| INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "DIALOG BETWEEN
CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS: PRESENT STATE AND PERSPECTIVES OF NOMADISM IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD"AUGUST 9-14, 2004 ULAANBATAR / MONGOLIA... More |
Sharon's son ordered to hand over documents Ruling
comes day after prosecutor recommends indictment March 29, 2004 JERUSALEM (CNN) -- The Israel Supreme Court ruled Monday that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son must hand over documents related to an ongoing corruption investigation. More |
French lawyer says he will defend Saddam March 28, 2004 (CNN) -- A French attorney who has represented other notorious figures said Sunday that he will defend ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in any future trial. More |
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Aide: Rumsfeld Urged Iraq Attack Sooner By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld almost immediately urged President Bush (news - web sites) to consider bombing Iraq after the Sept. 11, 2001. More |
| Judicial socializing stirs ethics questions March 19, 2004 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says he and his colleagues have every right to mingle with other Washington power-brokers and give speeches without having their integrity questioned. More |
Mongolian Summer School PROGRAM INFO.- Mongolian Summer School, Ulaanbaatar, July 1 - Aug. 1, 2004 The next Summer School for Young Mongolists will be held in Ulaanbaatar from July 1 to August 1, 2004. More |
Wash., Pa. Men to Share Sniper Award Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. - Two men will share a $500,000 reward for providing information that led to the arrests of the Washington-area snipers nearly two years ago, officials said Saturday. More |
| WORLD: Poland 'Misled' on Iraq, President Says By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, Associated Press Writer WARSAW, Poland - Poland's president, a key Washington ally in Europe, said Thursday his country was "misled" about the threat of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s weapons of mass destruction. More |
Utah eliminates firing squad executions March 17, 2004 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- Gov. Olene Walker has done away with firing squads in Utah, leaving injection as the only method for executing condemned killers.The Utah Legislature passed the measure late last month, and Walker had said she intended to sign it. She did so Monday without comment. More |
| WORLD: S. Korea votes to impeach Roh March 12, 2004 cnn.com SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's National Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to impeach President Roh Moo-hyun by 193-2, amid dramatic scenes as rival politicians physically battled on the floor of parliament. More |
California's top court blocks gay marriages March 11, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- The California Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an immediate halt to gay marriages in San Francisco, delivering a victory to conservatives who have fought for a month to block the ceremonies. More |
| High Court: Wife's statement against spouse can't
be used March 8, 2004 cnn.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant may confront his accusers, and that right means prosecutors can't use a wife's taped statement to police to try to undermine her husband at trial, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. More |
Sniper Muhammad sentenced to death Judge follows jury's recommendation March 9, 2004 MANASSAS, Virginia (CNN) -- A Virginia judge Tuesday sentenced John Allen Muhammad to death for killing Dean Harold Meyers -- one of 10 people shot to death during the October 2002 sniper shootings. More |
| WorldNews: Retrial ordered for 9/11 suspect March 4, 2004 HAMBURG, Germany -- A German appeals court has ordered a retrial of the only person convicted in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. More |
| Martha Stewart found guilty on all counts Stewart, broker could face up to 20 years in prison March 5, 2004 NEW YORK (CNN) -- A jury found Martha Stewart guilty on all four counts she faced in her obstruction of justice trial Friday. More |
Judge resigns over online racial remarks March 4, 2004 RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- A Virginia judge has resigned after the disclosure of racially charged remarks he wrote in an Internet chat room, including statements suggesting that blacks have a biological tendency toward violence. More |
New indictment follows millionaire's acquittal By John Springer Court TV February 18, 2004 (Court TV) -- Robert Durst, the multimillionaire Manhattanite acquitted of murdering an elderly Texas man, was house hunting last month in anticipation of his release from jail soon. More |
| Supreme Court will hear death penalty case March 1, 2004 cnn.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday that it will consider effectiveness standards for attorneys, focusing on a Florida death row case involving a defendant who questioned his lawyer's strategy of admitting his guilt. More |
Peterson jury allowed to hear wiretaps March 2, 2004 cnn.com REDWOOD CITY, California (AP) -- Jurors in Scott Peterson's trial will hear evidence collected by investigators using wiretap listening devices, a judge ruled Tuesday. More |
New York attorney general says state law forbids
gay marriages By Joe Manoney and David Saltonstall New York Daily News NEW YORK - (KRT) - Gay couples cannot be legally wed in New York - and mayors who ignore the law could face arrest, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer declared Wednesday. More |
| MongoliaNews: Trilateral contract on Motherland-Democracy
Coalition signed By E. Tor On February 23 (a monkey day or 3rd day of the first month of spring of Wood Monkey Year), an official ceremony to sign on trilateral cooperation contract of the Motherland-Democracy Coalition was held at the Democratic Party headquarter building. More |
MongoliaNews: "The UB Post" Livestock census result The National Statistical Office and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture introduced results of 2003 livestock census at a regular cabinet meeting held on Wednesday.More |
American University Washington College of Law Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series SPECIAL EVENT!!!! Join us on February 25th, when panelists Gaston Mwenelupembe (Malawi), Ahmad Warraich (Pakistan), and Gombosurengiin Ganzorig (Mongolia) will discuss their experiences advocating for human rights from within the government system. More |
US Transfers Guantanamo Prisoner to Denmark February 25, 2004 By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States turned over a Danish national who was imprisoned at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the government of Denmark, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, and the Danes planned to set him free. More |
Judge Strikes Down Iowa Sex-Offender Law Feb 13, 2004 DES MOINES, Iowa - A federal judge on Monday struck down an Iowa law that prohibited convicted sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of schools and day-care centers. More |
Dog Is Found Alive Month After Boat Sinks ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Labrador retriever has been found alive on an isolated cove of a Southeast Alaska island more than a month after its owner was given up for dead when his boat sank in rough seas. More |
| Congress Not Rushing Gay Marriage Ban Feb 25, By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) wants quick election-year enactment of a constitutional amendment prohibiting gays from marrying each other, but Republicans in Congress are not rushing to heed his call. More |
| Bush to Back Gay Marriage Ban Amendment By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Jumping into a volatile election-year debate on same-sex weddings, President Bush (news - web sites) on Tuesday backed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage - a move he said was needed to stop judges from changing the definition of the "most enduring human institution." More |
| Milosevic prosecution concludes next week 20 February, 2004 http://www.reuters.co.uk AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Hague war crimes tribunal says the prosecution will sum up against former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic on Tuesday and Wednesday. More |
Supreme Court to Hear 'Dirty Bomber' Case By Charles Lane Washington Post Staff Writer February 20, 2004 The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will rule on a crucial -- and fiercely debated -- element of President Bush's legal strategy in the war against terrorism...More |
Utah May Drop Execution by Firing Squad February 20, By PAUL FOY, Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY - Utah lawmakers sent the governor a bill Friday to eliminate firing squad executions and deny killers the chance to "go out in a blaze of glory." More |
| Bush pardons former mayor Served prison time
for bank fraud 02.16.2004 cnn.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush pardoned a former mayor of Plano, Texas, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud in 1996, the Justice Department announced Monday. More |
