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News Bangladesh war crimes tribunal issues arrest warrant for Islamist leader
Bangladesh war crimes tribunal issues arrest warrant for Islamist leader
Andrea Bottorff
April 3, 2012 01:29:22 pm

The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) on Tuesday granted prosecutors' warrant petition for the arrest of a former leader of the Islamist group Jamaat e Islami (JI) for crimes committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War...

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News Arizona prison conditions violate international human rights law: AI
Arizona prison conditions violate international human rights law: AI
Andrea Bottorff
April 3, 2012 10:06:39 am

Solitary confinement conditions in Arizona's maximum security prisons violate international human rights law, according to a report published Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report describes isolation conditions in maximum security prisons run by the Arizona...

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News Mali coup leader to reinstate constitution and hold elections
Mali coup leader to reinstate constitution and hold elections
Andrea Bottorff
April 2, 2012 11:38:14 am

A Mali leader announced on Sunday that he would reinstate the country's 1992 Constitution and create a transitional government to hold elections. Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo, who led Malian soldiers in a military coup [JURIST...

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News Israel Supreme Court rejects appeal over historic Jerusalem property
Israel Supreme Court rejects appeal over historic Jerusalem property
Andrea Bottorff
April 2, 2012 09:50:10 am

The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Palestinian family's appeal claiming ownership of a historic property in Jerusalem. The Husseini family claimed that they are the rightful heirs and owners of land that was once the...

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News Worldwide executions increased in 2011: AI
Worldwide executions increased in 2011: AI
Andrea Bottorff
March 27, 2012 11:23:40 am

The number of worldwide executions increased from 2010 to 2011 , while the number of recorded death sentences decreased, according to an annual death penalty report published Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI) ....

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News Japan court orders Google to remove search terms in privacy case
Japan court orders Google to remove search terms in privacy case
Andrea Bottorff
March 27, 2012 10:03:42 am

The Tokyo District Court has ordered Google Inc. to remove certain search terms that a Japanese man has claimed violate his privacy. The plaintiff, whose name has not been released, petitioned the Tokyo...

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News Slovenia referendum rejects law granting same-sex rights
Slovenia referendum rejects law granting same-sex rights
Andrea Bottorff
March 26, 2012 10:55:35 am

Slovenians voted in a national referendum on Sunday against amendments to the country's family law that would have increased the rights granted to same-sex couples. The proposed Family Code passed the Slovenian Parliament [official website,...

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News Turkish retired general on trial for terrorism
Turkish retired general on trial for terrorism
Andrea Bottorff
March 26, 2012 09:46:44 am

Retired Turkish General Ilker Basbug appeared in an Istanbul court on Monday for the beginning of his trial on terrorism charges. The hearing before the Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court occurred in a courtroom at...

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News Congo military guilty of human rights abuses during elections: UN
Congo military guilty of human rights abuses during elections: UN
Andrea Bottorff
March 20, 2012 11:30:35 am

Military forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) committed human rights violations during last year's presidential elections, according to a report published Tuesday by the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), consisting of the UN...

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News Former ICJ judge on trial for Madagascar coup plot
Former ICJ judge on trial for Madagascar coup plot
Andrea Bottorff
March 20, 2012 09:59:32 am

A Madagascar court on Monday began the trial of a former International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge accused of planning an attempted coup in the country. Raymond Ranjeva, who served as an ICJ judge from 1991 to...

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St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

On May 19, 1948, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War, and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States.

Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the U.S. Library of Congress.

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