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News Philippines chief justice found guilty in impeachment trial
Philippines chief justice found guilty in impeachment trial
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 29, 2012 11:37:49 am

The Senate of the Philippines on Tuesday voted to remove Chief Justice Renato Corona on charges of violating the constitution through failure to declare his assets in a sworn statement. Renato was impeached on eight...

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News Israel military court sentences Palestine protest leader to 13-months
Israel military court sentences Palestine protest leader to 13-months
Sung Un Kim
May 29, 2012 11:28:39 am

An Israeli military court on Sunday sentenced Palestinian protest leader Bassem al-Tamimi to 13 months imprisonment for encouraging youth to throw rocks at Israeli soldiers. He was charged with urging the youth to throw the rocks during...

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News UN SG disappointed with Nepal’s failure to meet deadline for new constitution
UN SG disappointed with Nepal’s failure to meet deadline for new constitution
Sung Un Kim
May 29, 2012 10:32:39 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed disappointment Monday with Nepal for its failure to meet the Sunday deadline to write a new constitution. With the country's failure to draft a new constitution, Ban...

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News Bahrain rights activist released on bail
Bahrain rights activist released on bail
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 29, 2012 09:59:02 am

Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab was released on bail on Monday, according to his lawyer. Rajab was arrested for insulting a statutory body through messages he posted on Twitter criticizing the Interior Ministry. Rajab is the...

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News Syria women, children executed: UN rights office
Syria women, children executed: UN rights office
Sung Un Kim
May 29, 2012 09:45:53 am

Most of the victims of a recent massacre in Houla, Syria , were shot at close range, including women and children, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) revealed...

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News Bahrain rights activist ends hunger strike
Bahrain rights activist ends hunger strike
Rebecca DiLeonardo
May 29, 2012 09:41:37 am

Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja has ended his hunger strike because he believes he has adequately raised awareness of his cause , Al-Khawaja's wife told Reuters on Monday. Al-Khawaja has been on...

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News Egypt to host run-off election between top 2 presidential candidates
Egypt to host run-off election between top 2 presidential candidates
Julia Zebley
May 28, 2012 01:53:27 pm

The Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC) of Egypt announced presidential election results on Monday and declared that there will be a run-off election between the top two candidates later in June. The run-off will be between Muslim...

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Obama nominates new head of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Julia Zebley
May 28, 2012 01:25:01 pm

US President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he will nominate Dr. Allison Macfarlane as the new head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) . Macfarlane is known as an advocate for safe...

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Bangladesh war crimes tribunal indicts Islamic party leaders
Jamie Davis
May 28, 2012 10:07:25 am

Special war crimes tribunals of the government of Bangladesh on Monday indicted the chief of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party, along with his deputy, for alleged human rights atrocities committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War against Pakistan....

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US appeals court allows suit opposing Ten Commandments monument to proceed
Jamie Davis
May 28, 2012 09:56:06 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on Friday that a lawsuit opposing a Ten Commandments monument displayed on property owned by the City of Fargo, North Dakota, may move forward. The...

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Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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