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News Poland prosecutors ask US to question Guantanamo detainees over secret CIA prison
Poland prosecutors ask US to question Guantanamo detainees over secret CIA prison
Ashley Hileman
March 28, 2011 12:44:56 pm

Polish prosecutors investigating an alleged secret CIA prison announced Monday that they are asking US officials to question two Guantanamo Bay detainees who claim they were held and abused at the site. The...

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News International death penalty use declining: AI
International death penalty use declining: AI
Michael Haggerson
March 28, 2011 12:22:16 pm

Use of the death penalty is on the decline across the world, according to a report released Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . Excluding China, which keeps its death penalty statistics secret, the number...

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News Supreme Court to decide whether religious school teachers may sue for discrimination
Supreme Court to decide whether religious school teachers may sue for discrimination
Zach Zagger
March 28, 2011 11:29:14 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in a case over whether an employment discrimination claim can be brought against a religiously affiliated school despite the "ministerial exception." In Hosanna-Tabor...

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News Ex-Khmer Rouge official in court to appeal war crimes convictions
Ex-Khmer Rouge official in court to appeal war crimes convictions
Sarah Paulsworth
March 28, 2011 10:31:13 am

A former Khmer Rouge prison guard at the notorious Toul Sleng prison appeared at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday to appeal his 35-year prison sentence. Lawyers for Kaing Guek...

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News Egypt to lift state of emergency before September election
Egypt to lift state of emergency before September election
Dwyer Arce
March 28, 2011 09:25:09 am

The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced Monday that it would lift the state of emergency before parliamentary polls to be held in September. General Mamdouh Shaheen, speaking for the military council,...

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News Egypt protest ban violates international law: HRW
Egypt protest ban violates international law: HRW
Erin Bock
March 27, 2011 04:38:22 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday condemned a ban on strikes and inciting protests in Egypt as a violation of international law. Upon ratification by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces [NYT...

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News Rights group brings FOIA suit against US agencies over Honduras coup
Rights group brings FOIA suit against US agencies over Honduras coup
Erin Bock
March 27, 2011 04:03:04 pm

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a complaint on Thursday to compel the release of documents related to the 2009 Honduras coup . The complaint names the US Department of Defense (DOD) and...

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News Lawmaker proposes halt to US military action in Libya
Lawmaker proposes halt to US military action in Libya
Drew Singer
March 27, 2011 01:43:09 pm

US Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) on Friday announced legislation requiring an immediate halt to military action in Libya until Congress authorizes its resumption. The Restoring Essential Constitutional Constraints for Libyan Action Involving the Military (RECLAIM)...

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News Wisconsin union bargaining bill may become law despite judicial order
Wisconsin union bargaining bill may become law despite judicial order
Carrie Schimizzi
March 26, 2011 11:16:28 am

A Wisconsin legislative measure designed to curb the collective bargaining power of unions could become law as early as Saturday, despite an order enjoining Wisconsin Secretary of State Douglas La Follette from publishing the...

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News WTO grants Canada request for hearing on EU seal products ban
WTO grants Canada request for hearing on EU seal products ban
Aman Kakar
March 26, 2011 11:05:56 am

The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday granted Canada's request to hear its dispute of the EU's ban on the import of seal products. Canada requested establishment of...

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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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