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Croatia to block Serbia from joining EU over war crimes law
Brittany Felder
February 6, 2015 08:22:58 am

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said Thursday that Croatia will block Serbia from joining the EU unless it changes a 2003 law allowing Belgrade to prosecute Croatians for war crimes committed against Serbs in Croatia. The law...

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FCC chairman proposes regulating Internet like a public utility
Alison Sacriponte
February 5, 2015 12:45:46 pm

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler on Wednesday proposed new federal rules to regulate the Internet like a public utility to "preserve and protect the open Internet as a place for innovation and...

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News Egypt top court confirms death sentence for Islamist
Egypt top court confirms death sentence for Islamist
Brittany Felder
February 5, 2015 12:29:13 pm

Egypt's top appeals court on Thursday upheld a death sentence against an Islamist charged with murder as well as sentences for 57 other supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood . Video footage of...

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News UN rights expert calls on European leaders to bank on mobility of migrants
UN rights expert calls on European leaders to bank on mobility of migrants
Colleen Mallick
February 5, 2015 11:55:36 am

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants François Crépeau said Thursday that the EU must bank on the mobility of migrants in order to secure its borders. The EU, he said, must accept that...

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Mississippi House approves bill banning use of foreign law
Alison Sacriponte
February 5, 2015 11:51:44 am

The Mississippi Legislature voted 116-1 to pass House Bill 177 on Monday, which would ban use of foreign law. It also voted 78-37 for House Bill 490 , which would ban Mississippi governments from adopting sustainable...

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West Virginia legislature advances bill to make judicial elections nonpartisan
Alexandra Farone
February 5, 2015 11:37:05 am

The West Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday approved legislation to make the state's judicial elections nonpartisan. The bill is sponsored by Republican delegate Kayla Kessinger , and it would apply to magistrates, family courts,...

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Spain court sentences Somali pirates to 16 years
Steven Wildberger
February 5, 2015 11:20:25 am

The Spanish National Court on Wednesday sentenced six Somali pirates to 16 years in prison for an October 2012 attack on the Spanish boat Izurdia. While attempting to attack the tuna...

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UN: Islamic State committing rights abuses against children in Iraq
Alexandra Farone
February 5, 2015 10:56:30 am

Members of the Islamic State (IS) are abducting Iraqi children and engaging in serious human rights abuses, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child reported Wednesday. Abuses reportedly entail the "systematic killing...

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Michigan will not appeal same-sex marriage recognition ruling
Steven Wildberger
February 5, 2015 10:49:09 am

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said Wednesday that his state will not challenge a decision by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ordering the state to recognize more...

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Amnesty: Malaysia must drop sedition charges against lawyer for tweet
Colleen Mallick
February 5, 2015 10:07:54 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday demanded that the Malaysian government drop sedition charges against Eric Paulsen. The human rights lawyer and co-founder of NGO Lawyers for Liberty was arrested for a tweet criticizing an Islamic...

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.

Lockerbie bombers turned over for trial

On April 5, 1999, the government of Libya turned over to British authorities two of its citizens who were accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The subsequent trial of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah began on May 3, 2000. When the court reached its verdict, Fhimah was found not guilty and returned to Libya, while Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Learn more about the Lockerbie Air Disaster and the trial of Megrahi and Fhimah from the Syracuse University Law School. Also, learn more about the investigation into the disaster from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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