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News Zimbabwe rights defenders facing harassment: report
Zimbabwe rights defenders facing harassment: report
Addison Morris
November 26, 2012 01:25:32 pm

Human rights defenders in Zimbabwe continue to be harassed, victimized and threatened, according to a report released Monday by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS) . The OBS, a joint program of...

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News Serbia asks UN tribunal to hand over evidence against freed Croatian generals
Serbia asks UN tribunal to hand over evidence against freed Croatian generals
Daniel Mullen
November 26, 2012 12:16:15 pm

The Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor sent a letter to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday requesting materials and evidence from the case files of...

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News Germany prosecutors charge former Nazi for 1944 killing
Germany prosecutors charge former Nazi for 1944 killing
Alison Sacriponte
November 26, 2012 10:37:46 am

German prosecutors on Monday charged 91-year-old former member of the Nazi Waffen SS Siert Bruins with the murder of a Dutch resistance fighter in 1944. The Dortmund prosecutor accused Bruins of executing [AP...

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News Apple adds products to Samsung patent infringement suit
Apple adds products to Samsung patent infringement suit
Benjamin Minegar
November 26, 2012 10:16:12 am

Apple filed a motion on Friday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California requesting permission to add six additional products to its patent infringement claim against Samsung Electronics . According...

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News Egypt president to meet with judges after vast power expansion
Egypt president to meet with judges after vast power expansion
Jerry Votava
November 25, 2012 07:05:05 pm

Egypt President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday agreed to meet with judges after issuing a decree that removed judicial review of his actions and vastly expanded his power. Morsi has indicated that the...

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News EU Kosovo authorities arrest former commander for war crimes
EU Kosovo authorities arrest former commander for war crimes
Jerry Votava
November 25, 2012 04:29:14 pm

The European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Saturday arrested Fatmir Limaj, a prominent political figure in the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army...

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News UN criticizes Russia for failing to investigate human rights abuses
UN criticizes Russia for failing to investigate human rights abuses
Max Slater
November 25, 2012 11:32:13 am

The UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) chastised Russia on Friday for intimidating journalists and human rights activists and ignoring allegations of torture. The CAT, a panel composed of 10 human rights experts, presented a report ...

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News New Zealand joins Australia in dispute over Japanese whaling
New Zealand joins Australia in dispute over Japanese whaling
Max Slater
November 25, 2012 10:44:42 am

New Zealand announced Friday that it will support Australia in an ongoing legal dispute before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) between Australia and Japan over Japanese whaling near Antarctica. Australia filed...

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News Arizona judge allows state to transfer funds for injured workers to balance budget
Arizona judge allows state to transfer funds for injured workers to balance budget
Daniel Mullen
November 24, 2012 02:10:24 pm

Judge Portley of the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the state legislature can transfer funds from the Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) to the state's general fund. The ICA was...

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News Former Russia Defense Ministry official charged with fraud
Former Russia Defense Ministry official charged with fraud
Cynthia Miley
November 24, 2012 12:07:50 pm

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on Friday charged Yevgeniya Vasilyeva, former head of the Russia Defense Ministry's property department, with fraud, claiming that she stole over 360 million rubles ($11 million) in a...

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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.

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