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Monday - March 19, 2007 - CHICAGO - The trial of media tycoon Lord Conrad Black begins in Chicago for fraud and racketeering, with the jury hearing opening statements. A jury was selected Thursday in the racketeering trial of Black, who is accused of swindling the Hollinger International newspaper empire he once ran out of $84 million. Twenty people were chosen, with U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve planning to seat 12 jurors and six alternates Monday and send two home. U.S. Federal Attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald, claims that Hollinger Directors were lied to. Fitzgerald said: "The indictment charges that the insiders at Hollinger whose job it was to safeguard the shareholders made it their job to steal and conceal". Bookmark: Media Yahoo NEWS

World at Law: Friday - January 11, 2008 - CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South Africa's national police commissioner, Jackie Selebi, is facing corruption charges, prosecutors said Friday. The National Prosecuting Authority said the charges related to Selebi's "generally corrupt relationship" with Glen Agliotti, a convicted drug trafficker. Selebi has consistently protested his innocence. Selebi also holds the largely ceremonial post of Interpol president, and tried to block the move in Pretoria's High Court but the judge dismissed the application. On Tuesday, armed police arrested Johannesburg's top prosecutor Gerrie Nel, who led the probe into Selebi, and hauled him away in handcuffs. Nel is due in court Monday on charges of defeating the ends of justice. The cases have raised tensions between the country's two top law enforcement agencies, which are spending more time fighting each other, than conducting normal business. Bookmark: South Africa - Police Law-Notes: Selebi was a representative of the World Federation of Democratic Youth in Budapest, Hungary from 1983 - 1987. Thereafter he was elected Head of the ANC Youth League and member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC in 1987. In 1991 he was responsible for the repatriation of ANC exiles and in 1993 was appointed Head of the Department of Welfare of the ANC. Selebi was elected Honourable Member of Parliament during the 1994 elections. In 1995, Selebi was appointed South Africa's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Geneva. Switzerland.[1] In 1998 he got a Human Rights Award from the International Service for Human Rights. Yahoo NEWS

Congress at Law: Tuesday - January 15, 2008 - WASHINGTON - The House is back in session today. The Senate is in pro forma session only. A pro forma session is a brief meeting (sometimes only several seconds) of the Senate in which no business is conducted. It is held usually to satisfy the constitutional obligation that neither chamber can adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other. For 2008, LawPedia® will be adding a new section to its United States Congressional reports to look into legislation, laws, topics, and issues that are being presented to the 110th Congress. The new section will include profiles on important senators, representatives, persons and lawyers making the news on Capital Hill. Upcoming: FLOOR SCHEDULE - The House is scheduled to meet Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at 12:00 p.m. The Senate will convene again on Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. for a pro forma session only. Find a current senator or representative in the United States Congress. Capitol Hill HOW OUR LAWS ARE MADE - House - Senate. More Congress at Law Links™. - State Congressional & Local Politics - Congressional Schedule

White House at Law: Friday - January 11, 2008 - WASHINGTON - President Bush spoke to the media today, as he stood with President Shimon Peres of Israel, and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport. The President concluded his two-day visit to Israel with a visit to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, and the ruins of Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. The White House Iraq Strategy Review: Read or Download the Full Iraq Review [PDF] The Iraq Study Group Report: Read or Download the Full Iraq Report [PDF] - The Iraq Study Group's recommendations were first officially released on December 6, 2006

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NEW: Presidential Election 2008 FULL COVERAGE [Click HERE] NEW: The Barrister's Special Report FOR & AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR - White House Politics In Perspective [Click HERE] Upcoming: President Bush will welcome President Abdullah Gul of Turkey to the White House on January 8, 2008, for his first visit to Washington as President. On January 9 , 2008, President Bush arrives in Israel and meets with Israel's prime minister, Ehud Olmert, and president, Shimon Peres. On January 10, 2008, Bush visits the West Bank to meet with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and prime minister, Salam Fayyad, at their headquarters in Ramallah. On January 11, 2008, Bush is back in Israel to meet with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now a Middle East peace envoy. Then Bush travels to Kuwait to meet with the emir, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah. On January 12, 2008, in Kuwait Bush meets with U.S. troops at Camp Arifjan and receives updates on the situation in Iraq from the top U.S. commander, Gen. David Petraeus, and the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker. He also meets with Kuwaiti women. Bush then travels to Bahrain to meet with King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. On January 13, 2008, Bush visits the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, based in Bahrain, and then travels to the United Arab Emirates to meet with the president, Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and gives a speech in Abu Dhabi on freedom in the region. On January 14, 2008, Bush visits Dubai and then travels to Saudi Arabia to meet with King Abdullah. On January 15, 2003, Bush is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for meetings. On January 16, 2008, Bush is in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to meet with President Hosni Mubarak before returning to Washington. New In 2008: The Barrister's Special Report Series on Key Whitehouse Personnel & The Barrister's Historical Series on U.S. Presidents. More Whitehouse at Law Links™.

Business at Law: Friday, January 11, 2008 - CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Bank of America said Friday it will buy Countrywide Financial for $4.1 billion in stock. The deal will rescue the Countrywide, country's biggest mortgage lender, from its troubles, and further expands the financial services of Bank of America, the nation's largest consumer bank. The acquisition will make Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. the nation's biggest mortgage lender and loan servicer. Bookmark: Banking - Mortgage Lending Law-Notes: Yahoo NEWS Upcoming Business at Law: VIOXX CURRENT & POTENTIAL PRODUCT LIABILITY TRIAL DATES IN - 2007 - PAST TRIALS 2006. More Business at Law Links™.

Local at Law: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - BLAIRSVILLE, Georgia - Monday, authorities found the body and remains of 24-year-old Meredith Emerson, a missing hiker just hours after a judge denied bond to the Gary Michael Hilton, 61. Hilton is accused of kidnapping her in the mountains of northern Georgia. Investigators were also examining whether the death and the disappearance of two elderly hikers in October in North Carolina were related. Bookmark: Crime Yahoo NEWS Law-Notes: Upcoming in 2008 - The Barrister's Local Election Review. More LawPedia Local at Law Links™.