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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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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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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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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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Arkansas governor Faubus attempted to stop integration of Little Rock high school

On September 4, 1957, Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus called out state National Guard troops to prevent federal court-ordered integration of black students into Central High School in Little Rock. President Eisenhower subsequently sent the US 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to enforce the ruling.

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On September 4, 1884, the United Kingdom ended its policy of shipping convicted prisoners to the colony of New South Wales. Learn more about the lives of convicts in New South Wales from the State Library.

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