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News Pakistan court sentences man to death for blasphemy
Pakistan court sentences man to death for blasphemy
Addison Morris
July 16, 2014 11:20:57 am

A Pakistan court on Tuesday sentenced to death a man convicted of insulting the Prophet Mohammed in violation of the nation's blasphemy laws. Zulfiqar Ali was arrested in 2008 for writing blasphemous statements against Islam on walls....

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News Federal appeals court rules Indiana must allow humanists to officiate at weddings
Federal appeals court rules Indiana must allow humanists to officiate at weddings
Addison Morris
July 16, 2014 10:43:16 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday that Indiana must allow secular humanists to officiate at weddings, despite a state law that bars their participation. The court...

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News Federal appeals court allows Confederate flag license plates
Federal appeals court allows Confederate flag license plates
Ann Schober
July 16, 2014 09:56:51 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday reversed a lower court ruling prohibiting the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles from issuing specialty license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag....

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News US lawmakers introduce bill on migrant children
US lawmakers introduce bill on migrant children
Peter Snyder
July 16, 2014 08:49:19 am

Texas lawmakers Senator John Cornyn (R) and Representative Henry Cuellar (D) introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would change a current border protection law to allow the US government to more easily deport Central American minors that have...

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News Federal appeals court dismisses five-state Asian carp lawsuit
Federal appeals court dismisses five-state Asian carp lawsuit
Peter Snyder
July 16, 2014 07:29:35 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday against a coalition of five Great Lakes States seeking to compel the Army Corps of Engineers and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District...

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News Advocacy groups challenge UK electronic surveillance legislation
Advocacy groups challenge UK electronic surveillance legislation
Kimberly Bennett
July 15, 2014 10:43:17 am

Civil liberties groups on Monday sued the UK's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) known as MI6, alleging that the agency accesses data from undersea cables in violation of the rights to private life and freedom of expression. The...

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News Citibank reaches $7 billion mortgage probe settlement
Citibank reaches $7 billion mortgage probe settlement
Taylor Gillan
July 15, 2014 09:51:00 am

Citigroup, Inc. on Monday agreed to pay $7 billion to settle a federal inquiry into mortgage-backed securities sold by the bank prior to the country's financial crisis. The deal, which involves one of the largest cash penalties ...

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News Egypt court overturns political participation ban on Mubarak party members
Egypt court overturns political participation ban on Mubarak party members
Taylor Gillan
July 15, 2014 08:45:49 am

The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters on Monday overturned a May decision that banned former leaders of the National Democratic Party (NDP) from running in the country's parliamentary elections. An Urgent Matters Court in May accused the...

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News Iran court sentences Facebook page administrators
Iran court sentences Facebook page administrators
Kimberly Bennett
July 14, 2014 06:26:49 pm

An Iranian court has sentenced eight Facebook page administrators to jail for terms between eight and 21 years, Iran's official news agency, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) , reported on Sunday. The defendants were convicted...

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News Federal appeals court overturns two convictions of former al Qaeda media director
Federal appeals court overturns two convictions of former al Qaeda media director
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 14, 2014 04:17:53 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday overturned two out of three convictions of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul , the media secretary of Osama Bin...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Slave revolt leader Nat Turner arrested

US slave revolt leader Nat Turner was arrested in Virginia on October 30, 1831. Turner, inspired by a religious vision, led a rebellion in August of that year which resulted in the deaths of 55 white people, including the family who enslaved Turner. White mobs later killed between 36 and 102 Black people in retaliation for the attacks. After his October capture, Turner became one of 55 people to be executed by Virginia in connection with the rebellion. Learn more about Nat Turner and Turner's Rebellion.

Russians granted basic civil liberties

On October 30, 1905 [October 17 in the Julian Calendar], Tsar Nicholas II granted Russians basic civil liberties in the October Manifesto.

Roosevelt approves $1 billion in aid to WWII Allies under Lend-Lease Act

On October 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in wartime aid to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Act. America did not formally enter World War II until December of 1941, but the US Government nonetheless provided crucial aid to the Allied Powers from the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March of 1941 through the end of the war. The Lend-Lease Agreement between the US and the UK was formalized the following year.

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