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State Department Releases Country Reports on Terrorism 2008

1. Mai 2009 — “U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism.” Country Rep…

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World Watchdogs: Top 50 Human Rights Blogs

22. Januar 2009 — Watching the news isn’t always the best way to stay on top of human rights cases and the politics, economics and social conflicts that affect living conditions around the world. For a closer look at human rights campaigns, civil liberties groups and the legislation and movements that spread a…

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14. März 2008 — Afederal appeals court has come to the rescue of a journalist who faced financial ruin if she continued to shield her confidential sources from a scientist suing the federal government. That’s good news. But the only reliable protection for reporters who rely (usually reluctantly) on anonymou…

A New Law-School Curriculum

15. November 2006 — On WSJ.com, Jeremy Blachman, a 2005 Harvard Law School grad and the author of the novel, Anonymous Lawyer, weighs in on his alma mater’s recent announcement that it’s revamping its first-year curriculum. Harvard will lighten the hours spent on traditional first-year subjects while adding cl…

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27. März 2005 — "The Civil Rights Era in Virginia was contentious, pitting black against white, neighbor against neighbor and communities against legislation - a microcosm of the years of social upheaval in communities across America. A new archive at the Virginia Center for Digital History at the University…