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Official: Clues point to CIA prisons
The Detroit Free Press - BY JAMEY KEATEN ASSOCIATED PRESS Swiss Sen. Dick Marty said an inquiry into claims of CIA prisons unearthed clues implicating Poland and Romania. a little more,' he said after briefing the legal committee of the Council of Europe, a human rights Marty told the council's legal committee that information so far 'reinforced the

Jurists urge Nepal to repeal law which curbs media
Express Newsline - An international legal watchdog today called on Nepal to repeal a media law which it charged was being used to suppress freedom of information, justify raids on radio stations and harass journalists.

CIA secret prisons reports credible: investigator
Reuters - Swiss senator Dick Marty, who is looking into the scandal for the 46-nation Council of Europe human rights watchdog, criticized the United States for failing to come clean over the allegations. been mistreated or tortured. ' Legal proceedings in progress in certain countries of Europe's legal affairs and human rights committee in Paris. ' The information gathered to date

City of Odessa buys golf course
OA Online - Based on information gathered at coalition meetings and the legal advice generated from them, it now appears that the

Swaziland: Foreign legal eagles must be banned
African News Dimension - Law Society of Swaziland also wants South African attorneys and advocates to be barred from practising in the The local attorneys are not allowed to practice in the South African

Nation & World
US News - causes and praising attacks against Israel. Defense attorneys argued that al-Arian's activities represented protected

Mary Cranston Joins Platinum Panel of Speakers at First International Bar Association Conference in China
Pillsbury Law - about the American merit-based compensation system for attorneys, which contrasts to the formula based programs used has one fourth as many attorneys as the United States, yet they

Insider tells how dollars flowed
Chicago Sun-Times - deny that anything they did was illegal, and Ryan's attorneys say the former governor never received any payoffs from