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News Brazil top court reduces sentences of former Workers Party leaders
Brazil top court reduces sentences of former Workers Party leaders
Amy Mathieu
February 28, 2014 01:53:34 pm

The Brazil Supreme Court overturned racketeering convictions of several former leaders of the Workers Party on Thursday by a 6-5 vote, which will result in lessened prison sentences. The convictions of corruption and...

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News Ninth Circuit upholds school’s ban on US flag t-shirts
Ninth Circuit upholds school’s ban on US flag t-shirts
William Helbling
February 28, 2014 01:48:57 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a California public school's request for students to remove their American flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo was not a violation of their...

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News UN human rights chief calls for end to violence in Venezuela
UN human rights chief calls for end to violence in Venezuela
Dominic Yobbi
February 28, 2014 01:37:12 pm

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday condemned the recent political violence in Venezuela, and urged all parties involved to move towards meaningful dialogue in hopes of resolving the situation. In an official...

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News California AG asks federal court to reverse decision striking down gun control laws
California AG asks federal court to reverse decision striking down gun control laws
Amy Mathieu
February 28, 2014 01:17:04 pm

California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a petition on Thursday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit urging the court to reverse its decision that struck down a...

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News Germany court dismisses patent claim against Apple
Germany court dismisses patent claim against Apple
Julie Deisher-Edwards
February 28, 2014 12:58:55 pm

The Mannheim Regional Court on Friday dismissed a complaint by patent assertion entity IPCom against Apple . The suit alleged USD $2.1 billion in damages against Apple for infringement of European patent...

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News Germany court rules former Auschwitz guard unfit for trial
Germany court rules former Auschwitz guard unfit for trial
Matthew Pomy
February 28, 2014 10:20:01 am

A German district court in Ellwangen ruled Friday that accused former Auschwitz guard, Hans Lipschis, is unfit to stand trial. The ruling was based on Lipschis' early stages of incipient dementia, making him unable to comprehend the criminal trial....

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News Russia court places Putin opponent under house arrest
Russia court places Putin opponent under house arrest
Matthew Pomy
February 28, 2014 09:31:02 am

Moscow's Basmanny District Court on Friday sentenced Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to two months of house arrest. Navalny is also banned from using communication devices or the Internet. Navalny has been...

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News US State Department releases 2013 annual rights reports
US State Department releases 2013 annual rights reports
Kimberly Bennett
February 28, 2014 09:29:18 am

The US Department of State (DOS) on Thursday released its annual country reports on human rights. In the preface to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry [official...

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News Federal judge orders Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages
Federal judge orders Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages
Kimberly Bennett
February 28, 2014 08:34:34 am

A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday issued a final order requiring state officials to recognize same-sex marriages. Following his February 12 ruling , US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Judge John Heyburn also...

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News Federal appeals court orders Google to remove controversial anti-Islamic video
Federal appeals court orders Google to remove controversial anti-Islamic video
Ann Schober
February 27, 2014 03:22:06 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ordered Google to remove from its YouTube video-sharing website an anti-Islamic film that incited massive anti-American protest in the Muslim world in...

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Czar Alexander II assassinated

On March 13, 1881, revolutionaries assassinated Russian Tsar Alexander II. The terrorist organization Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) hoped to spark a revolution by assassinating the monarch. Instead, Alexander II's assassination led to a repressive backlash from his successor, Alexander III. Read an account of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II by anarchist revolutionary Peter Kropotkin.

Tennessee banned the teaching of evolution

On March 13, 1925, Tennessee passed a law banning the teaching of evolution in schools. The violation of this law by a local schoolteacher resulted in the famous "Scopes Monkey Trial." Learn more about The State v. John Scopes.

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