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News UN rights office urges Thailand to end civilian detentions in military centers
UN rights office urges Thailand to end civilian detentions in military centers
Taylor Gillan
November 24, 2015 11:57:35 am

The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia on Tuesday urged Thailand to immediately close a military detention center in Bangkok where two high-profile inmates have died in the last month. The office also called for...

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News Thailand military court indicts Erawan Shrine bombing suspects
Thailand military court indicts Erawan Shrine bombing suspects
William Helbling
November 24, 2015 09:38:50 am

A Thailand military court on Tuesday indicted two foreigners who authorities believe were involved in the Erawan Shrine bombing last August. The two men from the western China's Xinjiang region have been charged with 10 counts, including...

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News UAE court sentences Kuwait lawmaker after televised comments
UAE court sentences Kuwait lawmaker after televised comments
William Helbling
November 24, 2015 09:38:44 am

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal Supreme Court on Monday sentenced a Kuwait lawmaker for his comments and criticism directed to the UAE and state officials. Last year Kuwaiti lawmaker Mubarak al-Duwailah criticized Abu Dhabi's...

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News Russia court bans Church of Scientology
Russia court bans Church of Scientology
Jacqueline Jones
November 24, 2015 08:58:37 am

A Russian Court on Monday banned the Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology. The court banned the church stating that it does not comply with federal laws on freedom of religion because 'Scientology' is a US...

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News Kenya president: corruption threatens national security
Kenya president: corruption threatens national security
Brittany Felder
November 24, 2015 08:17:08 am

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday declared that corruption is a "standing threat to our national security" . Kenyatta's comments come amid criticism that he has lost the fight against corruption. Noting that "the bribe...

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News Belgium prosecutors charge fourth individual in Paris attacks
Belgium prosecutors charge fourth individual in Paris attacks
Brittany Felder
November 24, 2015 07:25:42 am

Belgian prosecutors said Monday that they have charged a fourth suspect in connection with the Paris attacks. Mohammed Amri and Hamza Attou have been charged , along with two unnamed individuals, for aiding Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam,...

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News UN rights expert warns Cambodia’s political polarization reaching breaking point
UN rights expert warns Cambodia’s political polarization reaching breaking point
Jacqueline Jones
November 24, 2015 07:09:25 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith, warned Monday that the increasing polarization of the political parties in Cambodia is reaching a breaking point. Smith is concerned about the possible...

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News UN rights expert urges Nigeria to end unlawful evictions
UN rights expert urges Nigeria to end unlawful evictions
Alexis Wheeler
November 23, 2015 02:35:53 pm

A UN human rights expert on Monday advised Nigerian officials to halt mass, unlawful evictions and demolitions in the region of Badia, Lagos, exoressing concern over the homelessness resulting from a lack of adequate housing and compensation to...

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News Colombia president pardons 30 FARC soldiers
Colombia president pardons 30 FARC soldiers
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 23, 2015 01:22:22 pm

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday pardoned 30 former guerrilla soldiers in jail for non-violent crimes. Yesid Alvarado Reyes , Colombian Minister of Justice and Law, explained that...

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News HRW: Bahrain tortured protest detainees
HRW: Bahrain tortured protest detainees
Justin Cosgrove
November 23, 2015 12:30:42 pm

Bahrain has tortured detainees in the years following the country's 2011 protests , despite a government promise to stop such abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday. The report is based on testimony offered by...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

British Mandate for Palestine goes into effect

The League of Nations Mandate for Palestine went into effect on September 29, 1923, granting the United Kingdom administrative control of Palestine. It also directed the UK to facilitate the creation of a Jewish state in the region pursuant to the 1917 Balfour Declaration. Learn more about the British Mandate for Palestine.

First Congressional invocation of War Powers Act

On September 29, 1983, Congress invoked the War Powers Act for the first time, authorizing President Ronald Reagan to keep US Marines in Lebanon for another 18 months.

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On September 29, 1954, twelve European nations signed a convention, creating the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The laboratory was later constructed in Geneva, Switzerland. Learn more about the history of CERN.

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