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News Former Kosovo PM arrested in France for war crimes
Former Kosovo PM arrested in France for war crimes
Akira Tomlinson
January 5, 2017 03:01:45 pm

Former prime minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj was arrested in France on Wednesday on charges of war crimes filed by Serbia. Serbia claims that Haradinaj's unit, the Black Eagles, tortured and killed Serbian civilians. Kosovo's current president, Hashim Thaci [official...

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News Egypt activist released from prison
Egypt activist released from prison
Matthew Santiago
January 5, 2017 02:59:54 pm

Egyptian activist and youth leader Ahmed Maher, known for his role in the 2011 revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak , was released from prison on Wednesday following his arrest in 2013. Maher, as well as...

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News Labor Department sues Google over fair compensation audit
Labor Department sues Google over fair compensation audit
Erik Slobe
January 5, 2017 01:21:10 pm

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) , which is under the US Department of Labor, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Google over the company's refusal to provide requested items related to their compensation...

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News Amnesty: Iraq militias committing war crimes
Amnesty: Iraq militias committing war crimes
Erik Slobe
January 5, 2017 11:52:42 am

Several militias operating in Iraq have been committing war crimes using weapons manufactured in 16 different countries, including the US, Russia, China and Iran, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report Thursday. The report discusses [press...

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News Germany Volkswagen owners file suit for compensation
Germany Volkswagen owners file suit for compensation
Lawrenz Fares
January 4, 2017 04:30:00 pm

Lawyers representing a German owner of a diesel-powered Volkswagen (VW) vehicle equipped with a software that could cheat emissions tests filed the first lawsuit seeking compensation for damages on Tuesday. According to the Braunschweig district court [official website,...

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News Florida Supreme Court issues order declaring death penalty procedure unconstitutional
Florida Supreme Court issues order declaring death penalty procedure unconstitutional
Lawrenz Fares
January 4, 2017 03:43:08 pm

The Florida Supreme Court issued a one-paragraph order Wednesday informing judges and prosecutors that the state's death penalty procedure is unconstitutional, marking the second such order in three months. Attorney General Pam Bondi argued that, although...

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News Israel soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing wounded Palestinian
Israel soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing wounded Palestinian
Rachel Gerber
January 4, 2017 12:04:43 pm

An Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian in the West Bank city of Hebron in March was been found guilty of manslaughter Wednesday. The three-judge military panel in Tel Aviv ruled against Sgt Elor Azaria. Chief judge Col...

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News Texas sues FDA over execution drug shipment seizure
Texas sues FDA over execution drug shipment seizure
Rachel Gerber
January 4, 2017 11:39:25 am

Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Food and Drug Administration to force it to decide whether an impounded shipment of a drug used for executions should be delivered to the Texas prison...

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News UN: more than 6,800 Iraq civilians killed in 2016
UN: more than 6,800 Iraq civilians killed in 2016
Aaron Christenson
January 4, 2017 08:10:30 am

The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) reported Monday that 19,266 civilian casualties occurred in 2016 , with 6,878 killed and 12,388 wounded. The UN has repeatedly condemned terrorist bombings and said that terrorist attacks in the...

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News Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination expires
Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination expires
Matthew Santiago
January 3, 2017 06:02:14 pm

President Barrack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court expired on Tuesday following the formal adjournment of the 114th Congress . The refusal to grant Garland a proper hearing has been...

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President Carter signed bill restoring US citizenship of Jefferson Davis

On October 17, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill retroactively restoring the US citizenship of Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, US Senator from Mississippi and US Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.

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