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Middle Tennessee prof gets Teaching Tolerance post with Southern Poverty Law
AP NASHVILLE — A criminal justice instructor in Middle Tennessee has been named to a national advisory board for a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. Dr. Michael McDonald of Cumberland University in Lebanon and Volunteer
Updated: 10/11/2011 03:37P
Govt 'aware of concerns' about law
Mr La Rue has urged the Thai government to amend Section 112 of the Penal Code and the 2007 Computer Crime Act, saying that the laws were too vague and the harsh criminal sanctions went against universal norms. ''I urge Thailand to hold broad-based
Updated: 10/11/2011 03:08P
Ecuador's president enacts antitrust law, industry objects.
By AP QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa has enacted a new antitrust law that bars news media owners and bankers from having commercial interests in other industries. Ecuador's business community objects to the law,
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:59P
State says school employees must self-report arrests
According to Ken Roos, the solicitor for the Lower Merion School District, prior to the new law that was passed this summer there was no requirement for any school employees to self-report arrests for numerous crimes that ranged from criminal homicide
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:54P
US ties Iran to plot to assassinate Saudi diplomat
Holder says the plot represents a flagrant violation of US and international law. He says the US is committed to holding Iran accountable. A federal criminal complaint in New York says the two also are charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:51P
Two arrested in alleged plot to kill ambassador
Holder says the plot represents a flagrant violation of US and international law. He says the US is committed to holding Iran accountable. A federal criminal complaint in New York says the two also are charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:50P
2 arrested in alleged plot to kill ambassador
A federal criminal complaint in New York says the two also are charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. It says the ambassador was in the United States when the death plot was supposed to occur. The suspects are identified as
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:46P
University of Chicago Law School launches Law & Economics 2.0 initiative
Already, faculty including Thomas Miles, Eric Posner, David Weisbach, Anup Malani and Tom Ginsburg are exploring areas as diverse as the economics of criminal law, economic analysis of the constitutions of emerging markets, climate change and the
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:45P
US Disrupts Iran-Tied Terror Plot
A federal criminal complaint in New York says the two also are charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. It says the ambassador was in the United States when the death plot was supposed to occur. The suspects are identified as
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:44P
Men Charged in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the
A criminal complaint filed today in the Southern District of New York charges Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old naturalized US. citizen holding both Iranian and US. passports, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iran-based member of Iran's Qods Force,
Updated: 10/11/2011 02:43P
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