Posts Tagged ‘Supreme Court’
Monday, March 1st, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by native Chinese Muslims who had asked to be released into the U.S. from American military custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Justices dismiss Gitmo Uyghurs’ appeal
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
The supreme court in Egypt overturns an earlier ruling by a lower court that banned gas sales to Israel.
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Egypt lifts ban on gas to Israel
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Thailand’s supreme court seizes more than one billion dollars from former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra after finding he boosted his wealth by abusing his power.
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Court seizes $1.4B from Thaksin
Tags: after-finding, Billion Dollars, from-former, power, Prime Minister, Supreme Court, thaksin, Thaksin Shinawatra, wealth
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Myanmar’s Supreme Court rejected Friday an appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to overturn her house arrest.
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Myanmar rejects Suu Kyi’s appeal
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Thailand’s Supreme Court is to decide whether to confiscate billions of dollars of assets of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thai verdict due on Thaksin cash
Tags: Asia Pacific, confiscate-billions, decide-whether, supreme, Supreme Court, thaksin
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
In what may be former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega’s final showdown with the United States, his attorneys have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to block his extradition to France.
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Noriega tries to block extradition
Tags: Attorneys, court, Extradition, Final Showdown, his-attorneys, manuel-noriega, panamanian, Supreme Court, United, United States
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Pakistan faces fresh political uncertainty after the Supreme Court blocks a move by the president to appoint two judges.
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Pakistan crisis fear over judges
Tags: after-the-supreme, appoint-two, faces-fresh, Political Uncertainty, president, South Asia, supreme, Supreme Court, the-president
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
The Swiss government has gone against a ruling by its own Supreme Court and decided to freeze the assets of the family of Haiti’s former dictator, the Federal Council announced.
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Swiss freeze assets of Haiti’s Baby Doc
Tags: Assets, family, federal, federal-council, Former Dictator, freeze-the-assets, Haiti, its-own, supreme, Supreme Court, Swiss
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that special Treasury orders that freeze the assets of terror suspects are unlawful.
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Supreme Court quashes terror rule
Tags: Assets, freeze-the-assets, supreme, Supreme Court, Treasury
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
The US Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal from Panama’s ex-leader Manuel Noriega against his extradition to France.
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US rules for Noriega extradition
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court has eased long-standing restrictions on “independent spending” by corporations and unions in political campaigns.
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U.S. court eases election spending rules
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
The Supreme Court in the US state of Montana rules that doctor-assisted suicide does not clash with state law.
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Montana rules on assisted suicide
Tags: americas, Montana, not-clash, suicide-does, supreme, Supreme Court
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Pakistani Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, above, is among 280 officials blocked from leaving the country after Supreme Court ruling, state media reports.
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High court blocks Pakistani officials from leaving country
Tags: ahmed-mukhtar, among-280, Chaudhry, country, defense, from-leaving, leaving-the-country, minister-chaudhry, Mukhtar, officials-blocked, pakistani-defense, State Media, supreme, Supreme Court, the-country
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Pakistan’s opposition urges President Asif Zardari to resign after the Supreme Court annuls an amnesty on corruption.
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Zardari faces resignation demands
Tags: after-the-supreme, amnesty-on-corruption, opposition-urges, president, president-asif, South Asia, supreme, Supreme Court, Zardari
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Pakistan’s Supreme Court says an amnesty that had protected politicians, including President Asif Ali Zardari, from corruption and criminal charges is unconstitutional.
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Pakistan court invalidates politicians’ amnesty
Tags: from-corruption, president, president-asif, supreme, Supreme Court, Zardari
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