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News African leaders to request Kenyan leaders be tried domestically
African leaders to request Kenyan leaders be tried domestically
G. Redd
May 24, 2013 03:03:40 pm

African foreign ministers agreed Friday to request that Kenyan leaders accused of inciting violence following the 2007 elections stand trial in their home country rather than before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. This follows...

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News Nokia files patent infringement suit against HTC
Nokia files patent infringement suit against HTC
G. Redd
May 24, 2013 12:38:35 pm

Finnish telecommunications company Nokia filed suit against Taiwanese company HTC Thursday for selling products in the US that infringe Nokia's patents on mobile technology. Three patents in question involve program products typically used in hand sets for...

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News Tenth Circuit hears Hobby Lobby appeal of health care ruling
Tenth Circuit hears Hobby Lobby appeal of health care ruling
Julie Deisher-Edwards
May 24, 2013 11:51:00 am

Hobby Lobby, Inc. requested an exemption from the mandate to provide employees with coverage for contraceptives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in an en banc hearing before the US Court...

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News Allies of Kosovo PM probed over war crime allegations
Allies of Kosovo PM probed over war crime allegations
G. Redd
May 24, 2013 11:42:52 am

The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) and the Kosovo Police Special Operations Unit ROSU arrested five people Thursday on suspicion of war crimes in the 1998-1999 conflict ....

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News Federal judge gives preliminary view that DOJ will prevail in Apple antitrust case
Federal judge gives preliminary view that DOJ will prevail in Apple antitrust case
Julie Deisher-Edwards
May 24, 2013 10:23:25 am

US District Judge Denise Cote expressed a tentative view on Thursday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would be able to show at trial that Apple knowingly participated in and facilitated a conspiracy to raise...

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News Afghanistan lawmakers approve new electoral law
Afghanistan lawmakers approve new electoral law
G. Redd
May 24, 2013 10:19:36 am

The Afghan Parliament approved two new electoral laws Wednesday that will take effect in the elections next spring. According to Tolo News of Afghanistan , the statutes in question will provide a legal framework for the quarantine of...

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News Obama addresses US drone strikes, steps to close Guantanamo
Obama addresses US drone strikes, steps to close Guantanamo
Alison Sacriponte
May 24, 2013 09:38:24 am

US President Barack Obama delivered a speech Thursday on US counterterrorism policy and efforts, outlining plans to restrict the use of unmanned drone strikes and to renew efforts to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay...

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News Guantanamo lawyers seek end to allegedly abusive search policy
Guantanamo lawyers seek end to allegedly abusive search policy
Matthew Pomy
May 24, 2013 08:43:13 am

Lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay prisoners filed a complaint Thursday alleging search policies restrict the detainees' access to counsel. According to a new policy , detainees are subject to a genital pat-down whenever...

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News Amnesty International publishes annual human rights report
Amnesty International publishes annual human rights report
Matthew Pomy
May 24, 2013 07:08:43 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday published its annual report entitled State of the World's Human Rights , which details the human rights landscape across the world in 2012. The report focuses on the increasing danger faced by...

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News Malaysia authorities seize newspapers, detain opposition activists
Malaysia authorities seize newspapers, detain opposition activists
Julie Deisher-Edwards
May 23, 2013 12:34:44 pm

The Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday seized more than 2,500 copies of newspapers published by opposition parties. The Ministry states that the seized newspapers were sold in violation of...

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Sweden becomes first nation to ban aerosols

On January 29, 1978, Sweden became the first country to outlaw aerosol sprays. The ban was enacted to address the harmful effects of aerosols on the Earth's ozone layer. Read about aerosol sprays and the ozone layer of Earth's atmosphere from NASA.

Patty Hearst's prison sentence commuted by President Carter

On January 29, 1979, kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst's seven-year prison sentence for bank robbery as a member of the Symbianese Liberation Army was commuted by President Jimmy Carter. Hearst was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton.

US Army kills 250 Native Americans in Bear River Massacre

250 Northern Shoshone men, women, and children were killed on January 29, 1863 by the US Army in what is now the state of Idaho. The army attacked a Shoshone camp after meeting resistance to westward expansion, and the army fired indiscriminately during the attack. Learn more about the Bear River Massacre.

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