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News Switzerland voters reject deportation referendum
Switzerland voters reject deportation referendum
Bradley McAllister
February 29, 2016 05:05:21 pm

The citizens of Switzerland on Sunday rejected a proposed referendum that would require immediate, automatic deportation of any foreign national who was convicted of two crimes within a 10-year period. The vote was decided by a margin of 58.9...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on firearm possession, judicial recusal
Supreme Court hears arguments on firearm possession, judicial recusal
Alexandra Farone
February 29, 2016 04:30:44 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on the recklessness standard of domestic violence misdemeanors that can federally ban someone from the ability to possess a firearm and judicial recusal in capital punishment...

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News Civil unrest in Pakistan following execution of bodyguard that killed liberal governor
Civil unrest in Pakistan following execution of bodyguard that killed liberal governor
Bradley McAllister
February 29, 2016 04:20:28 pm

Pakistani authorities on Monday prepared for civil unrest after the execution of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri in a high-security prison in Rawalpindi. Qadri is the killer of a former Pakistani governor of the Punjab province, Salmaan Taseer, who campaigned...

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News Guatemala court hands down harsh sentences for crimes against humanity during civil war
Guatemala court hands down harsh sentences for crimes against humanity during civil war
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
February 29, 2016 01:53:39 pm

A retired lieutenant colonel and a former paramilitary were sentenced to 120 years and 240 years in prison, respectively, for sexual slavery and other crimes against humanity during Guatemala's Civil War and decades of armed conflict. Judge Jazmin Barrios found...

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News Supreme Court declines to rule on New Jersey pension reforms
Supreme Court declines to rule on New Jersey pension reforms
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
February 29, 2016 01:46:50 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to rule on a challenge to New Jersey's pension reforms filed on behalf on public employees of New Jersey, including teachers and state troopers. The suit was originally...

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News Canada rights official urges end to solitary confinement
Canada rights official urges end to solitary confinement
Matthew Santiago
February 29, 2016 11:02:55 am

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) recommended Monday that the Canadian correctional system put an end to solitary confinement in provincial jails. Chief Commissioner Renu Mandhane stressed that such segregation practices...

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News Japan prosecutors charge former utility executives with neglect over Fukushima disaster
Japan prosecutors charge former utility executives with neglect over Fukushima disaster
William Helbling
February 29, 2016 09:27:23 am

Court-appointed prosecutors in Japan on Monday charged three former utility executives with counts of negligence in relation to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) executives Tsunehisa Katsumata, Sakae Muto and Ichiro Takekuro were charged...

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News Germany court rules accused Auschwitz paramedic too sick for trial
Germany court rules accused Auschwitz paramedic too sick for trial
William Helbling
February 29, 2016 08:27:16 am

A German court ruled Monday that 95-year-old former Nazi SS medic was not fit to attend court for criminal charges stemming from his time at Auschwitz. Hubert Z is accused of being an accessory to the murder of 3,681...

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News Louisiana abortion clinics ask Supreme Court to block law
Louisiana abortion clinics ask Supreme Court to block law
Dominic Yobbi
February 28, 2016 09:52:54 pm

Louisiana abortion clinics and doctors on Friday filed a new application with the US Supreme Court attempting to block a 2014 state law that would require three of the four remaining abortion clinics in the...

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News Saudi court sentences man to 10 years for atheist social media posts
Saudi court sentences man to 10 years for atheist social media posts
Dominic Yobbi
February 28, 2016 09:35:16 pm

A Saudi Arabian court on Saturday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing atheist sentiments in recent social media posts. The religious police of Saudi Arabia, who are in charge of monitoring social...

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