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News UN Security Council calls for constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau
UN Security Council calls for constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau
Andrea Bottorff
April 23, 2012 12:05:57 pm

The UN Security Council on Saturday urged immediate restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau . The presidential statement condemned the April 12 coup, during which the military took over the government, detained officials, including...

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News UN Security Council approves mission to supervise Syria peace plan
UN Security Council approves mission to supervise Syria peace plan
Andrea Bottorff
April 23, 2012 09:45:44 am

The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Saturday to send 300 unarmed soldiers and other civilian aid to Syria for 90 days to supervise the implementation of a peace plan. The UN Supervision Mission...

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News Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to consider voter ID lawsuits
Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to consider voter ID lawsuits
Andrea Bottorff
April 17, 2012 09:39:33 am

The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an order Monday dismissing its review of two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's controversial voter ID law , leaving state appellate courts to decide whether to lift an injunction...

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News Denmark failed to investigate racist attack against Iraqi family: UN
Denmark failed to investigate racist attack against Iraqi family: UN
Andrea Bottorff
April 17, 2012 08:39:41 am

Danish authorities failed to examine possible racist motivations behind an attack on an Iraqi refugee family in Denmark in 2004, according to an opinion published by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) ....

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News Supreme Court to rule on copyright protection for imported goods
Supreme Court to rule on copyright protection for imported goods
Andrea Bottorff
April 16, 2012 12:11:34 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. to determine whether, under the Copyright Act , a copyrighted work obtained legally outside the...

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Vietnam bloggers charged with spreading pro-democracy propaganda
Andrea Bottorff
April 16, 2012 10:28:50 am

Vietnamese prosecutors on Monday charged three bloggers with spreading pro-democracy propaganda in violation of the country's criminal law. Bloggers Nguyen Van Hai, alias Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai, alias Anhbasg, and Ta Phong Tan are scheduled...

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News China activist sentenced to prison for inciting disturbance, fraud
China activist sentenced to prison for inciting disturbance, fraud
Andrea Bottorff
April 10, 2012 11:49:48 am

A Beijing court on Tuesday sentenced Chinese housing activist and lawyer, Ni Yulan, to two years and eight months in prison on charges of fraud and "inciting a disturbance" in Beijing. Ni's husband, Dong Jiqin, was also sentenced to...

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Europe rights court rules terror suspects will not face torture if extradited to US
Andrea Bottorff
April 10, 2012 10:18:02 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that five terrorism suspects facing extradition from the UK to the US will not face inhumane prison conditions in the US. The court held that British...

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News Israel bill would allow Parliament to overturn Supreme Court decisions
Israel bill would allow Parliament to overturn Supreme Court decisions
Andrea Bottorff
April 9, 2012 11:07:35 am

The Israeli justice minister has proposed a bill that would allow the Israeli Knesset to reinstate laws that have been struck down by the Israeli Supreme Court . Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman last week proposed the...

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Russia dismisses charges against doctor accused in lawyer prison death
Andrea Bottorff
April 9, 2012 10:09:07 am

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federal on Monday dismissed all charges against a Russian doctor accused of negligence in the death of former Russian lawyer and purported whistle-blower Sergei Magnitsky...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First American anti-slavery society organized

On April 14, 1775, Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia helped organize the first American society for the abolition of slavery.

Learn more about the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.

USSR agrees to leave Afghanistan

On April 14, 1988, the USSR signed the Geneva Accords, pledging to withdraw its military forces from Afghanistan. Soviet troops had been in the country since the USSR invaded in 1979 in order to support the communist government there. In addition to setting a timetable for Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Geneva Accords further defined the terms of relations between the government of Pakistan and the communist government of Afghanistan, providing for the return of prisoners and non-interference in the affairs of the other nation.

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