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News Libya denies ICC request to hand over Gaddafi son
Libya denies ICC request to hand over Gaddafi son
Katherine Getty
April 5, 2012 11:41:17 am

Libya's National Transitional Council on Thursday refused a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hand over Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi. Libyan officials have stated...

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News Connecticut Senate passes death penalty repeal
Connecticut Senate passes death penalty repeal
Keith Herting
April 5, 2012 11:29:12 am

The Connecticut State Senate on Thursday passed SB 280 , a bill which would end the sentencing of future Connecticut criminals to the death penalty. The bill was passed by a vote of 20-16 and...

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News DOJ to respond to judge’s order to explain Obama statements on health care rulings
DOJ to respond to judge’s order to explain Obama statements on health care rulings
Jennie Ryan
April 5, 2012 10:42:41 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will respond to a federal appellate judge in Texas who demanded a letter recognizing the federal courts' authority to strike down...

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News Chile Congress passes anti-discrimination law
Chile Congress passes anti-discrimination law
Saheli Chakrabarty
April 5, 2012 09:16:11 am

The Chilean House of Deputies passed an anti-discrimination law on Wednesday in response to the killing of a 24-year-old gay man, Daniel Zamudio, by a group of alleged neo-Nazis in Santiago,...

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News First Circuit hears arguments on Defense of Marriage Act
First Circuit hears arguments on Defense of Marriage Act
Julia Zebley
April 5, 2012 07:02:28 am

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard arguments on the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Wednesday, in the first appellate hearing on...

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News Mladic pleads not guilty to all charges of war crimes
Mladic pleads not guilty to all charges of war crimes
Julia Zebley
April 5, 2012 06:01:50 am

Former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladic pleaded not guilty to all charges in a pre-trial brief released Wednesday by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...

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DOD refers charges against 9/11 suspects to military commission
Maureen Cosgrove
April 4, 2012 02:43:28 pm

The US Department of Defense (DOD) referred charges to a military commission on Wednesday against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 conspirators being held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...

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News HRW urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to end discrimination against Roma
HRW urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to end discrimination against Roma
Saheli Chakrabarty
April 4, 2012 12:44:07 pm

Roma , Jews and Ukrainians in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) face exclusion from politics and public institutions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. The report identified the 1995 Bosnian Constitution as...

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ASEAN agrees to extend human rights protections
Max Slater
April 4, 2012 12:33:59 pm

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Wednesday agreed to strengthen human rights protections during its annual summit. ASEAN Chairman Hun Sen , who is also Prime Minister of Cambodia,...

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Brazil prosecutor files second lawsuit against Chevron for oil spills
Rebecca DiLeonardo
April 4, 2012 12:25:19 pm

A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Tuesday filed a second $11 billion lawsuit against Chevron after the company reported a new leak in its Frade oil field in the Campos Basin. Eduardo Santos de Oliviera filed the first...

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Cedar Revolution begins in Lebanon

On March 14, 2005, the Cedar Revolution began in Lebanon after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Led by the March Fourteenth Movement, street protests in the Cedar Revolution led to the resignation of the generally pro-Syrian government of Lebanon and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the country.

Jack Ruby convicted for murder of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald

On March 14, 1964, nightclub owner Jack Ruby was convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, who had presumably assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Ruby was sentenced to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Ruby's conviction in October 1966 and ordered a new trial citing improperly admitted testimony and an improper venue in the original proceeding, but Ruby died before the second trial could be convened. Review a transcript of Jack Ruby's July 1964 testimony before the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President Kennedy. The Assistant Counsel for the Commission doing some of the questioning reported on the transcript is Arlen Specter, who would become a US Senator for Pennsylvania.

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