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News Accused Nazi officer to stand trial for mass killings
Accused Nazi officer to stand trial for mass killings
William Helbling
February 2, 2015 08:58:07 am

A German court said Monday that a 93-year-old man dubbed the "accountant of Auschwitz" will stand trial on charges that he was an accessory to the killing of 300,000 people. Oskar Groening, an SS guard at the Auschwitz concentration...

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News UN: more than 1,375 people killed in Iraq this month
UN: more than 1,375 people killed in Iraq this month
Dominic Yobbi
February 1, 2015 03:40:41 pm

The UN mission in Iraq said Sunday that at least 1,375 people have been killed in January due to violence amid the ongoing conflict . The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq found that out of those...

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News Chile president proposes plan to end complete abortion ban
Chile president proposes plan to end complete abortion ban
Dominic Yobbi
February 1, 2015 02:31:52 pm

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Saturday announced a plan to end the country's complete ban on abortions. Bachelet stated in a televised address that she has sent a bill to Congress that would allow abortion...

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News ICC should drop cases against Bashir, Ruto: African leaders
ICC should drop cases against Bashir, Ruto: African leaders
Emelina Perez
February 1, 2015 11:53:05 am

African leaders urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Saturday to drop cases against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto, or suspend the charges until African concerns are considered by the court. Bashir...

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News Amnesty: Egypt government covering up deaths on anniversary of uprising
Amnesty: Egypt government covering up deaths on anniversary of uprising
Emelina Perez
February 1, 2015 10:23:36 am

Amnesty International (AI) said Sunday it has gathered evidence that the Egyptian government is covering up the deaths of more than two dozen people who died in protests on the anniversary of the 2011 uprisings....

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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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