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News Amnesty: Egypt military strike against Libya may amount to war crime
Amnesty: Egypt military strike against Libya may amount to war crime
Bradley McAllister
February 24, 2015 03:56:08 pm

Amnesty International (AI) claimed Monday that the Egyptian military failed to take adequate precautionary measures to avoid civilian casualties in an attack on the Libyan city of Derna last week. The airstrikes occurred in the...

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News Supreme Court orders Nebraska to compensate Kansas in water dispute
Supreme Court orders Nebraska to compensate Kansas in water dispute
Addison Morris
February 24, 2015 02:40:34 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the state of Nebraska to pay Kansas $5.5 million, settling a long dispute over water use from the Republican River. The river originates in Colorado, runs...

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News Former Panama Supreme Court chief pleads guilty to corruption
Former Panama Supreme Court chief pleads guilty to corruption
Addison Morris
February 24, 2015 02:08:44 pm

Former president of the Supreme Court of Panama , Alejandro Moncada, pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of falsifying documents and illicit enrichment. Panama officials suspended Moncada in October over corruption charges and accusations...

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News Alaska becomes third state to allow recreational marijuana use
Alaska becomes third state to allow recreational marijuana use
Elizabeth LaForgia
February 24, 2015 01:02:47 pm

Alaska's voter initiative legalizing marijuana use takes effect Tuesday, making it the third state, along with Colorado and Washington, to legalize recreational marijuana. The ballot, which was approved by voters in November, allows adults 21 and older to possess...

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News Egypt court clears Mubarak officials of corruption
Egypt court clears Mubarak officials of corruption
Elizabeth LaForgia
February 24, 2015 12:44:27 pm

The Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday acquitted Mubarak-era prime minister Ahmed Nazif and former minister of interior Habib el-Adly of all charges. Both defendants were charged with "squandering public funds and profiteering" after allegedly making an illegal deal with...

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News US court finds Palestine groups liable for Israel attacks
US court finds Palestine groups liable for Israel attacks
Alexandra Farone
February 24, 2015 11:35:19 am

A jury for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York found the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority liable Monday for the terrorist attacks that took place in Israel...

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News Former Bangladesh lawmaker sentenced to life for war crimes
Former Bangladesh lawmaker sentenced to life for war crimes
Laura DeGeer
February 24, 2015 10:21:40 am

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Tuesday convicted and sentenced Abdul Jabbar, militia leader and former lawmaker, to life in prison for genocide and religious persecution committed during the1971 Liberation War. Jabbar was tried...

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News Arkansas bill prohibiting local anti-discrimination ordinances becomes law
Arkansas bill prohibiting local anti-discrimination ordinances becomes law
Laura DeGeer
February 24, 2015 10:13:11 am

An Arkansas enacted a bill that prohibits cities and local governments from establishing ordinances with anti-discrimination codes became law Monday when Asa Hutchinson declined to veto it. Critics had called for a veto, as the legislation...

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News Germany prosecutors charge 94-year-old for Auschwitz involvement
Germany prosecutors charge 94-year-old for Auschwitz involvement
Dominic Yobbi
February 24, 2015 09:25:16 am

A 94-year-old man will stand trial in Germany for 3,681 counts of accessory to murder on allegations of serving in the Auschwitz death camp during World War II. Prosecutors stated that the man was a former SS...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on visa denials, prisoners’ access to courts
Supreme Court hears arguments on visa denials, prisoners’ access to courts
Dominic Yobbi
February 24, 2015 08:56:56 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Monday. In Kerry v. Din the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether US citizens have the right to judicial review if...

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Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, murdered by Henry II's knights

On December 29, 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights acting in the name of Henry II.

Becket and Henry had been entangled in a power struggle over, among other things, criminal jurisdiction over clergy. Read a contemporary account of the murder of Thomas Becket.

Texas attains US statehood

On December 29, 1845, Texas became the twenty-eighth state to join the United States of America when US President James K. Polk signed the Ordinance of Annexation. Texas had a complicated path to statehood because it had formerly been part of Mexico and then an independent republic. The US Congress passed the Annexation of the Republic of Texas Joint Resolution on March 1, 1845. Voters in Texas then approved the Ordinance of Annexation in October, before it was approved by the US Congress and signed into law by President Polk on this day in 1845. The US Supreme Court later ruled in Texas v. White that, despite its unique path to statehood, Texas did not have the right to secede from the union.

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