Same-sex marriage decisions delayed February 18, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Two judges have delayed decisions that could have stopped San Francisco's issuance of marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples, allowing the city to issue the licenses until at least Friday when the next hearing is scheduled. More |
Courts consider Texas death row retardation claims February 16, 2004 cnn.com AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- In the year and a half since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled mentally retarded inmates cannot be executed, more than 40 death row cases were delayed or sent back for review in Texas Texas -- leaving appellate courts in a quandary. More |
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MongoliaNews: Swiss-Mongolian society setup http://www.mongolnews.mn 02.13.2004 Switzerland-Mongolia Friendship Society was established on February 6 in Geneva, Switzerland. At the opening ceremony, Mongolian Ambassador to Switzerland Kh. Bekhbat, a member of National Council of Swiss Confederation Mr. Andre Raymond, embassy staffs and Mongolian citizens working in international organization were attended the event. More |
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mongolia visited
Texas Law School G. Ganzorig, 02.10. 2004 At the beginning of February 2004 Hon Chief Justice Ganbat Chimedlham, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mongolia visited the United States. More Lift to right: Dean Fred Slabach, Chief Justice CH. Ganbat, Prof. Joe Spurlock |
| Judge overturns late-term abortion law February 3, 2004 RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled Virginia's ban on a type of late-term abortion is unconstitutional, striking down a law that uses language mirroring the federal ban signed into law last year. More |
MongoliaNews: Bridge to nowhere Economist.com Jan 29th 2004 A bridge in the middle of nowhere has become a symbol of bad development IT MAY lack the fame of Africa's Serengeti, but Mongolia's Eastern Steppe, the size of Oregon or Britain, is the biggest intact grazing ecosystem left on earth...More |
Passengers: Pilot uses flight as pulpit American Airlines apologizes for comments on religion February 9, 2004 NEW YORK (CNN) -- A pilot asked passengers on an American Airlines flight to raise their hands if they were Christians, telling them they were "crazy" if they weren't, some of the passengers said Monday. More |
| Federal Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act Reuters By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge in Los Angeles has struck down as too vague part of the Patriot Act that bars providing "expert advice and assistance" to foreign terrorist groups -- marking the first time a court has declared part of the law unconstitutional. More |
Panel decries wrongful convictions By Jenna Russell, Globe Staff, 1/25/2004 Simple, inexpensive changes in law enforcement procedures could help prevent wrongful convictions like that of Stephan Cowans, according to judges, lawyers, and others who discussed the problem yesterday. More |
Chief Justice Balks at Ethical Questions Mon Jan 26, 6:08 PM ET By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on Monday rebuffed two Democratic senators who questioned Justice Antonin Scalia (impartiality in an appeal involving Scalia's friend and hunting partner, Vice President Dick Cheney. More |
| FELLOWSHIP- Public Interest Law Initiative, Columbia
Law School The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) at Columbia Law School is now accepting applications for its 2004-2006 Public Interest Law Fellowship Program PILI has just opened its application process for its 2004-2006 Public Interest Law Fellowship Program. More |
CEU summer courses Deadline has been extended until February 9, 2004. Fee-paying applications can be submitted continuously until May 17, 2004. Early application is encouraged as course places may fill up prior to that date. Announcement of the 2004 Summer University courses at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. More |
Students' Perspective on Current Social and Economic
Situation of Mongolia Student Panel Discussion Objective: This student panel is designed to stimulate discussions on the current economic and social issues in Mongolia from Mongolian students' perspective. More |
| Rehnquist questioned on Cheney-Scalia trip January 22, 2004 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two leading Democratic senators asked Chief Justice William Rehnquist on Thursday about the propriety of a hunting trip Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia took with Vice President Dick Cheney while Cheney has a case pending before the high court. More |
Janklow sentenced to 100 days in jail January 22, 2004 FLANDREAU, South Dakota (AP) -- Bill Janklow, who dominated South Dakota politics for three decades as governor and then congressman, was sentenced to 100 days in jail Thursday for a car crash that killed a motorcyclist and ended Janklow's career in disgrace. More |
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| Supreme Court agrees to consider immigrant detention case January 16, 2004 cnn.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether authorities can imprison indefinitely hundreds of Cuban immigrant criminals and other illegal non-U.S. citizens with no country to accept them. More |
Supreme Court expands review of U.S. war on terror Case of U.S.-born man captured in Afghanistan increases scrutiny of Bush policies 01.09.04 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday expanded its review of the Bush administration's war on terror...More |
Bush immigration plan could pass Congress By Ted Barrett and Steve Turnham, 01.08.04 Posted: 2:06 AM EST WASHINGTON (CNN) --Congressional leadership aides predicted that President Bush might be able to pass his immigration reform proposals this year if he pushes hard...More |
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MongoliaNews: Myers Thanks Mongolians for Iraqi Freedom Help By Jim Garamone http://www.defenselink.mil American Forces Press Service ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, Jan. 13, 2004 - Mongolia is a small country with a powerful warrior tradition. But today, the country consciously is tying its reputation to peacekeeping, and Mongolia's latest area of operations is Iraq. Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Mongolia today to speak with national and defense leaders. More |
| NYC will pay $3 million to Diallo family Parents of slaim immigrant had sought $81 million From Phil Hirschkorn and Shannon Troetel CNN January 6, 2004 NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York City has agreed to pay $3 million to the family of Amadou Diallo, the unarmed West African immigrant shot to death by police nearly five years ago. More |
Ex-detective wrongly convicted of murder owed job,
back pay January 8, 2004 cnn.com (CNN) -- A former Rhode Island police detective who spent more than six years in prison for a murder he did not commit may return to his old job with back pay, a judge has ruled. More |
George Harrison's estate sues doctor Lawsuit claims doctor forced the rocker to sign an autograph The Associated Press Jan. 06, 2004 http://msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK - A doctor forced a weakened George Harrison to autograph a guitar for the physician's teenage son two weeks before the ex-Beatle died of cancer, a lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges. More |
| WORLDNEWS: Aus entertainer under probe 03/01/2004 08:21 - (SA) http://www.news Brisbane, Australia - An investigation has been ordered after famous Australian crocodile hunter Steve Irwin fed a crocodile while holding his month-old baby, the Queensland state government said on Saturday. More |
Rehnquist slams Congress over reducing sentencing
discretion From Bill Mears CNN Washington Bureau January 1, 2004 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The nation's chief justice has sharply criticized Congress over the issues of judicial salaries and laws tightening federal sentencing guidelines. More |
Woman convicted in dog-mauling death is freed January 2, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter along with her husband in the dog mauling death of a neighbor was released from prison after serving more than half of a four-year sentence. More |
| Battlefield Chicago? In the Padilla case, a federal
court says no By Joanne Mariner FindLaw Columnist Special to CNN.com (FindLaw) -- Sometimes a single word is remarkably telling. In the federal appeals court ruling that denied the Bush administration the power to unilaterally detain U.S. citizen Jose Padilla indefinitely as an enemy combatant, that word is "captured." More |
Gary Condit sues tabloids for $209 million By Harriet Ryan Court TV December 22, 2003 (Court TV) -- Former congressman Gary Condit hit three supermarket tabloids with a $209 million defamation suit Friday for printing articles suggesting he killed Washington intern Chandra Levy. More |
Jury sharply split in sparing sniper Malvo December 24, 2003 CHESAPEAKE, Virginia (CNN) -- The Virginia jury that spared the life of teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was apparently sharply split, with five jurors favoring a death sentence but others saying he was too young to be executed. More |
