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        <updated>2010-09-09T19:00:42-04:00</updated>
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		<id>http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/europe-court-rules-austria-gambling-monopoly-breaches-eu-law.php</id>
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		<title>Jurist: Europe court rules Austria gambling monopoly breaches EU law</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-09T16:18:16-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-09T16:18:16-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	[JURIST] The European Court of Justice (ECJ) [official website] ruled [judgment text] Thursday that Austria's state gambling monopoly, which blocks foreign casino companies from the licensing process, is incompatible with EU law. The court held that allowing only domestic operators to apply for licenses constituted such a difference in treatment that it constituted discrimination [Bloomberg report] on the basis of nationality. While Austria cited fighting crime as its reason for excluding operators hailing from other nations within the EU, the court stated that numerous less restrictive methods were available. This is the most recent in a series of cases in... ]]></content>
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		<id>http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/california-high-court-refuses-to-order-state-appeal-of-same-sex-marriage-ruling.php</id>
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		<title>Jurist: California high court refuses to order state appeal of same-sex marriage ruling</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-09T16:08:36-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-09T16:08:36-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	[JURIST] The California Supreme Court [official website] on Wednesday denied a request from a conservative group to order Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown [official profiles] to appeal the federal court ruling that struck down the controversial ban on same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive]. The request was brought by the Pacific Justice Institute [advocacy website] in an attempt to force a state government appeal [San Francisco Chronicle report] of last month's federal court ruling [JURIST report] that found Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, unconstitutional. The supreme court denied the request without a hearing and offered no... ]]></content>
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		<id>http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/federal-appeals-cour-temporarily-lifts-stem-cell-research-ban.php</id>
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		<title>Jurist: Federal appeals court temporarily lifts stem cell research ban</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-09T15:03:13-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-09T15:03:13-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the Obama administration's request for an emergency stay [order, PDF] Thursday, lifting the ban on stem cell research [JURIST news archive]. The Obama administration sought the stay Wednesday after Judge Royce Lamberth of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Tuesday denied [order, PDF; JURIST report] a motion to stay his preliminary injunction [order, PDF; JURIST report] issued in August. The appeals court granted the temporary stay so it could have "sufficient opportunity to consider the merits" of the Obama's administration's emergency... ]]></content>
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		<id>http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/china-rights-activist-after-serving-4-year-sentence.php</id>
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		<title>Jurist: China rights activist released after serving 4-year sentence</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-09T12:57:34-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-09T12:57:34-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	[JURIST] A Chinese prison on Thursday released Chen Guangcheng [HRW case timeline, JURIST news archive], a blind Chinese human rights legal activist who has finished serving a four-year sentence [JURIST report] for damaging property and "organizing a mob to disturb traffic." According to Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website], the Chinese authorities have since placed Chen under house arrest and increased surveillance of his home and family, bringing into question the authenticity of his release [press release]. Family members allege that Chen suffers from health problems caused by mistreatment he received while in prison, including beatings and repeated food poisonings... ]]></content>
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		<id>http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/guatemala-judge-orders-soldiers-to-stand-trial-for-peasant-massacre.php</id>
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		<title>Jurist: Guatemala judge orders soldiers to stand trial for peasant massacre</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-09T11:51:20-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-09T11:51:20-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	[JURIST] A Guatemalan judge ruled Wednesday that three soldiers charged in connection with a 1982 peasant massacre [JURIST news archive] that left more than 260 dead will face trial. Of the 17 soldiers accused of committing crimes against humanity during the 1960-1996 Guatemalan civil war [GlobalSecurity backgrounder], three were captured in Guatemala [Reuters report] and four others have been detained in the US by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [official website] for illegally concealing [JURIST report] their past military service and involvement in the killings on US immigration forms. The charges against the soldiers are based on the findings of... ]]></content>
