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News President of India approves new judicial appointment measure
President of India approves new judicial appointment measure
Bradley McAllister
December 31, 2014 02:20:07 pm

India's President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee approved the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill on Wednesday to modify the judicial selection process in the nation's supreme courts and 24 high courts. The bill replaces [Times of...

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News Illinois Governor signs new eavesdropping law
Illinois Governor signs new eavesdropping law
Bradley McAllister
December 31, 2014 02:04:11 pm

Illinois Governor Patt Quinn on Tuesday signed into law a bill that establishes new rules over how private conversations may be recorded. The new law requires that all parties involved in a private conversation...

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News US to release five Guantanamo Bay prisoners to Kazakhstan
US to release five Guantanamo Bay prisoners to Kazakhstan
Alison Sacriponte
December 31, 2014 11:57:49 am

On Wednesday the US Department of Defense said five prisoners at Guantanamo Bay will be released to the Kazakhstan government as part of an effort by the Obama Administration to expedite the closing of the...

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News Palestinians aim for ICC after failed UN vote
Palestinians aim for ICC after failed UN vote
Alison Sacriponte
December 31, 2014 11:36:25 am

Palestinian leaders will meet on Wednesday to plan actions after the UN Security Council rejected a resolution on Tuesday to end Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories within three years. Palestinian officials said they could set...

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News World powers set to resume talks on nuclear program with Iran
World powers set to resume talks on nuclear program with Iran
Laura DeGeer
December 30, 2014 02:40:24 pm

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Tuesday that Iran and the six world powers of P5+1 are set to resume low-level talks on Iran's nuclear program in Geneva on Jan 15, though wide...

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News Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death
Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death
Alexandra Farone
December 30, 2014 02:34:08 pm

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) sentenced Islamist leader ATM Azharul Islam to death on Tuesday for war crimes committed during the 1971 War of Liberation against Pakistan. Azharul...

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News Pakistani police detain mastermind of Mumbai attacks on abduction charges
Pakistani police detain mastermind of Mumbai attacks on abduction charges
Laura DeGeer
December 30, 2014 02:12:29 pm

Pakistani police have detained the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on abduction charges a day after a court ordered his release. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was detained in Pakistani custody since 2008 for heading...

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News Russia sentences opposition leader for embezzlement
Russia sentences opposition leader for embezzlement
Alexandra Farone
December 30, 2014 01:21:17 pm

Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court announced an early verdict on Tuesday, giving opposition activist Alexei Navalny a suspended sentence of 3.5 years for embezzlement, and ordering him to stay under house arrest until...

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News Palestine to submit bid for UN statehood
Palestine to submit bid for UN statehood
Taylor Brailey
December 29, 2014 03:09:33 pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday told US Secretary of State John Kerry that Palestine plans to submit a resolution for a UN Security Council statehood bid. The Palestine Liberation Organizaton ...

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South Korea offers to resume talks with North Korea
Taylor Brailey
December 29, 2014 02:21:59 pm

South Korea on Monday offered to resume high-level talks with North Korea, after stalled communication between the two countries resulted from the United States' placement of blame on North Korea for a recent cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment [official...

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