| Supreme Court to fine tune suspects' rights December 9, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is taking another look at its 37-year-old mandate that police officers give suspects the familiar warning that begins "You have the right to remain silent ..." before starting interrogations. More |
Retired judges named to hear appeal of Ten Commandments
justice cnn.com December 16, 2003 MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- In what was called an unprecedented event, seven retired judges were selected at random to hear Roy Moore's appeal of his ouster as chief justice for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments display. More |
Russian legislation on mental health declared to
be in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights Ms. Rakevich's case is the seventh case against Russia since the Russian Federation ratified the European Convention. Rakevich v. Russia More |
| CONF./CFP- Heroic Apocrypha in the Chinggisid and
Timurid Successor States Heroic Apocrypha in the Chinggisid and Timurid Successor States: First Communication Participants are sought for a conference on "apocryphal" or "legendary" sources on Chinggis Khan, Timur, Babur, Edigu, and other figures in the history of the Mongol empire and its successor states. More |
Call for panel participants The Mongolia Society and the American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) are placing a call for panel participants for one or more Mongolian Studies panelsfor one or more Mongolian Studies panels to be held in conjunction with the 2004 Association of Asian Studies (AAS) annual meeting, which will be held at the Town and Country Hotel in San Diego, CA from March 4-7, 2004. More |
World News: Retrial sought for Mexicans on death
row December 16, 2003 cnn.com THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (Reuters) -- Mexico asked the World Court Monday to order the United States to retry 52 Mexicans on death row because it says they were not told of their right to consular help after being arrested. More |
| TIBETAN WHO PROTESTED MONK'S JAILING TORTURED Supporter of Tenzin Deleg Rimpoche refused to denounce him WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2003--A 66-year-old Tibetan man who refused to denounce a condemned Tibetan monk was tortured by the Chinese authorities to the point of mental and physical handicap before his release, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. More |
Supreme Court to hear church-state case Taxpayer money for religious studies focus of case November 28, 2003 cnn.com OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) -- Joshua Davey's hard work and good grades won him a state scholarship, but his ambition to be a minister denied him the money. Now, his legal challenge has become another U.S. Supreme Court battle over the separation of church and state. More |
Massachusetts high court rules gay marriage legal BY JENNIFER PETER The Associated Press http://keysnews.com BOSTON -- In the nation's most far-reaching decision of its kind, Massachusetts' highest court declared Tuesday that the state constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry -- a ruling celebrated with a popping of champagne corks and the planning of spring weddings. More |
| N.Y. federal judge halts enforcement of late-term
abortion ban Court action follows similar ruling Wednesday in Nebraska November 6, 2003 NEW YORK (CNN) -- In a ruling more far reaching than a similar one in Nebraska Wednesday, a federal judge in New York Thursday issued a temporary restraining order barring the U.S. government from enforcing a recently passed ban on certain late-term abortions. More |
Ten Commandments Monument Trial Begins Alabama Chief Justice Goes on Trial for Judicial Ethics Charge in Ten Commandments Case The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. Nov. 12 - Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore had "every legal right" to ignore an order to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state courthouse, Moore's attorneys said Wednesday at his judicial ethics trial. More |
| ULAANBAATAR: Main square opens to fanfare and fireworks TheUBPost, 06 Nov 2003 ULAT, Comments: 1 Sukhbaatar Square reopened on November 3 after lengthy renovations. The 31,068-m˛ center of Ulaanbaatar was covered with granite tiles requiring Tg3.5 billion and 7,560 tons of granite. More |
ULAANBAATAR: Detainee murdered in cell TheUBPost, 06 Nov 2003 ULAT, Comments: 0 Last Saturday, a man was murdered at the Detention Center of the General Authority for Implementing Court Decisions, where he shared a cell with six other Mongolian men. More |
ULAANBAATAR: MPRP elected to SocIntern TheUBPost, 31 Oct 2003 ULAT On October 29, the 22nd Congress of the Socialist International, being held in San Paulo, Brazil, announced the decision to include Mongolia's MPRP as a full member. More |
| Supreme Court rejects Ten Commandments
monument appeal Decision lets stand Alabama decision to remove statue From Bill Mears CNN Washington Bureau, November 4, 2003 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected appeals to allow a granite monument of the Ten Commandments to be prominently displayed in an Alabama courthouse, a blow to the state's highest judge, who made the issue a personal crusade. More |
Ten Commandments judge removed from office November 14, 2003 (CNN) Alabama's judicial ethics panel removed Chief Justice Roy Moore from office Thursday for defying a federal judge's order to move a Ten Commandments monument from the state Supreme Court building.The nine-member Court of the Judiciary issued its unanimous decision after a one-day trial Wednesday. The panel, which includes judges, lawyers and non-lawyers, could have reprimanded Moore, continued his suspension or cleared him. More |
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Judge orders freedom for man convicted of murder in 1989 cnn.com 11.06.2003 BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Fourteen years after he went to prison for the murder of a 12-year-old girl whose slaying became a symbol of random gang violence in Boston, Shawn Drumgold walked out of court a free man Thursday, his conviction overturned at prosecutors' request. More |
| Groups sue to block abortion procedure ban November 1, 2003 WASHINGTON (CNN) Two abortion rights groups and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed lawsuits to try to block the recently passed ban on a late-term abortion procedure from taking effect. The White House says President Bush intends to sign it on Wednesday. More |
Fulbright Hays Group Projects Abroad: Contemporary
Mongolia June 5-July 3, 2004 A Workshop and Field Study for Post-Secondary Educators The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center and the University Honors College are accepting applications for the Contemporary Mongolia project. More |
Judge OKs $1.4 Billion Wall St Settlement By
Greg Cresci findlaw.com NEW YORK (Reuters) A U.S. judge on Friday approved a $1.4 billion settlement between financial regulators and 10 Wall Street firms accused of misleading investors with biased stock research. More |
| World News: Orders Italy School to Remove Cross
By TOM RACHMAN, Associated Press Writer ROME - An Italian court has ordered a crucifix removed from a classroom - setting off a debate in a secular but culturally Catholic nation that is home to the Vatican (news - web sites) and where a law still requires public schools to display a cross. More |
WorldNews: Genocide trial for 4 ex-ministers |
Janice Rogers Brown independentjudiciary.com During her time on the bench, California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown has taken positions hostile to reproductive rights, affirmative action, claims of discrimination based on race, age, gender, and disability, and worker and consumer protections. More |
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Scalia Ridicules Court's Gay Sex Ruling http://story.news.yahoo.com By ANNE GEARAN, AP Writer WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (news - web sites) ridiculed his court's recent ruling legalizing gay sex, telling an audience of conservative activists Thursday that the ruling ignores the Constitution in favor of a modern, liberal sensibility. More |
Judge accuses Congress, Justice of pressure to avoid
lenient sentences Wednesday, 10.22. 2003 MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) -- A federal judge has accused Congress and the Justice Department of bullying judges into thinking twice about handing down lenient sentences. More |
| Mongolian nomadism 'to die out' 24.10.2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk The Prime Minister of Mongolia has said that the nomadic lifestyle many of its people have followed for centuries will have all but disappeared in 10-15 years. In an interview with the BBC, the prime minister, Nambaryn Enkhbayar, said the situation was inevitable and he blamed the change on a competitive and fast developing world. More |
Prime Minister of Mongolia to be first International
President of ARC 15 July 2003 http://www.arcworld.org ARC is delighted to announce that - alongside our Founder HRH the Prince Philip - we now have our first International President. In June 2003 the Prime Minister of Mongolia Nambaryn Enkhbayar accepted an offer by ARC trustees to be International President for an initial three years. More |
