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News Federal judge dismisses challenge to Google privacy changes
Federal judge dismisses challenge to Google privacy changes
Michael Haggerson
February 25, 2012 02:12:18 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit on Friday from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) , a consumer privacy group, asking the Federal Trade Commission...

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News Italy court dismisses Berlusconi corruption case
Italy court dismisses Berlusconi corruption case
Jamie Davis
February 25, 2012 10:44:49 am

A Milan court on Saturday dismissed corruption charges against former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi , finding that the statute of limitations had expired. Berlusconi was on trial for allegedly bribing his British tax lawyer,...

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News Maine to put same-sex marriage referendum on November ballot
Maine to put same-sex marriage referendum on November ballot
Jamie Davis
February 25, 2012 09:57:32 am

A pro-same-sex marriage group in Maine, EqualityMaine , has gathered enough signatures to place a same-sex marriage referendum on the November ballot. The question reads: "Do you favor a law allowing marriage licenses for same-sex...

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News US immigration judge rules former El Salvador general may be deported
US immigration judge rules former El Salvador general may be deported
Jaimie Cremeans
February 24, 2012 03:14:19 pm

A federal immigration judge in Florida decided Thursday that former El Salvador General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova can be deported for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed while in El Salvador. Judge James Grim found that...

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News Accused war criminal calls Yugoslavia tribunal ‘biased’
Accused war criminal calls Yugoslavia tribunal ‘biased’
Matthew Pomy
February 24, 2012 02:14:15 pm

Former Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, Ratko Mladic , accused the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of being "biased" against Serbs and a "puppet" of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)...

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News Somalia ex-PM will not contest war crimes claims in US court
Somalia ex-PM will not contest war crimes claims in US court
Jaimie Cremeans
February 24, 2012 02:14:11 pm

Former Somali prime minister Mohamed Ali Samantar on Thursday accepted legal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity before the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia . The civil suit was brought...

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News Ivory Coast post-election violence investigation flawed: HRW
Ivory Coast post-election violence investigation flawed: HRW
Jerry Votava
February 24, 2012 02:05:24 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern Thursday over the investigation into post-election violence in the Ivory Coast in 2010 and 2011 and advocated six-month extension of the probe. HRW's primary concern rests...

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News Rights groups bring new challenge against Wisconsin voter ID law
Rights groups bring new challenge against Wisconsin voter ID law
Matthew Pomy
February 24, 2012 01:16:24 pm

The Advancement Project filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of four other rights groups alleging that the new Wisconsin voter ID law, Wisconsin Act 23 , is unconstitutional because it is racially discriminatory. The...

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News State AGs file suit to block new contraception mandates
State AGs file suit to block new contraception mandates
Jerry Votava
February 24, 2012 01:11:09 pm

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning , joined by attorneys general from six other states, filed a lawsuit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Nebraska challenging new health care mandates that...

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News UN report: conflict-related sexual violence is global risk
UN report: conflict-related sexual violence is global risk
Sung Un Kim
February 24, 2012 11:28:34 am

UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallstrom on Thursday presented the Secretary-General's annual report on conflict-related sexual violence to the UN Security Council . The report documents numerous conflict-related sexual...

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Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).

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