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News Amnesty calls for UN sanctions, ICC prosecutions in Libya
Amnesty calls for UN sanctions, ICC prosecutions in Libya
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 28, 2015 01:48:57 pm

An Amnesty International (AI) report released Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to impose sanctions and encourage accountability through International Criminal Court (ICC) indictments and prosecutions to end the cycle of human...

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News France top court rules same-sex French-Moroccan couple may marry
France top court rules same-sex French-Moroccan couple may marry
Taylor Gillan
January 28, 2015 01:44:46 pm

France's highest court ruled Wednesday that a same-sex French-Moroccan couple may legally marry . Although Morocco refuses to recognize marriage between two men, France legalized same-sex marriage in 2013. The case was...

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News Australia High Court rules high seas detention of asylum seekers lawful
Australia High Court rules high seas detention of asylum seekers lawful
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 28, 2015 12:51:06 pm

The High Court of Australia on Wednesday ruled that the off-shore detention of more than 150 ethnic Tamil refugees aboard an Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) vessel was lawful under the Maritime...

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News Impeached Sri Lanka chief justice reinstated
Impeached Sri Lanka chief justice reinstated
Taylor Gillan
January 28, 2015 11:31:27 am

The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said that its new president has reinstated former chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake , calling the impeachment a procedural error. Both her removal and the installation of her successor, according to the...

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News Senate confirmation hearings begin for US Attorney General nominee
Senate confirmation hearings begin for US Attorney General nominee
Peter Snyder
January 28, 2015 11:27:40 am

Nominee for the position of US Attorney General , Loretta Lynch, stood before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday. Lynch, a US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, will face two days of hearings...

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News Prominent Bahrain opposition leader goes on trial
Prominent Bahrain opposition leader goes on trial
William Helbling
January 28, 2015 10:52:19 am

The Bahrain Ministry of Justice on Wednesday commenced the trial of prominent Shiite leader Sheikh Ali Salman for his role in promoting an overthrow of the current Bahrain political system. The current Al-Wefaq Islamic Society...

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News Georgia executes inmate despite claims of intellectual disability
Georgia executes inmate despite claims of intellectual disability
Peter Snyder
January 28, 2015 10:51:00 am

The state of Georgia executed inmate Warren Lee Hill Tuesday despite arguments made by his attorneys that he was intellectually disabled. The US Supreme Court denied Hill's application for stay of execution, rejecting both his petition for...

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News Thailand protester sentenced on defamation charges
Thailand protester sentenced on defamation charges
William Helbling
January 28, 2015 09:52:17 am

A Bangkok Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced "Red Shirt" supporter Jatuporn Prompan to two years in prison for defaming former prime minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva . Prompan was charged with defamation [AP...

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News Two states join Texas immigration lawsuit
Two states join Texas immigration lawsuit
Addison Morris
January 27, 2015 02:36:33 pm

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday that both Nevada and Tennessee have joined the state-led coalition in its suit against the Obama administration over November's executive action on immigration. This...

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News Ohio files suit over Affordable Care Act taxes
Ohio files suit over Affordable Care Act taxes
Laura DeGeer
January 27, 2015 01:07:17 pm

The state of Ohio , along with several universities, filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Monday challenging taxes imposed on the state through the...

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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

Douglas Wilder takes office as first elected black governor

On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.

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