The American Center for Mongolian Studies Annual
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The Mongolia Society and the American Center for Mongolian Studies
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| MONGOLIA NEWS: In Mongolia, a Tilt Toward a Free Market By JAMES BROOKE and JARGAL BYAMBASUREN October 21, 2003 http://www.nytimes.com ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolia, once a remote Soviet satellite, is rapidly becoming a country hailed by investors for its openness to foreign capital and ideas - not to mention its proximity to Asia's big play, China. More |
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Supreme Court accepts Pledge of Allegiance case From Bill Mears, CNN, October 15, 2003 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a case involving whether schoolchildren can be allowed to recite the Pledge of Allegiance voluntarily, putting a family's custody dispute at the forefront of a constitutional legal battle. At issue is whether the Pledge of Allegiance should be banned from public schools for its use of the words "under God." More |
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Brain-damaged Florida woman receiving fluids Gov. Bush orders effort to save her; judge declines injunction October 22, 2003 TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) -- Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ordered a feeding tube reinserted into a brain-damaged woman Tuesday afternoon, less than two hours after the Legislature passed a bill allowing him to do so. More |
| Supreme Court passes up chance to review presidential
pardon power October 21, 2003 cnn.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider whether a presidential pardon completely clears a person's past, restoring an individual's right to vote, have weapons or practice law. More |
Justices ponder right to refuse to give police ID October 20, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider whether people have a constitutional right to refuse to tell police their names. Justices will review the prosecution of a man under a Nevada law that requires people suspected of wrongdoing to identify themselves to police, or face arrest. More |
SIT ALUM RAISES MONEY TO OPEN MUSIC SCHOOL IN
MONGOLIA Message from Friends of Mongolia Liliana Goldman participated in SIT's Mongolia: Culture and Development program in Fall 2001. For her ISP, she studied traditional Mongolian music, including the "long-song", with Dadsuren, who is widely believed to be the foremost long-song expert in Mongolia. More |
| Liberty Center Date: September 16, 2003 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia MONGOLIA: A dispute arises over freedom of 26 North Korean refugees "Mongolia should not push back those refugees who came for freedom from the hell of communism." told Mr.Elbegdorj Tsakhia, the President of the Liberty Center. More |
Refugee Plan For Mongolia Adds to Dispute on North Korea http://www.nytimes.com By JAMES BROOKE Sept. 22 -Three hundred miles east of here, near a wall built by Genghis Khan, dust blows from the steppes through the empty barracks and apartments of an abandoned Soviet military base at Choybalsan. The local mayor, South Korean missionaries and American Congressional staff members share a common vision for the old border post. More |
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Bryant's lawyer lives up to reputation cnn.com Mackey known as zealous advocate of high-profile clients October 12, 2003 EAGLE, Colorado (AP) -- As dozens of reporters scribbled furiously in the tense courtroom, the first details emerged about the rape allegations against Kobe Bryant-graphic details of a friendly encounter that quickly veered out of control.She referred to the alleged victim six times by name and dropped a bombshell that drew gasps...More |
| Ashcroft angers judges over sentencing September 30, 2003 cnn.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- A debate over appropriate punishments for federal crimes and how cases should be pursued by prosecutors has made unlikely foes of conservative judges and Attorney General John Ashcroft. More |
Justice Calls Mandatory Sentences `Bad Policy'
Sep 22, 2003 - Associated Press http://www.november.org Mandatory minimum sentences passed by Congress are "bad policy," Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said yesterday. More |
MongoliaNews: Mongolia Is Having a Mine Rush October 3, 2003http://www.nytimes.com By JAMES BROOKE ORNUUR, Mongolia - A single-lane dirt road winds through rolling hills, past a herd of wild horses, past flocks of sheep, and past white felt gers, the traditional homes of nomads of the steppes. More |
| WorldNews: Inner Mongolian authorities carry out new policies:
Land use first, formalities later on Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center http://www.smhric.org 24 June, 2003, New York English Translation by H. Mergen According to the official Inner Mongolia Daily reports, Inner Mongolian Department of Land Resource Management recently announced five new policies, to encourage ethnic Han Chinese population to enter the "autonomous region..." More |
| Supreme performance: Justices take stage at opera From Yvonne S. Lee 09.07. 2003 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Anthony Kennedy played a role in the opening night of the Washington Opera's 2003-2004 season Saturday night, at the DAR Constitution Hall. More |
Court rules that recall can go ahead in October September 23, 2003) SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- California's recall vote will go ahead as scheduled on October 7, an 11-judge federal panel ruled Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union had filed suit requesting that the ballot be delayed so that punch-card voting machines could be updated. More |
DESCRIPTION:IT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NORTH AFRICAN AND ASIAN
WOMEN JOURNALISTS http://www.internews.org Internews has launched a major information technology (IT) training program for African and Asian women working in the media and other communication sectors. More |
| Public defender: 'Right to a jury trial is fundamental' September 2, 2003 (CNN) -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California, overturned about 100 death sentences Tuesday that had been imposed by judges in Arizona, Idaho and Montana. The ruling cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that only juries -- not judges -- can impose the death penalty. More |
Anti-Bush protesters sue Secret Service September 23, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union asked the federal courts Tuesday to prevent the U.S. Secret Service from keeping anti-Bush protesters far away from presidential appearances while allowing supporters to display their messages up close. More |
City agrees to pay $3 million in wrongful death claim
cnn.com September 24, 2003 TACOMA, Washington (AP) -- The city has agreed to pay $3 million to the family of a woman who was shot to death by her police chief husband, and officials said the final package could total several million dollars more. More |
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Judge allows 9/11 airline lawsuits to
proceed September 9, 2003 cnn.com NEW YORK (AP) -- Lawsuits blaming airlines, the Port Authority and the Boeing Co. for injuries and deaths in the September 11 terrorist attacks can proceed, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. More |
Fulbright Teaching Awards for 2004-2005 academic year in Mongolia The deadline for submitting applications for the Fulbright Teaching
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| World News: Anger over adultery stoning case September 19, 2003 cnn.com JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Pressure is mounting on the Nigerian government to spare the life of a Muslim woman condemned to death by stoning for adultery. More |
US News: Judge: Evidence collected properly against
lawyer September 16, 2003 cnn.com NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge has ruled that the government properly gathered evidence against a lawyer accused of conspiring to defraud the United States while she represented a blind Egyptian cleric convicted in a terrorism case. More |
Man indicted for exposing lover to HIV September 18, 2003 cnn.com SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- A former city health commissioner who allegedly lied to an ex-boyfriend about his HIV status is the first person charged under a state law against intentionally exposing another person to the virus, prosecutors said. More |
| Mongolia News: New US Ambassador Arrives By Ch. Sumyabazar TheUBPost, 05 Sep 2003 Newly-appointed US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mongolia, Pamela J. Slutz, arrived in Ulaanbaatar on August 28, 2003, replacing former Ambassador John Dinger.My husband, Ronald Deutch, and I are very pleased to have this opportunity to live and work in Mongolia once again," she said in her arrival statement last week. More |
IMF completes first and second reviews of Mongolia's
PRGF Program and approves US$11 million disbursement TheUBPost, 15 Sep 2003 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the first and second reviews of Mongolia's arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). More |
