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News HRW claims Iran police sexually assaulted detainees held after election protests
HRW claims Iran police sexually assaulted detainees held after election protests
Andrew Morgan
November 7, 2009 12:42:00 pm

Iranian officials covered up the sexual assault of detainees held after the disputed June 12 presidential election , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. HRW documented the rape and sexual assault of three...

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News Obama signs executive order strengthening intelligence oversight panel
Obama signs executive order strengthening intelligence oversight panel
Andrew Morgan
October 30, 2009 12:11:00 pm

US President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday giving the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) the authority to report suspected violations of federal law related to intelligence gathering to the US attorney general. The order amends...

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News France court denies woman access to semen of deceased husband
France court denies woman access to semen of deceased husband
Andrew Morgan
October 16, 2009 03:22:00 pm

A French court on Thursday ruled that a woman cannot recover semen samples donated by her husband prior to his death. The High Court in the Western city of Rennes said that Fabienne Justel could not take ...

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News Australia court convicts 5 in domestic terrorism case
Australia court convicts 5 in domestic terrorism case
Andrew Morgan
October 16, 2009 01:34:00 pm

The New South Wales Supreme Court on Friday convicted five men were of conspiracy to do acts in preparation of terrorist attacks. The men, who cannot be named publicly due to other ongoing trials, were...

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News UN rights chief endorses Gaza conflict report
UN rights chief endorses Gaza conflict report
Andrew Morgan
October 15, 2009 12:10:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday reiterated her support for the recommendations of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict . In a statement to...

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News ICTY sets Karadzic trial date for October 26
ICTY sets Karadzic trial date for October 26
Andrew Morgan
October 15, 2009 11:02:00 am

The trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on Wednesday that the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will begin on October...

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News DHS rescinds controversial ‘no-match’ employment rule
DHS rescinds controversial ‘no-match’ employment rule
Andrew Morgan
October 9, 2009 02:00:00 pm

The US Deparment of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday rescinded a rule that would have required employers to fire workers whose information did not match Social Security Administration (SSA) records. The American Civil Liberties Union...

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News House passes bill to extend hate crimes protections
House passes bill to extend hate crimes protections
Andrew Morgan
October 9, 2009 12:45:00 pm

The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that extends the definition of federal hate crimes to include crimes motivated by gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The Matthew Shepard and...

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News UN Security Council  to discuss Gaza conflict report in rescheduled meeting
UN Security Council to discuss Gaza conflict report in rescheduled meeting
Andrew Morgan
October 8, 2009 01:53:00 pm

The UN Security Council agreed Wednesday to reschedule October's meeting on the Middle East in order to discuss the final report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict . The meeting...

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News Senate committee urged to clarify employment age discrimination law
Senate committee urged to clarify employment age discrimination law
Andrew Morgan
October 8, 2009 09:12:00 am

The US Senate Judiciary Committee was urged Wednesday to adopt measures to address recent Supreme Court decisions interpreting the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act . Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) expressed...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Mexican Army kills over 400 Texas prisoners of war

The Mexican army executed more than 400 Texian prisoners of war on March 27, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, in an event that would become known as the Goliad Massacre. A decree passed in December 1835 allowed Mexican soldiers under General Antonio López de Santa Anna to shoot any foreigners in rebellion. Texian Colonel James Fannin and his men surrendered to the Mexican government under the expectation that they would be treated as prisoners of war, but they were executed regardless, engendering sympathy (and eventual support) from the neighboring United States. Learn more about the Goliad Massacre.

Khrushchev becomes USSR leader

On March 27, 1958, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became the new Premier of the USSR, replacing Joseph Stalin as the Soviet leader. During his rise to power, Khruschev denounced crimes of the Stalinist regime and the "cult of personality" surrounding his predecessor. While in office as Soviet Premier, Khruschev oversaw some of the most famous and influential events of the Cold War: the launch of Sputnik, the Sino-Soviet split, the U-2 Spy Plan incident, and finally the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, which led to his ouster by reactionary elements the following year. The conspirators forced Khruschev's resignation on October 15, 1964 and replaced him with Leonid Brezhnev.

Read the New York Times obituary of Nikita Khrushchev.

President Andrew Johnson vetoed citizenship for slaves

On March 27, 1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill that would later become the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, conferring full US citizenship on all slaves. Read President Johnson's veto letter, transmitted to the US Senate.

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