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News Thailand lawmakers vote to impeach former PM
Thailand lawmakers vote to impeach former PM
Laura DeGeer
January 23, 2015 12:49:04 pm

Thailand's military-appointed legislature on Friday voted to impeach former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra , banning her from office for five years for corruption in a scheme to subsidize rice farmers within the country. In addition to the...

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News Rights group criticizes Mexico for failed investigation into the disappearance of 43 students
Rights group criticizes Mexico for failed investigation into the disappearance of 43 students
Laura DeGeer
January 23, 2015 12:24:24 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Friday criticized the government of Mexico for their "failed" investigation of the army in the "enforced disappearance" of 43 students on September 26, claiming that it was incomplete and...

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News France top court approves stripping nationality of convicted Franco-Moroccan terrorist
France top court approves stripping nationality of convicted Franco-Moroccan terrorist
Steven Wildberger
January 23, 2015 12:22:05 pm

France's top court, the Conseil Constitutionnel on Friday upheld a decision from 2013 to strip Franco-Moroccan terrorist Ahmed Sahnouni el-Yaacoubi of his French nationality following a conviction for conspiracy to commit terrorist...

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News US House approves bill restricting abortion funding
US House approves bill restricting abortion funding
Valerie Howell
January 23, 2015 12:19:24 pm

The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would ban abortions supported by federal funding. The bill explicitly denies any health plans or facilities that are federally funded from expending tax-payer funds from...

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News ICC lawyer, activist accuse Nigeria presidential candidate of inciting violence
ICC lawyer, activist accuse Nigeria presidential candidate of inciting violence
Colleen Mallick
January 23, 2015 12:13:00 pm

At a news conference before the Associated Press on Thursday, activist Yunana Shibkau and Goran Sluiter, an attorney for the International Criminal Court (ICC) , announced they have video evidence of 2015 Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari [BBC...

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News UN: Death toll in Ukraine exceeds 5,000
UN: Death toll in Ukraine exceeds 5,000
Colleen Mallick
January 23, 2015 10:59:20 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday released a statement saying that at least 5,086 people have been killed since the conflict in Ukraine began in April 2014, but...

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News Argentina president: prosecutor’s death not a suicide
Argentina president: prosecutor’s death not a suicide
Brittany Felder
January 22, 2015 12:32:08 pm

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Thursday said that she is "sure" that the death of prosecutor Albert Nisman was not a suicide as initially indicated . Nisman had been appointed to lead the investigation...

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News Egypt court orders release of Mubarak’s sons pending retrial
Egypt court orders release of Mubarak’s sons pending retrial
Alison Sacriponte
January 22, 2015 12:30:50 pm

An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered the release on bail of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's two sons, pending a retrial in a corruption case. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak were charged for using state funds to renovate family residences and...

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News HRW: Ethiopia restricting media ahead of upcoming elections
HRW: Ethiopia restricting media ahead of upcoming elections
Taylor Brailey
January 22, 2015 12:24:12 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday criticized the Ethiopian government, accusing it of systematically restricting media in anticipation of the country's May 2015 elections. The 76-page report, entitled "Journalism Is Not a Crime: Violations of...

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UN holds first-ever meeting in response to anti-Semitism
Alison Sacriponte
January 22, 2015 11:37:36 am

The UN General Assembly is holding a daylong informal meeting Thursday devoted to anti-Semitism in response to a global increase in violence against Jews. The meeting was requested by 37 countries in a letter to the General...

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Guyana gains independence

On May 26, 1966, Guyana gained independence from the United Kingdom.

Read the Constitutions of Guyana.

President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial ended

On May 26, 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended, with the Senate falling one vote short of reaching the two-thirds majority required for impeachment.

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