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News Thousands in Sri Lanka protest proposed UN war crimes resolution
Thousands in Sri Lanka protest proposed UN war crimes resolution
Jamie Davis
February 27, 2012 01:09:40 pm

Thousands of Sri Lankans joined government-sponsored protests on Monday in opposition to a proposed UN Human Rights Council resolution concerning crimes that allegedly occurred during the country's civil war. The protests, which were planned throughout 150 cities...

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News Credibility of Cambodia genocide tribunal questioned
Credibility of Cambodia genocide tribunal questioned
Jamie Reese
February 27, 2012 12:40:19 pm

Dr. Mark Ellis, executive director of the International Bar Association (IBA) on Sunday published the second in a series of reports examining the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) . The report ,...

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News Indonesia high court reinstates 15-year sentence for radical cleric
Indonesia high court reinstates 15-year sentence for radical cleric
Andrea Bottorff
February 27, 2012 11:29:35 am

The Supreme Court of Indonesia on Monday restored a 15-year prison sentence for radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for his conviction on terrorism charges. Bashir appealed to the Supreme Court his...

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News BP oil spill trial postponed to allow more time for settlement agreement
BP oil spill trial postponed to allow more time for settlement agreement
Sarah Posner
February 27, 2012 10:31:40 am

Judge Carl Barbier of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana postponed the trial over the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill Monday, hours before it was set...

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News Spain high court acquits judge Garzon in abuse of power case
Spain high court acquits judge Garzon in abuse of power case
Andrea Bottorff
February 27, 2012 10:26:25 am

The Spanish Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision acquitted Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon Monday of abuse of power charges . Garzon was charged with abusing power...

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News Nigeria ex-governor pleads guilty to money laundering charges in UK court
Nigeria ex-governor pleads guilty to money laundering charges in UK court
Sarah Posner
February 27, 2012 10:00:34 am

The former governor of Delta state in Nigeria, James Ibori, pleaded guilty in a UK court on Monday to 10 counts of money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud. The former governor of Nigeria's oil-rich state is...

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News Egypt court adjourns trial of NGO employees until April
Egypt court adjourns trial of NGO employees until April
Jaimie Cremeans
February 26, 2012 03:00:23 pm

A Cairo Criminal Court judge on Sunday adjourned the trial of 43 non-governmental organization (NGO) employees, including 16 Americans and 27 other foreigners, until April following the first day of the trial. Employees of the International Republican Institute, the...

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News Former Yugoslavia municipal officer sentenced to 2 months for refusing to testify
Former Yugoslavia municipal officer sentenced to 2 months for refusing to testify
Matthew Pomy
February 26, 2012 11:36:18 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday sentenced former president of the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milan Tupajic , to two months...

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Syria holds constitutional referendum
Matthew Pomy
February 26, 2012 10:07:53 am

Syria held a referendum Sunday to vote on a new constitution . The gesture towards the opposition by President Bashar al-Assad has widely been seen as an empty one, with much of the international...

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US lawmakers to appeal Defense of Marriage Act ruling
Michael Haggerson
February 25, 2012 03:02:35 pm

Lawyers for the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group notified the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday that they plan to appeal the ruling earlier this week in the US District Court for the Northern...

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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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