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News Serbia to seek US extradition of Nazi war crimes suspect
Serbia to seek US extradition of Nazi war crimes suspect
Andrew Gilmore
April 14, 2009 06:20:00 am

Chief prosecutor of the Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said Monday that Serbia would ask the US for the extradition of alleged Nazi war criminal Peter Egner after his US citizenship is revoked....

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News Obama administration eases Cuba travel restrictions
Obama administration eases Cuba travel restrictions
Eszter Bardi
April 13, 2009 03:36:00 pm

US President Barack Obama has ordered the lifting of travel restrictions and restrictions on money transfers between Cuban-Americans and their families in Cuba. Obama also ordered that US telecommunications companies be allowed to work within Cuba...

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News US Army sergeant pleads not guilty to killing Iraq detainees
US Army sergeant pleads not guilty to killing Iraq detainees
Safiya Boucaud
April 13, 2009 11:58:00 am

US Army Sgt. John Hatley entered a plea of not guilty to murder charges at his court-martial on Monday for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007. Hatley, along with Sgt. Michael...

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News Iraq official seeks closure of media outlets for misquoting
Iraq official seeks closure of media outlets for misquoting
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
April 13, 2009 11:07:00 am

 Iraqi military spokesperson Major General Qassim Atta said Monday that he is seeking the closure of the Bagdad offices of newspaper Al-Hayat and television network Al-Sharquiya after the two media outlets allegedly misquoted him in a...

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News China issues first human rights protection plan
China issues first human rights protection plan
Benjamin Hackman
April 13, 2009 08:23:00 am

The government of China on Monday issued its first national plan aimed at protecting human rights. The Information Office of the State Council published the National Human Rights Action Plan of China, which sets...

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News Zimbabwe parliament forms committee to draft new constitution
Zimbabwe parliament forms committee to draft new constitution
Jay Carmella
April 13, 2009 08:10:00 am

The Zimbabwean House Speaker announced Sunday the formation of a committee to draft a new constitution. The drafting of a new constitution was part of the power sharing agreement signed last September by President Robert Mugabe [BBC...

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News Bolivia president to continue hunger strike until final version of election law passed
Bolivia president to continue hunger strike until final version of election law passed
Tere Miller-Sporrer
April 13, 2009 08:04:00 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales vowed Sunday to continue a hunger strike until the Bolivian National Congress approves the final details of a new election law . Morales declared...

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News Moldova constitutional court orders recount of controversial election results
Moldova constitutional court orders recount of controversial election results
Matt Glenn
April 13, 2009 06:54:00 am

Moldova's Constitutional Court on Sunday ordered the nation's Central Election Commission to conduct a recount of last week's controversial parliamentary election. The ruling Communist party won nearly 50 percent of the vote , leaving them only...

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News Afghanistan lawmaker and women’s rights advocate killed by Taliban
Afghanistan lawmaker and women’s rights advocate killed by Taliban
Lucas Tanglen
April 12, 2009 03:31:00 pm

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the Sunday killing of Sitara Achakzai, a women's rights advocate in Afghanistan and a member of Kandahar's provincial assembly. Achakzai, who had returned to Afghanistan to pursue...

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News China police investigate new prison death as larger review continues
China police investigate new prison death as larger review continues
Devin Montgomery
April 12, 2009 02:45:00 pm

Chinese police have begun an investigation into the Saturday death of another prisoner in the country's jails, state news service Xinhua reported Saturday. It was the second death to occur in the facility this year, and comes after...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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