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Muslims to pay school’s legal fight to uphold niqab ban
Daily Telegraph - A Muslim group has offered to help fund a school’s legal battle over its refusal to let a pupil wear the niqab in class. Veiled woman: The niqab, which covers the whole face apart from the eyes In an unprecedented move, the Muslim Educational Centre …

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Launches New Web Site
Gay Wired - Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national legal aid and policy organization dedicated to repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual service members, has unveiled a newly remodeled website …

UW scholars included in ‘canon’ of legal thought
UW Madison - The writings of two faculty members and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School were chosen as being among the 20 most important works of American legal thought since 1890 in a just-published book. ” The Canon of American Legal Thought …

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The Air duty comes in - some pay twice, some not at all

Brown Faces Legal Bid Over Air Duty
Guardian Unlimited - Gordon Brown faces legal challenges from airlines and tour operators over a controversial doubling of air passenger duty which has come in to force. The threat came as environmental campaigners also warned that the measure would do nothing to stop …

Durkan in ‘legal action threat’
BBC UK - Mr Durkan suggested his party had influenced the appointment of Sir Hugh Orde as PSNI chief constable - a job that Alan McQuillan also applied for. Mr McQuillan was one of two RUC assistant chief constables who lost out to Sir Hugh. In a letter …

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