jacob Zuma . The NPA stated...

September 15, 2008 09:09:00 AM

A judge in South Africa's Pietermaritzburg High Court ruled Friday that an earlier decision to prosecute politician Jacob Zuma on corruption charges was procedurally invalid because Zuma was not given the chance...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations formally ended WWII

On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.

Review the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.

Former CIA official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to spying for USSR

On April 28, 1994, Aldrich Ames, a former CIA official, pleaded guilty to passing US secrets to the USSR during the Cold War. Ames further confessed that he continued spying for Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Learn more about the case of Aldrich Ames from the FBI. Also read a CNN interview with Ames.