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News UN rights chief urges Egypt to protect civil society groups in new law
UN rights chief urges Egypt to protect civil society groups in new law
Daniel Mullen
May 8, 2013 02:38:02 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged the Egyptian government on Wednesday to ensure that a draft law on civil society organizations does not give authorities the ability to crack down on such...

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News Louisiana Supreme Court strikes down school voucher law
Louisiana Supreme Court strikes down school voucher law
Daniel Mullen
May 8, 2013 02:19:10 pm

The Louisiana Supreme Court decided 6-1 on Tuesday to strike down a law which funds school tuition vouchers for private schools. The court held that the law's diversion of funds from the Minimum Foundation Program...

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News Former Bosnian Serb PM cleared of war crimes charges
Former Bosnian Serb PM cleared of war crimes charges
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 8, 2013 01:31:13 pm

The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court on Tuesday acquitted former Bosnian Serb prime minister Gojko Klickovic of war crimes charges. Klickovic and another Bosnian Serb official, Mladen Drljaca, were on trial...

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News Federal appeals court blocks Florida law barring contracts with Cuba, Syria businesses
Federal appeals court blocks Florida law barring contracts with Cuba, Syria businesses
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 7, 2013 02:49:38 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court ruling blocking enforcement of a Florida law that denies government contracts to companies that do business in Cuba or...

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News New UN rights mechanism takes effect
New UN rights mechanism takes effect
Lauren Laing
May 7, 2013 02:32:56 pm

A human rights mechanism took effect Sunday that will allow a UN committee to review complaints from people or groups who have exhausted every option for justice in their own country regarding economic, social and cultural rights violations. The...

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News Germany authorities arrest alleged Nazi guard
Germany authorities arrest alleged Nazi guard
Elizabeth LaForgia
May 7, 2013 01:32:59 pm

German authorities on Monday arrested a 93-year-old man for allegedly serving as a guard at Auschwitz and assisting in the mass murder carried out at the death camp. Hans Lipschis, who was deported from the US in 1983 for...

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News US Senate approves bill allowing states to tax Internet purchases
US Senate approves bill allowing states to tax Internet purchases
Alison Sacriponte
May 7, 2013 01:05:07 pm

The US Senate approved a bill on Monday that would subject online shopping, a traditionally tax-free frontier, to state sales taxes. The law currently maintains that retailers must have a physical presence in the state...

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News Federal appeals court strikes down NLRB mandate to post union rights
Federal appeals court strikes down NLRB mandate to post union rights
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 7, 2013 12:01:56 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) cannot require businesses to post a notice in the workplace about employees' rights...

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News California Supreme Court upholds local ban on medical marijuana shops
California Supreme Court upholds local ban on medical marijuana shops
Alison Sacriponte
May 7, 2013 11:53:17 am

The Supreme Court of California ruled unanimously Monday that local governments may outlaw medical marijuana dispensaries, upholding a ban enacted by the city of Riverside in 2010. The court concluded that California's medical marijuana statutes,...

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News ICC postpones trial of Kenya vice president
ICC postpones trial of Kenya vice president
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 7, 2013 10:23:38 am

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday postponed the trial of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang. The trial was previously postponed and was...

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Uruguay ends military rule

On August 9, 1977, the military government of Uruguay announced that it would hold free elections in 1981 to return the country to civilian rule.

US and Britain signed Webster-Ashburton Treaty

On August 9, 1842, the United States and Great Britain signed the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, settling their dispute over the northern boundaries of Maine and Minnesota. Read the full text of the treaty, online from the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

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