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News Russia criticizes US human rights record
Russia criticizes US human rights record
Jerry Votava
December 29, 2011 05:07:54 pm

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a report on Wednesday strongly criticizing the human rights record of a number of countries including the United States. Twenty pages of the 90-page report focus on the United...

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News Philippines ex-president faces new charges
Philippines ex-president faces new charges
Sung Un Kim
December 29, 2011 02:26:48 pm

Philippine authorities filed a second criminal complaint against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , the former Philippine president who has been under hospital arrest for previous charges of corruption and electoral fraud. The second complaint alleges...

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News Obama administration urges Supreme Court to reject Texas legislature redistricting maps
Obama administration urges Supreme Court to reject Texas legislature redistricting maps
John Paul Putney
December 29, 2011 11:07:31 am

The Obama administration, arguing as amicus curiae in Perry, et al. v. Perez, et al., pressed the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject a redistricting map drawn by the Texas legislature which was not...

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News Guantanamo rule change to require review of attorney letters in 9/11 case
Guantanamo rule change to require review of attorney letters in 9/11 case
Jamie Davis
December 28, 2011 03:11:41 pm

Navy rear Adm. David Woods , commander of the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, has proposed a new rule that would require military officials to review all legal correspondence between lawyers and the detainees accused of...

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News Egypt court resumes Mubarak trial
Egypt court resumes Mubarak trial
Jamie Davis
December 28, 2011 02:31:45 pm

An Egyptian court on Wednesday resumed the trial of ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak after a month-long adjournment. The trial was adjourned in October in order to allow the court time...

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News UN rights groups urge probe of torture and killings by Haiti police
UN rights groups urge probe of torture and killings by Haiti police
Jerry Votava
December 28, 2011 12:48:30 pm

The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Human Rights Section of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) issued two reports on Tuesday detailing activities such as torture...

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News US extradites woman suspected of war crimes to Bosnia
US extradites woman suspected of war crimes to Bosnia
Alexandra Malatesta
December 28, 2011 11:39:50 am

The US has extradited Rasema Handanovic, a woman accused of killing Bosnian Croat civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian Civil War , according to US officials Tuesday. Handanovic, along with Edin Dzeko who was extradited last week, served...

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News Federal judge rules BP not negligent in Alaska oil spill
Federal judge rules BP not negligent in Alaska oil spill
Alexandra Malatesta
December 28, 2011 09:28:09 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Alaska on Tuesday dismissed the petition of federal prosecutors, finding that British Petroleum (BP) was not negligent in a 2009 oil...

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News India lower house of parliament passes controversial anti-corruption bill
India lower house of parliament passes controversial anti-corruption bill
Jamie Davis
December 27, 2011 03:01:22 pm

The Indian lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha , on Tuesday passed an anti-corruption bill which proposes the creation of an official anti-corruption agency known as Lokpal. The bill was proposed in response to many...

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Egypt court orders stop to forced virginity tests
Jamie Davis
December 27, 2011 02:12:48 pm

Cairo Administrative Court on Tuesday ordered the Egyptian Army to end its practice of performing forced virginity tests on female detainees. Samira Ibrahim brought the case against the Egyptian Army after she was arrested during a protest and was...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

White supremacists overthrow government in Wilmington, North Carolina

A group of white supremacists overthrew the government of Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898, killing at least dozens of Black people in the process. The city's Republican government resigned after the 500-2,000 strong white mob burned the offices of a Black-owned newspaper and terrorized black neighborhoods. The new state Democratic government passed laws in 1899 disenfranchising Black voters across North Carolina. Learn more about the 1898 Wilmington Coup.

Supreme Court limited free speech in wartime

On November 10, 1919, the US Supreme Court ruled in Abrams v. United States that the federal government could criminalize speech if it was of a type tending to bring about harmful results, in this case, resistance to the United States war effort. In a powerful dissenting opinion, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes countered that even during wartime, free speech could only be curtailed when there was clear and "present danger of immediate evil or an intent to bring it about."

Leonid Brezhnev dies

On November 10, 1982, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died of a heart attack. He had served as leader of the USSR from October 1964 until his death. Following his death, the Soviet Union cycled through three more leaders during the 1980s until Mikhail Gorbachev allowed the country to dissolve in 1991. Read an obituary of Leonid Brezhnev from the New York Times.

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