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News Bahrain tear gas use resulting in civilian deaths: report
Bahrain tear gas use resulting in civilian deaths: report
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 1, 2012 11:36:38 am

The Bahrain government's indiscriminate use of tear gas against protesters is resulting in severe injuries and civilian deaths, according to a report released Wednesday by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) . According to PHR...

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News Somalia special assembly approves new national constitution
Somalia special assembly approves new national constitution
Dan Taglioli
August 1, 2012 10:23:25 am

The Somalia constituent assembly on Wednesday approved a new constitution for the country, which has been without a stable central government since former president Siad Barre was ousted in 1991. The draft constitution passed...

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News Proposition 8 supporters appeal to US Supreme Court
Proposition 8 supporters appeal to US Supreme Court
Brandon Gatto
August 1, 2012 09:46:23 am

Supporters of Proposition 8 , California's same-sex marriage ban, asked the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold the law after two federal courts found it unconstitutional. In their nearly 500-page petition...

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News Fiji ex-PM convicted of corruption
Fiji ex-PM convicted of corruption
Brandon Gatto
August 1, 2012 08:58:52 am

The High Court of Fiji on Tuesday found Laisenia Qarase , the country's last democratically-elected prime minister, guilty of nine counts of corruption under the Fiji Penal Code . Suva Court Justice Priyantha...

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News Kenya court affirms March 2013 election date
Kenya court affirms March 2013 election date
Sung Un Kim
August 1, 2012 07:53:39 am

The Court of Appeals in Kenya on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision to set the date of the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections for March 4, 2013. Four of the five judges sitting for the Court of Appeals,...

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On January 28, 1573, the Warsaw Confederation was signed, opening religious freedom in Lithuania and Poland. The Confederation document statutized the Polish practice of tolerating different religions. Read the Articles of the Warsaw Confederation in the original Polish.

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