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		<id>http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/prominent-iran-human-rights-lawyer-detained.php</id>
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		<title>Jurist: Prominent Iran human rights lawyer detained</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-09T11:01:26-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-09T11:01:26-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	[JURIST] A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has been detained for allegedly spreading propaganda and colluding against national security, her family said Wednesday. Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is most widely known for representing political activists following the controversial 2009 presidential election [JURIST news archive], was summoned to an Iranian prison [BBC report] last week and has not returned home. Her home and office were raided [RFE/RL report] by Iranian officials in August. Several international groups strongly oppose the Iranian government's decision to detain Sotoudeh, including Reporters Without Borders (RSF) [advocacy website], which issued a statement condemning [text] the government's action and... ]]></content>
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		<id>http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/china-anti-corruption-official-sentenced-to-death-for-taking-bribes.php</id>
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		<title>Jurist: China anti-corruption official sentenced to death for taking bribes</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-09T10:00:54-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-09T10:00:54-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	[JURIST] A Chinese Intermediate People's Court in Shandong sentenced former top anti-corruption official Wang Huayuan to death on Thursday for taking bribes. Wang confessed [Xinhua report] to taking 7.71 million yuan (USD $1.13 million) in bribes while he was secretary for discipline inspection for commissions in the Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces. The purpose of the bribes varied from business to employment to avoiding arrest. Wang was detained [AP report] in April 2009 as part of an ongoing effort by the Chinese government to stop corruption [JURIST news archive]. The sentence is suspended for two years and could become a life... ]]></content>
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		<id>http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/somalia-piracy-suspect-pleads-guilty-in-dc-federal-court.php</id>
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		<title>Jurist: Somali piracy suspect pleads guilty in DC federal court</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-09T09:25:16-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-09T09:25:16-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	[JURIST] A Somali man pleaded guilty [press release, PDF] on Wednesday to piracy [JURIST news archive] charges stemming from an attack on a Danish ship carrying cargo from a Texas-based company. Jama Idle Ibrahim pleaded guilty in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] to "conspiracy to commit piracy under the law of nations and conspiracy to use a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence." Ibrahim and other Somalis attacked the MV/CEC Future in the Gulf of Aden in November 2008. The group, armed with handguns, rocket propelled grenades and AK 47s,... ]]></content>
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		<id>http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/pakistan-police-arrest-3-in-connection-with-times-square-bomb-plot.php</id>
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		<title>Jurist: Pakistan police arrest 3 in connection with Times Square bomb plot</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-09T08:44:56-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-09T08:44:56-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	[JURIST] Pakistani police announced Wednesday the arrest of three men suspected of helping Faisal Shahzad [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] plan and fund his failed May attempt to detonate a bomb in New York City's Times Square. Officials said that the young Pakistani citizens, Shahid Hussain, Shoaib Mughal and Humba Akhtar, who were arrested following a long-running investigation, confessed their involvement to police and are being charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism. The men reportedly provided Shahzad with more than USD $13,000 and arranged for him to meet and train with Hakimullah Mehsud [NYT profile], the head of Tehrik-e Taliban... ]]></content>
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		<id>http://jurist.org/paperchase/2010/09/ninth-circuit-dismisses-cia-rendition-suit-on-state-secrets-grounds.php</id>
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		<title>Jurist: Ninth Circuit dismisses CIA rendition suit on state secrets grounds</title>
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		<updated>2010-09-08T17:11:43-04:00</updated>
		<published>2010-09-08T17:11:43-04:00</published>
		<content type="html"><![CDATA[	[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] Wednesday affirmed [opinion, PDF] a district court's dismissal of a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] against a Boeing subsidiary in connection with its alleged role in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] extraordinary rendition program [JURIST news archive]. The plaintiffs, Binyam Mohamed [JURIST news archive], Abou Elkassim Britel, Ahmed Agiza, Mohamed Farag Ahmaad Bashmilah and Bisher al-Rawi, alleged that San Diego-based Jeppesen Dataplan [corporate website] knowingly aided in the rendition and subsequent torture of terror suspects by the CIA. Before Jeppesen... ]]></content>
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