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News Croatia to block Serbia from joining EU over war crimes law
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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News Mississippi House approves bill banning use of foreign law
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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News West Virginia legislature advances bill to make judicial elections nonpartisan
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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News Spain court sentences Somali pirates to 16 years
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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News UN: Islamic State committing rights abuses against children in Iraq
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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News Michigan will not appeal same-sex marriage recognition ruling
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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News Amnesty: Malaysia must drop sedition charges against lawyer for tweet
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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THIS DAY @ LAW

First former Warsaw Pact countries join NATO

On March 12, 1999, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Read the NATO accession treaties for the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, and the Republic of Poland.

Janet Reno sworn in as first female US Attorney General

On March 12, 1993, Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female US Attorney General. Learn more about Janet Reno from the US Department of Justice Attorney General's website as it stood on November 9, 2000.

Mahatma Gandhi begins Salt March

Indian independence advocate Mahatma Gandhi and 78 others began a 3.5-week-long march to the Arabian Sea on March 12, 1930 to defy monopolistic colonial laws prohibiting the collection of salt by Indians. The demonstration exemplified Gandhi's strategy of Satyagraha. The march ended with thousands joining in in other cities, Gandhi being briefly jailed and then granted a seat at the 1930-1932 India Round Table Conference in London. Learn more about the Salt March.

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