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News Maryland House of Delegates passes same-sex marriage bill
Maryland House of Delegates passes same-sex marriage bill
Jamie Davis
February 18, 2012 11:08:50 am

The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday passed a bill that would allow same-sex couples to legally marry within the state. The bill passed by a 72 to 67 vote and is set to...

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News UN General Assembly passes resolution condemning Syria violence
UN General Assembly passes resolution condemning Syria violence
Jerry Votava
February 17, 2012 05:56:53 pm

The UN General Assembly voted on Thursday to condemn Syria through a non-binding resolution . The resolution supports a plan advanced by the Arab League that aims...

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News Canada high court dismisses appeal on student exemption from religious course
Canada high court dismisses appeal on student exemption from religious course
Jaimie Cremeans
February 17, 2012 02:11:48 pm

The Canada Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal from Catholic parents who hoped to exempt their children from attending religious courses as part of a mandatory Ethics and Religious Culture Program (ERCP) in...

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News China must release Tibet prisoners: HRW
China must release Tibet prisoners: HRW
Matthew Pomy
February 17, 2012 01:49:27 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) demanded Thursday that China release Tibetan prisoners that were captured while travelling and are now being forced into political re-education camps. The exact number of those detained is not...

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News UN SG speaks on nuclear disarmament, calls for openness from Iran
UN SG speaks on nuclear disarmament, calls for openness from Iran
Matthew Pomy
February 17, 2012 01:11:07 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for Iran to prove its commitment to not seeking nuclear weapons after giving remarks at an event marking the 15th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) on Friday....

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News NJ Assembly votes to approve same-sex marriage
NJ Assembly votes to approve same-sex marriage
Sung Un Kim
February 17, 2012 11:45:45 am

The New Jersey State Assembly voted 42-33 on Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage . Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver , who sponsored the bill, indicated that she was proud the legislature was able to use the...

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News India Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of homosexuality
India Supreme Court hears arguments on legality of homosexuality
Michael Haggerson
February 17, 2012 11:35:35 am

The Indian Supreme Court is set to hear additional arguments on Friday in a case challenging a 2009 Delhi High Court ruling decriminalizing homosexual intercourse. Anti-gay activists argue that homosexual sex is banned under Section 377 of...

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News Ecuador journalist seeks asylum from libel suit
Ecuador journalist seeks asylum from libel suit
Michael Haggerson
February 17, 2012 10:49:06 am

Carlos Perez, one of four El Universo managers convicted of libel against Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa , was granted asylum by Panama on Thursday. El Universo is the...

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News Federal court sentences attempted plane bomber to life imprisonment
Federal court sentences attempted plane bomber to life imprisonment
Sung Un Kim
February 17, 2012 10:36:05 am

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday sentenced Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to life imprisonment for his attempted bombing on an American aircraft. The 25-year...

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News Prosecutors ask Roman court to try Italy ex-PM Berlusconi for tax evasion
Prosecutors ask Roman court to try Italy ex-PM Berlusconi for tax evasion
Brandon Gatto
February 16, 2012 02:23:25 pm

La Procura di Roma, the public prosecutors of Rome, has asked the Tribunale Ordinario di Roma to put former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and his son on trial for...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.

Lockerbie bombers turned over for trial

On April 5, 1999, the government of Libya turned over to British authorities two of its citizens who were accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The subsequent trial of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah began on May 3, 2000. When the court reached its verdict, Fhimah was found not guilty and returned to Libya, while Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Learn more about the Lockerbie Air Disaster and the trial of Megrahi and Fhimah from the Syracuse University Law School. Also, learn more about the investigation into the disaster from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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