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The Los Angeles Times puts this development just above the fold, but leads with the California Supreme Court's ruling upholding the admissibility of DNA evidence, provided prosecutors show that correct procedures were used.
Selectivity in approaching issues of human rights and self-determination is a long-standing American trait, al-Husseini said, adding that "its resolve in Kosovo perhaps has more to do with upholding the credibility of NATO as its 50 th anniversary approaches, and to ensure that Washington's leadership of the alliance does not appear weak."
It is a terrible responsibility, upholding her society's values and preventing her siblings and Michael, the illegitimate son of her youngest sister, Christina (Catherine McCormack), from descending into chaos and impoverishment.
Hardwick ) upholding anti-sodomy laws.
The Los Angeles Times and Washington Post lead with Wednesday's Supreme Court decision upholding the limitation on the First Amendment rights of illegal immigrants imposed by the 1996 immigration reform law.