General in prison, accused of revealing state secrets
By S. Gun-Uyanga TheUBPost, 11 Sep 2003 General Baatar, former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency, was arrested on the morning of September 5 at the abode of the family of the son-in-law of ex-president P. Ochirbat. He was nabbed by the investigation department of the CIA, disclosed CIA spokesman Battogtokh. More |
| Judicial nominee Estrada withdraws his name September 4, 2003 cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Miguel Estrada, nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, withdrew his name from consideration Thursday after spending more than two years in limbo amid partisan wrangling over President Bush's nominations. More |
Lawmakers include themselves in proposed raise If approved, salaries to reach $158,000 September 4, 2003 cnn.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of Congress, along with more than 1 million other civilian government workers, are in line for a 4.1 percent pay raise next year under legislation moving through the House Thursday.More |
Judge allows 9/11 airline lawsuits to proceed September 9, 2003 NEW YORK (AP) -- Lawsuits blaming airlines, the Port Authority and the Boeing Co. for injuries and deaths in the September 11 terrorist attacks can proceed, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. More |
| Michigan remakes admissions policy University's new policy still considers race August 28, 2003 ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- The University of Michigan unveiled a new undergraduate admissions policy Thursday that gives the highest priority to academic achievement, but also retains race as a factor, in an effort to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. More |
Traficant associate sentenced for bribery August 26, 2003 cnn.com CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- A businessman convicted of doing free work for former Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. in exchange for political favors was sentenced Monday to two years in prison. More |
Supreme Court urged to consider Gitmo case September 2, 2003 cnn.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to consider whether the Bush administration has violated the Constitution by holding 660 terrorist suspects in Cuba without charges or access to attorneys. More |
| Judge suspended over Ten Commandments Ethics complaint: Chief justice failed to respect, obey law August 23, 2003 cnn.com MONTGOMERY, Alabama (CNN) -- Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended Friday pending the outcome of an ethics complaint for defying a federal court order to move a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the Alabama Supreme Court building. More |
Final days for Commandments monument August 27, 2003 cnn.com MONTGOMERY, Alabama (CNN) -- The controversial Ten Commandments monument at the Alabama Judicial Building will be removed by the end of the week, the state's attorney general said Tuesday. More |
FBI file reveals justice's clean past August 28, 2003 cnn.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- Over more than 30 years, the worst thing the FBI came up with about Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White was that he got a $10 speeding ticket the year before he joined the Kennedy administration, bureau documents. More |
| MongoliaNews: President N. Bagabandi meets Mr. Jackson
Cox August 15, 2003 http://www.mol.mn President, N. Bagabandi has received Mr. Jackson Cox, Mongolian Program Director of the International Institute of the United States Republicans, in connection with the completion of Mr. Cox's term of office and his return to America. More |
Not your typical, little business trip Chicago Tribune August 17, 2003 CRYSTAL LAKE -- In parts of Mongolia, things haven't changed much since Genghis Khan was in charge. But the country is taking a modern tack in promoting its age-old cashmere industry with help from the U.S. government and a Crystal Lake man as the prime U.S. marketing honcho. More |
WorldNews: Coke and Pepsi met Indian standards Bibhudatta Pradhan and Cherian Thomas Bloomberg News August 21, 2003 NEW DELHI Health Minister Sushma Swaraj of India said Thursday that soft drinks made by the local units of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo met the country's safety limit prescribed for bottled drinking water. More |
| Fox-Franken lawsuit arguments scheduled Release date of book moved up August 19, 2003 http://www.cnn.com NEW YORK (AP) -- Oral arguments have been scheduled for Friday for the Fox News Channel's lawsuit against humorist Al Franken.U.S. District Judge Denny Chin set the date after a brief hearing Monday. More |
Texas appeals court stops scheduled Wednesday execution August 19, 2003 http://www.cnn.com HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A state appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a triple murderer after attorneys argued jurors should have been allowed to consider his troubled childhood during his sentencing. More |
Justices order removal of Ten Commandments monument August 21, 2003 www.cnn.com MONTGOMERY, Alabama (CNN) -- Alabama's state Supreme Court justices overruled their chief justice on Thursday and ordered that a Ten Commandments monument be removed from its public site in the Alabama Judicial Building. More |
| Judge ends 47-year-old desegregation case August 16, 2003 www.cnn.com BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) -- The nation's longest-running school desegregation lawsuit was officially ended after 47 years when a federal judge signed a settlement agreement and dismissed the case. More |
Crowd rallies to support chief justice's Ten Commandments
monument August 16, 2003 www.cnn.com MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore told thousands of supporters Saturday that he would be guilty of treason if he didn't fight to keep a monument of the Ten Commandments in the rotunda of the state judicial building. More |
Ten Commandments August 15, 2003 www.cnn.com MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- The attorney general and Alabama Supreme Court associate justices are distancing themselves from the state's chief justice, who has pledged to defy a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state's judicial building. More |
| MONGOLIA NEWS: ULAANBAATAR: Republican and Socialist parties want Justice Minister suspended www.mol.mn TheUBPost, 07 Aug 2003 The Civil Will Republican Party (CWRC) demanded the suspension of Minister of Justice Ts. Nyamdorj from his position and a public examination of his income since 1990. More | ULAANBAATAR: "Gundalai did not break the law" says attorney www.mol.mn TheUBPost, 07 Aug 2003 By S. Gun-UyangaGundalai's attorney S. Narangerel said earlier this week in the Mongolian Medee that Gundalai's case had reached an interesting turn. More | ULAANBAATAR: Gundalai proved wrong by law www.mol.mn TheUBPost, 07 Aug 2003 By S. Gun-Uyanga The group, lead by Head of Parliament Standing Committee for Justice Ts. Sharavdorj, was established by decree of Parliament Speaker S. Tomor-Ochir on July 25 to examine Gundalai's arrest...More |
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Virginia county says first sniper trial
may cost $1.2 million August 5, 2003 www.cnn.com MANASSAS, Virginia (AP) -- The county prosecuting the first of the Washington-area sniper suspects has estimated it will need $1.2 million for the capital murder trial. The U.S. Justice Department has pledged $200,000 to help Prince William County...More |
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Florida cannot prosecute pilots for
allegedly drinking before flight August 6, 2003 www.cnn.com MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Florida cannot prosecute two former America West pilots for operating an aircraft while allegedly intoxicated because federal law, not Florida law, applies in the case. More |
| Judge suspended over 'Tarzan' complaint August 4, 2003 www.cnn.com BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- Federal authorities said on Monday they had suspended a U.S. immigration judge after a newspaper reported he referred to himself as Tarzan during court proceedings for an African political asylum seeker named Jane. More |
Florida cannot prosecute pilots for allegedly drinking before
flight 08.06.03 www.cnn.com MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Florida cannot prosecute two former America West pilots for operating an aircraft while allegedly intoxicated because federal law, not Florida law, applies in the case. More |
| JOB- Chief of Party, Judicial Reform Project,
Tashkent Distrib. by: Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central Eurasian Studies Long Term (2-year) position of Chief of Party on a Central Asian Judicial Reform Project starting in fall 2003. More |
GRANTS- Kennan Institute Short-term Grants Deadline September 1, 2003 The Kennan Institute offers Short-term Grants to scholars whose research in the social sciences or humanities focuses on the former Soviet Union...More |
JOB- Teachers needed: Location: Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia Deadline: ASAP Website: www.santis.mn Santis Educational Services (SES) is an English Language Center established in 1999, located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. More |
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Charges against Mississippi judges,
attorney alleges loans, paybacks Indictment come amid debate between state's business, trial lawyers July 28, 2003 www.cnn.com JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) -- Less than a year after the state Legislature took action to rein in multimillion-dollar awards in Mississippi courts, an attorney is accused of paying off judges -- including a Supreme Court justice -- in exchange for favorable verdicts. More |
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wants marriage reserved for heterosexualsUrges America to remain a "welcoming country" July 30, 2003 http://www.cnn.com President Bush said Wednesday he has government lawyers working on a law that would define marriage as a union between a woman and a man, casting aside calls to legalize gay marriages. More |
 Peru
asks for Fujimori's returnJuly 30, 2003 www.cnn.com TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Peru has asked Japan to extradite former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori so he can stand trial in Lima, according to Peru's embassy in Tokyo. Fujimori left for Japan in November 2000 after a corruption scandal involving his former security chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, who is now in jail. More |
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warns media to follow his privacy directives on Bryant caseJuly 30, 2003 www.cnn.com EAGLE, Colorado (CNN) -- The judge in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case has issued an order warning the media to honor his rules or face exclusion from court proceedings and other "legal sanctions." More |
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death row inmate released from prisonState's Supreme Court ruled lack of credible evidence July 29, 2003 www.cnn.com JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (AP) -- A former death row inmate walked out of jail Monday after a prosecutor said there was not enough evidence to retry him in the stabbing death of a fellow inmate. More |
| MONGOLIA NEWS: Released MP Gundalai says it was Nyamdorj's
job http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn TheUBPost, 28 Jul 2003 After being released from the detention center Mr.Gundalai told journalists that he thought the arrest was Minister Nyamdorj's job. His statement was not just about Mr.Nyamdorj Ts., an MP and the Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs...More |
Mongolia releases arrested opposition leader http://www.alertnet.org By Irja Halasz ULAN BATOR, 26 July (Reuters) - Mongolian opposition leader Gundalai has been released from police detention after hundreds of people took to the streets to protest against his arrest, party officials and human rights activists said on Saturday. More |
| Daily threat for Mongolia nomads By the BBC's Rupert Wingfield Hayes Ulan Bator, Mongolia http://news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2003/07/27 Mongolia's changing climate is bearing down hard on the country's nomadic population, who are being forced to reconsider a way of life that has been with them for generations. More |
MONGOLIA: M.P. Mr.Gundalai Arrested On His Way To
Democracy Conference http://www.libertycenter.org.mn/ By Oyungerel Ts, Liberty Center, NGO Date: July 24, 2003 3.30p.m. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Today around 2p.m. at the Ulaanbaatar airport, a group of special force of 3 from Police has used force against Mr.Gundalai, 40, MP in order to prevent him to fly to Seoul. More |
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The new US Ambassador to Mongolia The new US Ambassador to Mongolia was appointed. The Honorable Pamela Slutz will be sworn in on July 18, 2003, at the US State Department. She is expected to take up her duties in Ulaanbaatar in August, replacing Ambassador John Dinger. More |
"MONGOLIAN ECONOMY STABLE AND GROWING!" by Ben B. Boothe The view of Ulaanbaatar from the Chingis Khan hotel is far different today than that of 12 years ago. When I first came to Mongolia for the U.S. State Department, in 1991, the economy here was a mess. More |
| http://www.washingtonpost.com Officials: Pope Trip to Mongolia Dropped By VICTOR L. SIMPSON The Associated Press July 4, 2003; 11:55 AM VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has dropped plans for Pope John Paul II to visit Mongolia next month, deciding a papal pilgrimage to the nascent Catholic community in the predominantly Buddhist country is premature, officials said. More |
American Center for Mongolian Studies At the Embassy of Mongolia to the United States on July 1, 2003 The Embassy of Mongolia and The North America-Mongolia Business Council hosted reception honoring The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS. More |
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Mongolia News: President visits Lithuanian http://www.mol.mn Parliament The President N.Bagabandi, who is currently in Lithuania on an official visit, visited the Parliament House of Lithuania on June 27 and was welcomed by the Lithuanian Parliament Speaker A. Pauluskas. More |
President returns from Europa The President of Mongolia
N. Bagabandi has arrived in Ulaanbaatar from the visit to Estonia,
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Prime Minister in Russia We reported before that the Prime Minister N. Enkhbayar is paying an official visit to Russia at the invitation of the Russian Government Head M.M. Kasyanov and that the Prime Minister began his visit from Chita region. More |
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'Friendly fire' pilot will be tried for dereliction
of duty Manslaughter, assault charges set aside http://www.cnn.com Maj. Harry Schmidt-A fighter pilot who accidentally bombed Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan last year, killing four, will be tried for dereliction of duty after the Air Force set aside manslaughter and assault charges. More |
| MONGOLIA NEWS: US Military Attache Awarded friendship
medal http://www.mol.mn Ulaanbaatar, June 25. /OANA-MONTSAME/. Under the Mongolian President's order, the Defense Attache at the US Embassy in Mongolia, Colonel Thomas Wilhelm has been awarded with the Friendship Medal of Mongolia. More |
US NEWS: http://www.globeandmail.com The Glob and Mail Associated Press U.S. punishes foes in fight over world criminal court ...Mongolia, Senegal, Botswana and Nigeria received waivers even though the State Department had not identified them as signing exemption agreements. The State Department did not say why they were included...More |
Hilary Clinton "Living History" (Book Excerpt) July 2, 2003 MONGOLIA …Once it became clear I would make the controversial trip to China, the Administration requested that I stop for an overnight visit in Mongolia, a former Soviet satellite that in 1990 had chosen the path of democracy ...More |
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MONGOLIA NEWS: Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj Possessing the strength to lift an entire nation http://www.time.com/time/asia By Jim Frederick From England's Beowulf to Japan's Momotaro, every culture on earth celebrates the hero who travels far, endures hardships, fights valiantly-and emerges victorious. No wonder, then, that one of the world's top sumo wrestlers, a 22-year-old Mongolian named Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, has achieved a status in his country to rival that of the great Khans. His life is a modern embodiment of the warrior's journey.Born to a storied wrestling family (his father and two of his brothers are high-ranking Mongolian wrestlers), Dagvadorj traveled to Japan at age 16 to chart his own course. More |
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NEWS: Argentina Supreme Court Justice Resigns June 27, 2003 http://story.news.yahoo.com By BILL CORMIER, Associated Press Writer BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's top Supreme Court justice resigned Friday after weeks of political pressure by President Nestor Kirchner to overhaul the highly unpopular court, authorities said. More |
| USA NEWS: Gay sex ban struck down Joan Biskupic USA TODAY June 27, 2003 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court voted 6-3 on Thursday to strike down a Texas law that banned sex between homosexuals, a decision that was an unprecedented show of respect for gay men and lesbians. More |
WORLD NEWS: New Zealand Legalizes Brothels June 27, 2003 http://story.news.yahoo.com WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Brothels will now be legal in New Zealand -- its parliament narrowly voted on Wednesday to overturn the country's 100-year-old sex laws which ban soliciting and living off the earnings of prostitution. More |
USA NEWS: Court Limits Race As Factor in Admissions
By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - In two split decisions, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that minority applicants may be given an edge when applying for admissions to universities, but limited how much a factor race can play in the selection of students. More |
