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News Cambodia genocide court denies bail for 3 former Khmer Rouge officials
Cambodia genocide court denies bail for 3 former Khmer Rouge officials
Zach Zagger
April 30, 2010 01:02:33 pm

The Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday dismissed appeals by three former Khmer Rouge officials to block the extension of their provisional...

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News US House approves Puerto Rico status referendum bill
US House approves Puerto Rico status referendum bill
Dwyer Arce
April 30, 2010 12:15:00 pm

The US House of Representatives voted 223-169 Thursday to approve legislation calling for a referendum on the status of Puerto Rico . The Puerto Rico Democracy Act was introduced by...

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News France justice ministry rejects Noriega request to be treated as POW
France justice ministry rejects Noriega request to be treated as POW
Zach Zagger
April 30, 2010 11:25:15 am

The French Justice Ministry on Thursday denied a request from former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega to be treated as a prisoner of war (POW). Noriega currently awaits trial in France on money laundering...

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News Cambodia genocide court denies bail for 3 former Khmer Rouge officials
Cambodia genocide court denies bail for 3 former Khmer Rouge officials
Zach Zagger
April 30, 2010 11:25:00 am

The Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday dismissed appeals by three former Khmer Rouge officials to block the extension of their provisional...

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News Federal judge dismisses suit over order to remove headscarf in court
Federal judge dismisses suit over order to remove headscarf in court
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 30, 2010 11:22:50 am

A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against a Michigan judge who ordered a Muslim woman to remove her headscarf [JURIST news...

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News France justice ministry rejects Noriega request to be treated as POW
France justice ministry rejects Noriega request to be treated as POW
Zach Zagger
April 30, 2010 10:34:00 am

The French Justice Ministry on Thursday denied a request from former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega to be treated as a prisoner of war (POW). Noriega currently awaits trial in France on money laundering...

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News Former Pennsylvania judge pleads guilty in juvenile sentencing scandal
Former Pennsylvania judge pleads guilty in juvenile sentencing scandal
Michael Kraemer
April 30, 2010 10:23:00 am

Former Pennsylvania judge Michael Conahan pleaded guilty Thursday on charges of accepting more than $2.6 million in kickbacks for sentencing teenagers to two private juvenile detention facilities in which he had a financial interest. The former president judge of...

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Hawaii House approves same-sex civil unions
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 30, 2010 10:12:37 am

The Hawaii House of Representatives voted 31-20 Thursday to approve legislation allowing same-sex civil unions . The act would confer upon homosexual and heterosexual couples rights and benefits equal to those...

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Federal judge dismisses suit over order to remove headscarf in court
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 30, 2010 09:49:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against a Michigan judge who ordered a Muslim woman to remove her headscarf [JURIST news...

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Hawaii House approves same-sex civil unions
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 30, 2010 08:47:00 am

The Hawaii House of Representatives voted 31-20 Thursday to approve legislation allowing same-sex civil unions . The act would confer upon homosexual and heterosexual couples rights and benefits equal to those...

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LA Riots break out following beating of Rodney King

Riots that would grip the city of Los Angeles, California for six days broke out on April 29, 1992, after LAPD officers who beat Rodney King while being filmed were acquitted by a jury. The verdict ignited a powder keg of discontent about police discrimination against LA's Black community. The riots would result in more than 60 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. Learn more about the LA Riots from NPR.

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits member nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Oliver Ellsworth born

Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States and primary author of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1745.

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