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News Guatemala court orders Rios Montt competency evaluation
Guatemala court orders Rios Montt competency evaluation
Taylor Brailey
August 5, 2015 12:21:30 pm

A Guatemalan court on Tuesday ordered former dictator Efrain Rios Montt to undergo competency tests to determine whether he is fit to stand trial for his alleged role in the torture, rape and murder of 1,771...

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News Kosovo approves new war crimes court
Kosovo approves new war crimes court
Emelina Perez
August 5, 2015 10:01:46 am

Kosovo's Parliament approved the creation of a war crimes court on Monday which will investigate alleged war crimes committed by ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 guerrilla war. Members of parliament also passed laws to create the office...

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News Russia files revised bid for arctic territory
Russia files revised bid for arctic territory
Emelina Perez
August 5, 2015 09:52:47 am

Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday announced they have submitted a revised bid claiming over 350 nautical miles of Arctic sea shelf to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)...

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News Baltimore, federal police agencies announce program to reduce violent crime
Baltimore, federal police agencies announce program to reduce violent crime
Alexandra Farone
August 4, 2015 03:12:29 pm

Interim Baltimore City Police Commissioner Kevin Davis on Monday met with officials from five federal law enforcement agencies to begin a program to address the recent increase of homicides in the city. The so-called B-FED partnership [Baltimore...

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News Pakistan man hanged despite international criticism
Pakistan man hanged despite international criticism
Alexandra Farone
August 4, 2015 12:06:53 pm

Shafqat Hussain, a man convicted of kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old child in 2004, was hanged on Tuesday in Karachi, Pakistan. This case has attracted ongoing international attention, as his execution was postponed four times for...

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News Burundi human rights activist latest injured in attacks
Burundi human rights activist latest injured in attacks
Brittany Felder
August 4, 2015 12:03:18 pm

A Burundi human rights activist, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, was shot and severely wounded by motorcyclists while in his vehicle on Monday. Pierre Claver Mbonimpa is the head of the Association for the Protection of Human Rights and Detained Persons...

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News Indian government finalizes peace deal with rebels
Indian government finalizes peace deal with rebels
Steven Wildberger
August 4, 2015 11:37:59 am

The government of India and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) on Monday signed a peace agreement ending over 60 years of fighting. The feud between the NSCM and the Indian government for the independence of...

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News Mexico City launches investigation into journalist’s murder
Mexico City launches investigation into journalist’s murder
Valerie Howell
August 4, 2015 11:03:15 am

Mexico City Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera said Monday he plans an exhaustive investigation into the murders of a photojournalist and four women last week. The photojournalist, Rueben Espinosa, and four women were found murdered [Proceso report, in...

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News Former military contractor sentenced for stealing classified files
Former military contractor sentenced for stealing classified files
Brittany Felder
August 4, 2015 10:29:14 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Monday sentenced Christopher R. Glenn 120 months in jail and three years of supervised release for willful retention of classified national defense information...

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News UK trader sentenced to 14 years for interest rate manipulation
UK trader sentenced to 14 years for interest rate manipulation
Steven Wildberger
August 4, 2015 09:22:17 am

Former UK bank trader Tom Hayes was convicted Monday of eight counts of conspiracy to defraud. Following a unanimous jury verdict, Judge Jeremy Cooke sentenced Hayes to 14 years in prison for attempting to rig...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity

Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

Che Guevara executed

On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.

Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

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