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News Syria must release detained human rights lawyer: AI
Syria must release detained human rights lawyer: AI
Sarah Posner
October 5, 2012 08:31:38 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday urged Syria to release a prominent human rights lawyer and his friend believed to be detained by security forces. AI contends that both men should be released immediately unless they...

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News Google, publishers settle dispute over book scanning initiative
Google, publishers settle dispute over book scanning initiative
Sarah Posner
October 5, 2012 07:04:15 am

Google and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) on Thursday announced a settlement over Google's book-scanning initiative . Authors and publishers have alleged that Google was illegally profiting off of their works by...

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News Eighth Circuit affirms dismissal of health care law challenge
Eighth Circuit affirms dismissal of health care law challenge
Brandon Gatto
October 4, 2012 03:41:23 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) due to the plaintiffs' lack of...

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News UN rights chief urges Serbia to allow gay pride parade
UN rights chief urges Serbia to allow gay pride parade
Brandon Gatto
October 4, 2012 02:56:15 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Serbia to protect universal freedoms and allow a banned pride parade for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The pride parade, which was...

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News Bosnia court acquits two former policemen in Srebrenica massacre case
Bosnia court acquits two former policemen in Srebrenica massacre case
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 4, 2012 12:55:17 pm

The war crimes court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Wednesday acquitted two Serbian defendants of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . Dragan Neskovic and Zoran Ilic were charged with...

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Philippines court orders arrest of former president
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 4, 2012 12:25:02 pm

An anti-graft court in the Philippines on Thursday ordered the arrest of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a corruption case alleging the misuse of state lottery funds. This is the third corruption case pending...

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News Iraq court sentences US citizen to life in prison for aiding al Qaeda
Iraq court sentences US citizen to life in prison for aiding al Qaeda
Max Slater
October 4, 2012 10:44:13 am

An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced an American citizen to life in prison for funding terrorist activities in Iraq and aiding al Qaeda. Iraq's central criminal court convicted Omar Rashad Khalil following a confession he made in...

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News Federal judge strikes down Montana campaign finance law
Federal judge strikes down Montana campaign finance law
Max Slater
October 4, 2012 09:45:43 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Montana on Wednesday ruled that a state law that limits campaign contributions violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on habeas corpus, takings clause
Supreme Court hears arguments on habeas corpus, takings clause
Jaimie Cremeans
October 4, 2012 07:39:42 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in two cases. In Johnson v. Williams the court heard arguments on whether a state court can "adjudicate on the merits"...

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Sixth Circuit upholds Ohio law limiting ‘abortion pill’
Jerry Votava
October 3, 2012 03:45:03 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that permitted an Ohio law limiting the use of the "abortion pill." The law requires that the...

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Marie Antoinette convicted of treason and guillotened

French Queen consort Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a Revolutionary court and then guillotined on October 16, 1793. The queen consort was convicted of conspiring with foreign powers, depleting the treasury, and high treason only four days after her initial arrest on October 12. Her husband Louis XVI was executed nine months prior. Learn more about the trial and execution of Marie Antoinette.

Nazi war criminals hanged

On October 16, 1946, 10 Nazi war criminals, including former German Foreign Minister von Rippentrop, were hanged following the verdicts of the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal.

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