A look at three recent decisions on gun rights, prisoners at Guantanamo and a case that was notable not just for its subject. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 July 2008 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.

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The U.S. high court says 32-year-old Washington, DC gun ban is unconstitutional. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 June 2008 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court issued a historic ruling on the rig

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 12 September 2007 Man at the genocide cemetary of Kigali, Rwanda (file photo) A French appeals court is examining a demand to send two Rwandan genocide suspects to the International Criminal Tribunal in Tanzania. Lisa Bryant has

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 01 August 2007 In the west African country of Mauritania, a criminal court has dropped terrorism charges against 14 men who had been accused of aiding a group allied to al-Qaida. Phuong Tran has reactions to the court's decision

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now the ball is in your court to start the ball rolling 美国人非常喜欢运动。凡是在各种运动中出类拔萃的人都成了人们心目中的大明星。这些明星的收入每年可以高

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Israeli High Court to Consider Legality of Security Barrier Ross Dunn Israel's high court has agreed to consider the legality of a controversial West Bank security barrier , just weeks before the proj

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By Jim Malone Washington 28 September 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court opens its annual term Monday, October 1 and will consider a number of legal challenges to the power of the president and the power of Congress. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone ha

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A Dutch court has ruled that The Netherlands owes nothing to the families of two Bosnian Muslims who were killed after Dutch peacekeepers turned them over to Serb forces during the 1995 Srebrenica massacres. For VOA, Lauren Comiteau has more from Am

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By Jim Malone Washington 25 September 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take a case that will determine whether the use of lethal injections to execute criminals violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. VOA National Cor

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Alzheimer's Disease By Paul Sisco Washington 15 May 2008 The World Health Organization estimates about 18 million people around the globe suffer from Alzheimer's Disease, a degenerative disease in which brain cells whither away and die. Wednesday May

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By Mil Arcega Washington 26 May 2008 An appeals court in the U.S. state of Texas has ruled that authorities had no right to remove children from a polygamist religious sect's compound. Officials raided the compound on April 3rd and removed more than

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THIS IS AMERICA - Next Face of Supreme Court? Americans Wait to See By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, July 18, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith L

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By Julie Carpenter Doctors in some parts of the United States have prescribed marijuana to people suffering from a variety of medical conditions; and though it is used for medicinal purposes in many p

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By Jim Malone Washington 05 December 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court has heard a plea that terrorism suspects being held at the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be given the opportunity to challenge their detention in American courts. VOA

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 05 November 2007 When Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf abruptly ordered a state of emergency and suspended the Constitution on Saturday, military forces quickly surrounded the Supreme Court and detained judges, includ

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Efforts by activists to force India's government to strike down a Victorian-era law banning homosexuality are gaining momentum. It is another sign that India's deeply conservative society is changing. Raymond Thibodeaux reports from Bangalore, capit

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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 August 2007 Non-governmental organizations working in the health sector in developing countries have welcomed a decision by the High Court in Chennai, India, rejecting a challenge to Indian patent law by the Swiss f

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 February 2008 Bangladesh's High Court has thrown out a corruption case brought against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the interim government. The ruling puts a question mark over hundreds of other ongoing trial

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By Jim Fry Washington 11 July 2007 Supreme Court Justices, with Justice Anthony Kennedy pictured in center Conservative judges now dominate the U.S. Supreme Court. In the first full term since two of President Bush's appointees took their seats, ruli

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