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News Majority of Libya parties sign UN peace deal
Majority of Libya parties sign UN peace deal
Dominic Yobbi
July 12, 2015 05:36:04 pm

Warring parties in Libya have signed a preliminary UN-sponsored agreement on Saturday, agreeing to form a unity government and cease fighting. However, one of the main parties, based in Tripoli, refused to sign the deal....

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News China detains 5 human rights lawyers
China detains 5 human rights lawyers
Dominic Yobbi
July 12, 2015 04:59:35 pm

At least five Chinese lawyers from a human rights law firm were detained on Saturday after being accused for running a criminal syndicate and smear campaign against the Communist Party . The arrests come...

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News Tunisia increases security, worries rights groups
Tunisia increases security, worries rights groups
Ashley Hogan
July 11, 2015 05:37:22 pm

A government minister of Tunisia, Kamel Jendoubi, on Saturday announced an increase of 100,000 security personnel to help protect the country from future terrorist attacks. The strengthened security measures include doubling the security personnel at tourist sites,...

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News Vatican postpones diplomat’s child abuse trial
Vatican postpones diplomat’s child abuse trial
Ashley Hogan
July 11, 2015 04:01:40 pm

The Vatican City State Tribunal on Saturday delayed the child abuse trial of former papal diplomat Józef Wesołowski due to an "unexpected illness" that resulted in hospitalization. The accused, formerly stationed in the Dominican Republic,...

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News Pirate Bay founders acquitted in Belgium copyright case
Pirate Bay founders acquitted in Belgium copyright case
Taylor Gillan
July 11, 2015 12:18:48 pm

A Belgian court on Thursday found the co-founders of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) not guilty of copyright infringement and electronic communications abuse. According to the Mechelse court , the prosecution...

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News Greece parliament votes to accept economic reforms
Greece parliament votes to accept economic reforms
Taylor Gillan
July 11, 2015 11:07:37 am

Greece's parliament on Saturday voted to accept the economic reforms rejected by the government last week. According to Greek media reports , the Saturday morning vote was led by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras [official...

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News Haaretz: Israel to open limited dialogue with ICC over Gaza conflict
Haaretz: Israel to open limited dialogue with ICC over Gaza conflict
Colleen Mallick
July 10, 2015 03:07:47 pm

Israel has decided to open a dialogue with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on an investigation into Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip last summer according to a Thursday report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz. An...

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News South Carolina removes Confederate flag from state house
South Carolina removes Confederate flag from state house
Colleen Mallick
July 10, 2015 02:55:41 pm

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed into law a bill on Thursday to remove the Confederate flag from the state's legislature. The South Carolina Senate approved the bill Tuesday...

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News India top court orders investigation of deaths around corruption case
India top court orders investigation of deaths around corruption case
Sarah Boehme
July 10, 2015 01:45:47 pm

India's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the country's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to open an investigation into the deaths of a number of people connected to a college admission and government job recruitment scandal. The...

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News South Korea: North has executed more than 90 officials so far
South Korea: North has executed more than 90 officials so far
Sarah Boehme
July 10, 2015 11:25:16 am

Officials from South Korea's National Intelligence Service said on Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has unleashed a "reign of terror" in North Korea by executing more than 90 officials since taking power in 2011....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Martin Luther King Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize

On October 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Read Dr. King's acceptance speech, delivered in Oslo on December 10 of that year.

Israel and PLO leaders awarded Nobel Peace Prize

On October 14, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and Yassar Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, shared the Nobel Prize for Peace. The three men were awarded this honor for the 1993 Oslo Accords in which Israel and the PLO agreed to peace and mutual recognition. The Accords also granted the Palestinians general self-government in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Learn more about the 1994 Nobel Prize for Peace and the three men who shared it.

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