1st January 2012

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• Cuban Human Rights Activists Begin New Year with protests http://t.co/AhyxVJfe 
• Advancing 2012 Worldwide LGBT Civil Rights Marches http://t.co/ThiYckdt 
• PAKISTAN: 'Considered one of those countries of world where human rights violation hit the highest point everyday' http://t.co/mMbREKH7
• BANGLADESH: Human rights scenario was gloomy in 2011 http://t.co/zfwSWCeQ 
• Tyneside rent mix-up needs swift resolution http://t.co/5JVOEY5S 
• US: Woman won't face charges in shooting http://t.co/UMGlFWTl 
• IRELAND: Ross family bids final farewell to solicitor father John Nathaniel - http://t.co/5gRMqqAy 
• Fury of judge forced to go easy on a serial burglar who thanked him for giving him lenient sentence http://t.co/NwE0Rod9
• Armenians expect justice, not tolerance http://t.co/wYJdbtCc
• Pope says hope for justice, world peace lies with youth http://t.co/HgtmDlq9 
• AUS: John McClemont Ireland QC applies to Federal Magistrates Court to have Tax Office's bankruptcy notice set aside http://t.co/C7Bq28tJ
• TAIWAN: Gender equality department set up to facilitate human rights http://t.co/Lq9GCf6x
• PAKISTAN: 285 policemen complete training under human rights programme http://t.co/pQvCaAsy 
• UK Human Rights Blog – 2011 in review http://t.co/ZjvjJtHn 
• Human rights activist, 84, sees hope in Russian protests : http://t.co/2QPucjkr 
• Ireland seeking election to UN Human Rights Council, says Taoiseach http://t.co/Obz7kdKO 
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• Man dies in New Year party assault - The Independent http://t.co/m254tDlb 
• Tax office 'investigating Premier League footballers' perks' http://t.co/Cq2NxKiS
• Conservative health minister comes under fire over tobacco briefings http://t.co/WKdzJeTn
• JAPAN: Aum Shinrikyo cult fugitive turns himself in after 16 years http://t.co/7LHOU0lN 
• Archbishop of Canterbury warns against giving up on young people http://t.co/RUBaE3x4
• Syrian monitors should withdraw, says Arab League body http://t.co/NLJH736s
• US: Tennessee Supreme Court website helps needy find legal help http://t.co/2UARV7Ey 
• US: Hot line will assist seniors with legal issues http://t.co/cSJKjIxF 
• TANZANIA: Tanzania weathers diplomatic and legal crisis by reversing EADB $137m ruling http://t.co/0Jya3rQY 
• Children could be robbed of their inheritance by a little-debated change to Scots law to be introduced next month http://t.co/fGQ65kiR
• AUS: Toxic spill may lead to legal action http://t.co/aXHpoCsb 
• Spain Passes Anti-Download Law to Fight Piracy http://t.co/HkAKu8Mh 
• US: Parental notification law on abortion takes effect today http://t.co/IJZasBoq 
• US: Chief Justice Backs Peers’ Decision to Hear Health Law Case: http://t.co/08PhPFpm 
• From illegal betting & goal-line technology to FFP and the Euros - the challenges Uefa faces in 2012 http://t.co/g5uS9U9x 
• ZAMBIA: Illegal immigrants stuffed in charcoal-laden truck http://t.co/Ht0qXh0x 
• Only UK-produced eggs can guarantee that hens were not kept in illegal cages, says Scottish Lib Dem MEP http://t.co/qPSmRyoP 
• Yemeni protesters demand trial of president http://t.co/nhQISWmc 
• Suspects will face lie detector tests in groundbreaking scheme by British police http://t.co/fYuLajYH 
• AUS: Lawyer Trenton Schreurs warns of legal pitfalls for Twitter users http://t.co/MqukBEKR 
• The lawyer whose papers are not always criminal http://t.co/eG5MObtY 
• CANADA: City lawyers appointed to Queen's Counsel http://t.co/iKHRdU9r 
• US: Las Vegas lawyer disbarred; restitution ordered http://t.co/RDKlgRu1
• Newly-wed British lawyer falls 100ft to her death down Caribbean cliff in Christmas Day tragedy http://t.co/4tkBztu4 
• US: Court backlog of immigration cases puts some lives on hold http://t.co/y1gojh0L 
• PAKISTAN: New Year forebodings - Memo-gate and the future http://t.co/wUOs4vXO
• INDIA: Minister courts controversy after he launched a tirade against Lokayukta Justice http://t.co/lg6tgd67 
• Media rights body urges UN action after 'bloody year' http://t.co/DRA9tQyO
• New human rights row over 'cricket’ case - Telegraph http://t.co/rh5lp32b 
• US: Obama signs defense bill http://t.co/3eGUiax2 
• Ordeal of Afghan girl, 15, rescued after husband's family mutilated her http://t.co/RGUk7sMM 
• US: Among 40,000 signed bills: No happy hours in Utah, safer golf carts in Georgia http://t.co/KHnfZjbW
• US: Voter photo ID, E-Verify laws to take effect in new year http://t.co/FmCLhevY
• US: Obama signs new Iran sanctions into law http://t.co/lpbCPnY8 
• AUS: Retailers flout refund law http://t.co/3knxMqgG 
• Law on assisted dying 'incoherent' http://t.co/rTpP1LHP 
• A happy new year to all, starting in peace with Bach - ' Sleepers wake' Music Video - http://t.co/gIJAkVwe
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek