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News Senegal, Chad sign agreement allowing probe of former Chad dictator
Senegal, Chad sign agreement allowing probe of former Chad dictator
Julie Deisher-Edwards
May 6, 2013 02:49:32 pm

Senegal Justice Minister Aminate Toure and Chadian Justice Minister Jean-Bernard Badare signed an agreement Friday allowing Senegalese judges to carry out investigations in Chad in preparation for the prosecution of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...

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News European Commission investigating Motorola for abuse of injunctions against Apple
European Commission investigating Motorola for abuse of injunctions against Apple
Julie Deisher-Edwards
May 6, 2013 02:14:19 pm

The European Commission on Monday sent a Statement of Objections informing Motorola Mobility, a telecommunications equipment corporation owned by Google , of its preliminary view that the company's seeking and enforcing of an injunction...

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News Germany court opens neo-Nazi terrorism trial
Germany court opens neo-Nazi terrorism trial
Cynthia Miley
May 6, 2013 10:55:45 am

Trial began in Germany Monday for Beate Zschaepe, a neo-Nazi member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), for alleged complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek and a German policewoman in Germany between 2000 and 2007, as...

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News Libya Congress bans Gaddafi senior officials from new administration
Libya Congress bans Gaddafi senior officials from new administration
Cynthia Miley
May 6, 2013 10:39:58 am

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) on Sunday approved the political isolation law, which would ban anyone who worked as a senior official under Muammar Gaddafi from...

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News Bahrain court sentences protesters to 15 years
Bahrain court sentences protesters to 15 years
Keith Herting
May 5, 2013 01:17:24 pm

A Bahrain court on Sunday issued 15 year prison sentences to 31 protesters for their role in firebomb attacks as part of anti-government protests, according to a defense lawyer. The sentence came after the protesters were arrested...

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News Group of MPs pushing for EU referendum before 2015
Group of MPs pushing for EU referendum before 2015
Keith Herting
May 5, 2013 12:21:08 pm

A group of 20 Tory MPs on Saturday have urged UK Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a nationwide referendum on remaining within the European Union (EU) prior to the next general election in 2015....

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News Phoenix police holds gun buyback before gun resale law takes effect
Phoenix police holds gun buyback before gun resale law takes effect
Cynthia Miley
May 5, 2013 11:15:34 am

The Phoenix, Arizona police department on Saturday held the first of three gun buyback programs in an attempt to complete the buyback before a law signed by Governor Jan Brewer ...

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News Libya Congress to vote on ban of Gaddafi regime officials from new administration
Libya Congress to vote on ban of Gaddafi regime officials from new administration
Cynthia Miley
May 5, 2013 10:27:35 am

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) met Sunday to vote on a draft law that could ban anyone who worked for Muammar Gaddafi , including Libya's Prime Minister, Ali...

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News Iowa high court rules both same-sex parents must be listed on birth certificates
Iowa high court rules both same-sex parents must be listed on birth certificates
Addison Morris
May 4, 2013 02:46:56 pm

The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Friday that the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) must list both spouses of a same-sex couple on their children's birth certificates. Melissa and Heather Gartner...

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News China sentences former government official to life in prison for accepting bribes
China sentences former government official to life in prison for accepting bribes
Addison Morris
May 4, 2013 02:05:40 pm

China's Nanjing Intermediate People's Court issued a life sentence on Saturday to Huang Sheng, the former provincial deputy governor of Shandong Province, for accepting almost $2 million in bribes from 21 organizations and numerous individuals between 1998 and 2011....

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US Supreme Court ruled flag-burning protected by First Amendment

On June 21, 1989, the US Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag in public to protest government policies is a right protected by the First Amendment. Read Texas v. Johnson. Learn more about the legal aspects of flag desecration from the Free Speech Center.

Founding of Halifax, Nova Scotia sparks Indigenous resistance

On June 21, 1749, British colonists founded the town of Halifax in the province of Nova Scotia. General Edward Cornwallis's founding of the city sparked resistance from the local Indigenous Mi'kmaq and some French-speaking Acadians in the area. French Catholic Priest Jean-Louis Le Loutre organized Mi'kmaq attacks on the British, which would continue through the French and Indian War. The Mi'kmaq would later sign a series of peace treaties with the British known as the Peace and Friendship Treaties, and the Acadians would be deported from Nova Scotia in 1755. Learn more about Fr. Le Loutre and the history of Halifax.

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