| Homicide, assault charges dropped against 'friendly fire' pilots Dereliction charges remain in bombing that killed 4 CanadiansNEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) --The Air Force has dropped manslaughter and assault charges against two F-16 pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan last year, killing four. But while both pilots avoided court-martial and lengthy prison terms, one may not have been entirely cleared. More |
| Blair seeks U.S.-style Supreme Court Warren Hoge NYT Monday, June 16, 2003 LONDON In a move to free Britain's judicial system from political control, the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair is proposing the creation of an American-style Supreme Court and an independent commission to appoint judges. More | Canada pushes gay marriage The Canadian Government is to push for the legalisation of gay marriages following a series of critical court rulings on the subject. Prime Minister Jean Chretien said on Tuesday that the new legislation will not however force churches to recognise same-sex partnerships. More |
Federal court declines to reopen Roe v. Wade DALLAS (AP) --A federal district court dismissed a request by the one-time plaintiff known as "Jane Roe" to reconsider the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion 30 years ago.The court said late Thursday that Norma McCorvey's request wasn't made within a "reasonable time" after the 1973 judgment in Roe v. Wade. More |
| Court Backs Limits to Drugging Defendants Jun 16, By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writer http://news.yahoo.com/ WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court said Monday the government can force medication on mentally ill criminal defendants only in the rarest of circumstances, ruling that prosecutors' simple desire to see a suspect face trial is not enough. The court split 6-3 in ruling that a mentally ill dentist - he once called police to report a leopard was boarding a bus outside his window - cannot be forced to take antipsychotic drugs that might make him sane enough for trial. The government must meet a series of conditions before it mandates treatment, the court majority said. More |
| MONGOLIA NEWS:Mongolian Christian TV Station Shuts
Down By MICHAEL KOHN The Associated Press June 10, 2003 www.washingtonpost.com ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Tom Terry planned to give Mongolians another biblical summer - along with "The Flintstones" and NBA basketball. More |
Man to Plead Guilty in Al-Jazeera Hacking By GARY GENTILE, AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES - A Web designer has agreed to plead guilty to felony charges of redirecting traffic from the Web site for the Arab TV station Al-Jazeera to a site showing an American flag and the words "Let Freedom Ring," prosecutors said Thursday. More |
Michael Jackson settles court fight BY DAN WHITCOMB, REUTERS June 12, 2003 http://www.msnbc.com/news/ Pop star Michael Jackson Wednesday settled a $12 million breach of contract lawsuit by his former top adviser, avoiding a trial that threatened to spill details of his financial empire and personal life into open court. More |
| WORLDNEWS: U.S. Gets War Crimes Tribunal Exemption
By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved another one-year exemption for American peacekeepers from prosecution by the new international war crimes tribunal, but it faced opposition from France, Germany and Syria. More |
High Court Deadlocks on Agent Orange Case By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer http://story.news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court deadlocked Monday on whether it's too late for sick Vietnam veterans to sue chemical companies over Agent Orange exposure, but allowed vets to continue lawsuits claiming they were wrongly shut out of a decades-old national settlement. More |
Guantanamo Eyes Possible Execution Chamber By PAISLEY DODDS, Associated Press Writer http://story.news.yahoo.com SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Guantanamo officials are working on plans to provide a courtroom, a prison and an execution chamber if the order comes to try terror suspects at the base in Cuba, the mission commander said. More |
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MONGOLIA NEWS: ULAANBAATAR: Mongolian, Chinese Presidents hold talks (TheUBPost, 05 Jun 2003 05:32 pm ULAT) ULAANBAATAR, June 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Mongolian counterpart Natsagyn Bagabandi held talks here on Wednesday on ways to bring the Sino-Mongolian relationship to a new high. More |
| WORLDNEWS: Liberia's president indicted for war crimes
June 4, 2003 www.newsobserver.com By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY, ASSOCIATED PRESS FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - A U.N.-sponsored war crimes court charged Liberian President Charles Taylor with crimes against humanity Wednesday for a 10-year terror campaign in which tens of thousands of people were killed, raped, kidnapped or maimed in neighboring Sierra Leone. More |
MANILA: Strong Response to ADB Offer of Emergency
Support to Fight SARS (TheUBPost, 05 Jun 2003 07:43 pm ULATMANILA, PHILIPPINES (5 June 2003) - Within days of ADB's offer of emergency support to fight the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, it has received proposals from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. ADB approved a US$2 million regional technical assistance (RETA) grant in late May to provide regional support to prevent and contain SARS by financing the vital first steps in a medium- to long-term effort to boost health systems.More |
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Veil dispute begins in Florida courtroom By Matt Bean Court TV(Court TV) --A Florida woman's fight to remain veiled in a driver's license photograph began Tuesday with testimony from her husband and a local expert on Islamic law."It's your opinion that if Sultaana?Freeman were required to remove her veil ... that would be a violation of her religious beliefs?"? asked ACLU-backed lawyer Howard Marks of the local scholar of Islam, Safil Islam Abdul Ahad."Yes," Ahad said. More |
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Utah prepares for 2 firing-squad executions in June SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) --The only state that dispatches condemned inmates by firing squad is assembling gunmen for back-to-back executions next month.The nation's last execution by firing squad was in 1996.Exercising their right under Utah law, a serial killer, Roberto Arguelles, and Troy Michael Kell, a white supremacist who stabbed a fellow inmate to death, have chosen the firing squad over lethal injection and are set to die at 12:01 a.m. on June 27 and 28, respectively. More |
| Judge Orders Reforms on Mississippi's Death Row May 22, 2003 U.S. National - APBy MATT VOLZ, Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. - A federal judge ruled that life on Mississippi's death row is so harsh and filthy that inmates are being driven insane, and ordered reforms that advocates praised as a precedent-setting breakthrough in prisoners' rights. More | Supreme Court upholds state employee right to family leaveWASHINGTON (AP) --The Supreme Court upheld the right of state workers to get time off to care for children or ailing relatives, rejecting an attempt to scale back a law guaranteeing 12 weeks of family leave.Tuesday's 6-3 ruling is a departure from the court's line of cases that expand state rights at the expense of federal power or laws passed by Congress. More |
| WORLDNEWS: WHO backs tobacco advert controls GENEVA, Switzerland (CNN) --The World Health Organization has adopted an international treaty to clamp down on tobacco advertising and sponsorship -- despite opposition from the industry.The treaty was approved without a vote Wednesday by the WHO's policy-making assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, but needs to be ratified by the 192 member states. More | Innocent plea entered for Nichols Defense asks for jury trial OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (AP) --The judge overseeing bombing conspirator Terry Nichols' state trial entered a not guilty plea on Nichols' behalf during arraignment Tuesday. The defense asked for a trial date more than 1 1/2 years away. More |
| Supreme Court Seat Shuffle? Judges' retirements would spark first shift in decades Washington - Well-informed court observers say that there could be two Supreme Court resignations next month, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, bringing the greatest upheaval on the court in 32 years. More |
Judge Says Jurors Can't Retry Convicted Marijuana
Grower SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 - A federal judge has denied a new trial
for an advocate of medicinal marijuana, Ed Rosenthal. More |
Busy Times for Utah's Firing Squad Criminals chose to ridicule authorities and to make the execution as painful as possible to all involved The men or women who make up the firing squad in the state of Utah can start polishing their guns. Two inmates have chosen to be executed by them, instead of a lethal injection. More |
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gets 25 years to lifeTuesday, May 13, 2003 cnn.com BUFFALO, New York (CNN) -- James Kopp received the maximum sentence
of 25 years to life Friday for the sniper slaying of a Buffalo,
New York-area physician in his suburban home nearly five years ago.
