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South Korea indicts former culture minister, top aide
Alexandra Farone
February 7, 2017 11:41:51 am

South Korea's special prosecutor indicted former culture minister Cho Yoon-sun and former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon Tuesday for their roles in creating a blacklist of opposition artists. They are charged with coercion, abuse...

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France ex-president Sarkozy to stand trial for campaign financing violations
Alexandra Farone
February 7, 2017 11:21:52 am

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was ordered Tuesday to face trial over alleged illegal campaign financing during his 2012 run for re-election. France places a limit of €22.5 million for campaign spending. Investigators suspect [L'Express report, in...

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Federal appeals court declines requests to intervene on behalf of consumer protection agency
Alexandra Farone
February 3, 2017 08:07:31 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected on Thursday requests to intervene and defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau . Sixteen states, two lawmakers and several nonprofit consumer groups...

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Federal judge orders US to permit entry for immigrant visa holders
Alexandra Farone
February 3, 2017 07:28:42 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump's immigration executive order , which dictates that officials cannot bar valid immigrant...

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Deutsche Bank fined for money laundering claims
Alexandra Farone
January 31, 2017 01:03:28 pm

US and UK regulators fined Deutsche Bank a combined $630 million in connection with a Russian money laundering scheme. Clients illegally moved over $10 billion from Russia via shares that were bought and...

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Austria proposes ban on full-face coverings in public places
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January 31, 2017 12:45:10 pm

Austria's ruling coalition announced Monday a plan to ban full-face coverings in public places, with a focus on Islamic veils. The proposal is part of a set of reforms created [BBC...

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Egypt bans human rights lawyer from departing
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January 27, 2017 09:24:11 am

The Egyptian government prohibited a prominent human rights lawyer from leaving the country on Thursday. Negad Borai, the lawyer who runs the United Group for Law intended to visit family in Jordan when airport authorities prevented [AP...

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January 27, 2017 08:18:40 am

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello signed into law on Thursday a heavily-debated labor reform bill . The bill, known as the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act, was enacted to stimulate the economy and create employment,...

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January 20, 2017 08:35:50 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and international sanctions Idriss Jazairy on Thursday praised US President Barack Obama's recent decision to lift all US sanctions on Sudan. He noted that he decision acknowledges the...

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January 20, 2017 07:40:12 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday upheld the conviction of former Massey Energy co-CEO Donald Blankenship for conspiracy for his role in a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress set minimum federal sentences for drug offenders

On November 2, 1951, President Harry Truman signed the "Boggs Act" into law, setting minimum federal sentences for drug offenders.

Read Richard J. Bonnie and Charles Whitebread, The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition, 56 Virginia Law Review (1970).

Balfour Declaration issued

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the United Kingdom's formal statement regarding Jewish people in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration was later endorsed by the World War I Allied Powers. It stated the British intention to support a national homeland for Jewish people and became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement.

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