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News Moscow court orders trial of deceased Russia whistleblower
Moscow court orders trial of deceased Russia whistleblower
Peter Snyder
February 18, 2013 12:04:31 pm

A Moscow court on Monday ordered a trial to begin next month against deceased whistle-blowing lawyer Sergei Magnitsky . Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009, was a lawyer for the Hermitage Capital Fund and...

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EU to take action against Google over privacy laws
Alison Sacriponte
February 18, 2013 11:48:31 am

The French data protection agency Commission nationale de l'nformatique et des libertes (CNIL) said Monday that EU data protection agencies intend to take action against Google and investigate the Internet...

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News UN: both sides to Syria conflict guilty of war crimes
UN: both sides to Syria conflict guilty of war crimes
Benjamin Minegar
February 18, 2013 11:45:30 am

Both Syrian government forces and anti-government rebels have committed war crimes throughout the two-year armed conflict in Syria, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria in Syria reported Monday. According to the Commission,...

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News Maldives court issues second arrest warrant for ex-president
Maldives court issues second arrest warrant for ex-president
Sarah Posner
February 18, 2013 10:49:18 am

A Maldives court issued a second arrest warrant on Monday for former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed on charges of the illegal detention of a judge. The charges against Nasheed stem from his unilateral order to arrest...

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News Egypt high court remands parliamentary election law to legislature for amendment
Egypt high court remands parliamentary election law to legislature for amendment
Dan Taglioli
February 18, 2013 10:09:16 am

The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court announced Monday that it has rejected parts of the draft election law that will govern the country's upcoming parliamentary elections. While the court must ratify the legislation before it can be enacted...

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News White House immigration reform draft would create new path to citizenship: report
White House immigration reform draft would create new path to citizenship: report
Cynthia Miley
February 17, 2013 02:27:57 pm

A White House draft immigration reform proposal would allow immigrants to become legal permanent residents in eight years, USA Today reported on Saturday. The plan reportedly would also increase security funding, require business owners...

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News Argentina retired military officers given life sentences
Argentina retired military officers given life sentences
Jaimie Cremeans
February 17, 2013 11:20:21 am

Seven retired military officers were sentenced on Friday to life in prison for various human rights abuses committed during the "Dirty War" in Argentina from 1976-1983. News of the sentences was released in a...

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News Bangladesh parliament approves amendments to war crimes law
Bangladesh parliament approves amendments to war crimes law
Jaimie Cremeans
February 17, 2013 10:18:38 am

The Bangladesh parliament on Sunday approved amendments to the country's war crimes laws to allow prosecutors to appeal sentences given to defendants convicted of war crimes. These amendments are a response to protests that ensued...

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News Charles Taylor defense investigator sentenced for contempt
Charles Taylor defense investigator sentenced for contempt
Julie Deisher-Edwards
February 16, 2013 12:51:39 pm

Prince Taylor, an investigator for the Charles Taylor defense team in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) was sentenced Thursday to two years on each of...

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Virginia senate approves bills limiting acceptable voter ID
Max Slater
February 16, 2013 10:13:07 am

The Virginia Senate approved two bills on Friday that restrict the acceptable forms of identification that voters can present at the polls. SB 1256 requires that voters present a photo ID that lists...

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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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