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Halliburton admits it paid Nigerian bribe
May 9, 2003 WASHINGTON (AFP) - Oil services giant Halliburton, already under fire over accusations that its White house ties helped win a major Iraqi oil contract, has admitted that a subsidiary paid a multi-million dollar bribe to a Nigerian tax official. More |
| US NEWS: Supreme Court Rejects Appeal on Ten Commandments April 28, 2003 By James Vicini yahoonews.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) on Monday rejected an appeal by Kentucky of a ruling that barred the display of a large granite monument with the Ten Commandments on the state Capitol grounds in Frankfort. More |
Judge: File-swapping tools are legal By John Borland, April 25, http://www.msnbc.com/A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two companies More |
| Supreme Court rejects appeal limits for federal inmates April 23, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) cnn.com -- The Supreme Court refused Wednesday to limit federal appeals involving claims of bad lawyering, an issue that has concerned some justices in death row cases. The court said a convicted hit man could claim ineffective counsel in a second round of appeals, even though he did not initially contend that he was poorly represented at his trial. More |
| MONGOLIA NEWS: PAM SLUTZ CONFIRMED BY SENATE AS NEXT
US AMBASSADOR (NAMBC newsletter) -- On April 11, the US Senate unanimously approved the nomination of Ms. Pamela J. Slutz, a career Foreign Service officer, as the next US Ambassador to Mongolia, to succeed Ambassador John R. Dinger, who has ably served in Ulaanbaatar since November 2000. More |
USA NEWS: U.S. woman sentenced in international fraud
case April 25, 2003 cnn.com NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A 71-year-old woman who ran an international investment scheme that bilked people out of tens of millions of dollars was sentenced Friday to almost 20 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $23 million. More |
International Criminal Court judges elected earlier April 22, 2003 cnn.com UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- An attorney who helped convict the military junta responsible for Argentina's "dirty war" was unanimously chosen Monday as the chief prosecutor of the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal. More |
April 14, 2003 cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose Monday appealed a county ethics commission ruling that bars him from profiting from his autobiography focused on last October's sniper spree. More |
| Mongolia News: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2002 http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18255.htm Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 31, 2003 Mongolia continued its transition from a highly centralized, Communist-led state to a full-fledged, multiparty, parliamentary democracy, although these gains have not yet been consolidated. The Prime Minister is nominated by the majority party and, with the agreement of the President, is approved by the State Great Hural (Parliament), the national legislature. To see full the Report visit: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18255.htm |
| U.S. prisons and jails now hold record 2 million inmatesWASHINGTON (AP) --With the federal government leading the way, the number of inmates in American prisons topped 2 million for the first time, the Justice Department reports.California, Texas, Florida and New York were the four biggest state prison systems, mirroring their status as the most populous states. More | Mongolia News: A claim for inmate death in prison dismissed http://www.zuuniimedee.mn/zm6/index.htm April 5, 2003G. Ganbat, 27 was convicted for theft of 26 cattle and sentenced to 6-years imprisonment. However, he died after 2 days. A cause of death was tubercles, which is a serious lung disease. Plaintiff, Ms. G. Ouynchimeg, who is the mother of G. Ganbat filed a lawsuit against the local police and prosecution departments, asking the court to rule on 30 949 mugrigs compensation and damage. More |
| Supreme Court upholds ban on cross burning Rejects free speech claimWASHINGTON (AP) --A divided Supreme Court upheld a state ban on cross burning, ruling Monday that the history of racial intimidation attached to this symbol outweighs the free speech protection of Ku Klux Klansmen or others who might it. More | World News: S.Africa Plans Payment to Apartheid Victims
Apr 15, 2003 By Gershwin Wanneburg CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Tuesday his government would make a one-time payment of $3,890 each to more than 19,000 victims of apartheid identified by the country's truth commission. More |
| Judge dismisses suit, says parents not involved in
JonBenet's murder April 5, 2003 http://www.cnn.com DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the parents of JonBenet Ramsey and criticized police and the FBI for what she said was a media campaign aimed at making the family look guilty. More |
Utah court rules in favor of lesbian teacher http://www.cnn.com April 5, 2003 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- The Utah Supreme Court on Friday left it up to education officials whether to fire a lesbian high school teacher. The ruling was a victory for psychology teacher Wendy Weaver, who came under attack from parents and students at Spanish Fork High School in a heavily Mormon part of Utah.More |
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Ex-U.S. Hostage Gets $1.75M From Iraq http://www.cnn.com LAKE HAVASU, Ariz. - A former oil worker who went partially blind and suffered nerve damage while being held hostage in Iraq in 1990 has received $1.75 million in damages from Iraqi funds frozen by the U.S. government. Jack Frazier, 65, was one of 178 former hostages who successfully sued the Republic of Iraq for illegally detaining them before the 1991 Gulf War. The former hostages were awarded a total of $93 million. More |
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Man freed after 28 years in prison sues March 29, 2003 http://www.cnn.com HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A man freed after serving 28 years
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In new book, Sandra
Day O'Connor praises court diversity WASHINGTON (AP) -- Few institutions
are as steeped in tradition and history as the Supreme Court, but
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor still sees the body as dynamic and diverse.
| MONGOLIA NEWS: Counterterror Team's Turnover Continues
By Karen DeYoung and Peter Slevin Washington Post Staff Writers ...Mary A. Wright, the number two official at the U.S. Embassy in Mongolia, had spent 15 years in the foreign service and 26 years in the Army and Army Reserves. "I strongly believe that going to war now will make the world more dangerous, not safer," Wright said in a letter to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. More |
Cases for and against war http://www.cnn.com, By Kevin Drew, CNN.com Law Editor (CNN) --The legal arguments for and against military action against Iraq are clear and concise, sharpening the gulf between opponents, analysts say. Opponents say no resolution has been passed by the U.N. Security Council explicitly authorizing military action. That rule of international law has been an unwritten one since the inception of the United Nations and has rarely been violated. More |
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Thank you, President Bush |
POLLS AROUND THE WORLD GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE A Newsletter of Global Information for Leaders March 18, 2003 Issue Published by: Ben Boothe and Associates, Inc. Consultants in 30+ nations ...Most of the people on earth oppose this war. Polls around the world show that THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION OF EVERY OTHER NATION ON EARTH IS AGAINST THE U.S. POLICY OF WAR ON IRAQ, except one…tiny Israel. More |
| WorldNews: Ocalan trial unfair, court says March 12, 2003 STRASBOURG, France -- Europe's top human rights court has upheld a complaint by convicted Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan that his Turkish trial was unfair. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg said Wednesday the trial had not been "independent and impartial" and awarded Ocalan $110,000 in costs. More |
World criminal court launched http://www.cnn.com THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (Reuters) --The first global criminal court holds its inaugural session on Tuesday when judges are sworn in, but the United States will show its hostility to the tribunal by staying away. More |
| Senate Backs 'Partial Birth' Abortion Ban http://story.news.yahoo.com By Joanne Kenen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday easily approved a ban on a controversial abortion method, which President Bush (news - web sites) has said he is eager to sign into law.The vote was 65-32, with some lawmakers who usually vote in favor of abortion rights joining the majority in opposing this particular procedure, which critics call "partial birth abortion." More |
Jackson loses $5.3 million lawsuit March 13, 2003 http://www.cnn.com SANTA MARIA, California (CNN) A jury Thursday awarded a concert promoter $5.3 million for two concerts canceled by Michael Jackson in 1999. More |
| Supreme Court issues stay postponing Texas' 300th execution March 13, 2003 http://www.cnn.com WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped Texas from executing its 300th inmate since capital punishment resumed in the United States in 1977, granting a dramatic last-minute stay to condemned killer Delma Banks. More |
Judge allows lawyers to visit 'enemy combatant' A setback for the Bush administration From Phil Hirschkorn March 11, 2003 NEW YORK (CNN) -- A federal judge Tuesday ordered the government to allow lawyers to meet with alleged "enemy combatant" Jose Padilla, an American citizen accused of being an al Qaeda operative who plotted to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" inside the United States. More |
Lab: DNA retesting shows convicted man not involved
in rape March 11, 2003 http://www.cnn.com HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- A man who has served four years of a rape sentence was wrongly convicted, an independent lab said Monday, concluding that DNA evidence was incorrectly processed by Houston police. More |
| WorldNews: Iran Court Revokes Academic's Death Sentence February 14, 2003 http://www.reuters.com TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court has revoked the death sentence imposed on a dissident academic which sparked the country's largest pro-reform protests for over three years, the official news agency IRNA reported on Friday. University lecturer Hashem Aghajari was condemned to death last November by a hardline regional court for questioning clerical rule in a speech. More |
| http://news.mol.mn/article.php?sid=8614 MONTSAME English: President of Mongolia in America February 12, 2003 The President of our country is already in New-York to attend the
ceremony at the invitation of UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura.
The President Bagabandi will meet with UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura and the chairman of the 57th Session
of the UN General Assembly to discuss on Mongolia-UN cooperation.
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http://news.mol.mn/article.php?sid=8641 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan met the President of Mongolia At the meeting held in the UN Headqueter in New-York, the pair
shared views on international and bilateral relations. In the course
of the meeting, President Bagabandi said that Mongolia highly valued
the result of a visit by UN Secreatry General Kofi Annan to Mongolia
in October 2002. Mr. Bagabandi informed of the Mongolian side is
giving more significance to the implementation of issues agreed
during the visit by Mr. Kofi Annan. |
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http://www.archaeology.org Relicsof the Kamikaze
Unlike other sites I've dived on, the seabed here was not dominated by a large hull. Instead, clusters of timbers and artifacts suggested that a ship, or ships, had crashed into the shore and been ripped apart. More</ |
