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News Austria court convicts man for violating anti-nazi laws with Facebook post
Austria court convicts man for violating anti-nazi laws with Facebook post
Autumn Callan
July 31, 2017 11:25:32 am

An Austrian court in the District of Feldkirch found a man guilty of violating the country's anti-Nazi laws on Monday for his claims that the mass killing of Jews in gas chambers is a fictitious story. Austria's Prohibition...

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Venezuela’s controversial election results in deadly protests
Matthew Santiago
July 30, 2017 08:49:03 pm

Violent protests in Venezuela broke out on Sunday as the nation held a controversial election for a new assembly that would have the power to rewrite the nation's constitution. Activists clashed with security forces in retaliation against...

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News Arab nations express willingness to begin talks with Qatar regarding demands
Arab nations express willingness to begin talks with Qatar regarding demands
Matthew Santiago
July 30, 2017 08:06:02 pm

Foreign ministers from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates stated on Sunday that the four nations are open to dialogue with Qatar regarding the 13 demands imposed against the Gulf state early last month....

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News Russia foreign ministry orders diplomat reduction ahead of US sanctions
Russia foreign ministry orders diplomat reduction ahead of US sanctions
Devin Montgomery
July 30, 2017 11:01:07 am

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday ordered the US to reduce its number of diplomats in the country to 455 and evacuate two buildings used by the embassy. The Ministry said the change is in response to pending...

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News Senate passes legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea
Senate passes legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea
Lars Peterson
July 29, 2017 07:30:08 pm

In a 98-2 vote , the US Senate on Thursday passed H.R. 3364 , a bill that imposes new sanctions on Russia. This development comes two days after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly...

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News Pakistan Prime Minister resigns after Supreme Court disqualification
Pakistan Prime Minister resigns after Supreme Court disqualification
Lars Peterson
July 29, 2017 05:25:06 pm

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned from office on Friday after the Supreme Court of Pakistan issued a unanimous ruling , earlier the same day, disqualifying him from office. Sharif was before...

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Argentina sentences former judges for crimes against humanity
Elizabeth Lowman
July 28, 2017 11:33:23 am

A Mendoza court sentenced four former federal judges to life in prison for crimes against humanity carried out during Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship. The judges were originally tried as accomplices for failure to investigate [Mendoza Post report, in...

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News Report: same-sex relationships still illegal in 72 countries
Report: same-sex relationships still illegal in 72 countries
Lawrenz Fares
July 28, 2017 10:07:49 am

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) released a report stating that same-sex relationships are still illegal in 72 countries around the world. The report identifies these 72 nations as "criminalising States"...

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DRC militia leader turns himself in to UN authorities
Elizabeth Lowman
July 28, 2017 09:52:42 am

Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, the leader of a militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), turned himself in to UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) on Wednesday. The DRC took out a warrant [Reuters...

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UN asks North and South Korea to open human rights discussions
Lawrenz Fares
July 28, 2017 09:21:52 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Demoractic People's Republic of Korea , Tomas Ojea Quintana , is asking North and South Korea to open discussions concerning human rights following his second visit...

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FDR proposed 'court-packing' plan

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire. Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing." Review the text of Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.

Panamanian dictator Noriega indicted

On February 5, 1988, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. The following year, he was extradited to the United States and later sentenced to 30 years in US federal prison. In 1999, the French government requested that Noriega be extradited to France, where he had been convicted of money laundering. In that same year, the government of Panama also requested the extradition of Noriega, as a result of his 1995 conviction in absentia on murder charges.

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