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FBI report shows decrease in US violent crime for third straight year
Ann Riley
September 13, 2010 01:30:40 pm

Violent crime in the US dropped for the third year in a row, according to the annual crime statistics for 2009 , released Monday by the FBI. The FBI's Crime in the United States, 2009 report showed...

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Iran judge releases journalist charged with ‘warring against God’
Ann Riley
September 13, 2010 12:30:34 pm

A judge from Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran on Sunday released from prison Shiva Nazar Ahari, a journalist arrested following the 2009 presidential election , after she posted bail of...

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News Federal judge declines to lift stem cell research injunction
Federal judge declines to lift stem cell research injunction
Ann Riley
September 8, 2010 11:37:07 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied a motion to stay a preliminary injunction issued in August barring government funding of stem cell...

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News Third Circuit rules warrant may be required to collect cell phone location data
Third Circuit rules warrant may be required to collect cell phone location data
Ann Riley
September 8, 2010 09:13:54 am

A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that at times the government might need a warrant to obtain cell phone data to track a person's location. The...

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News Federal judge dismisses police officer suit against Arizona immigration law
Federal judge dismisses police officer suit against Arizona immigration law
Ann Riley
September 1, 2010 09:53:09 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Tuesday granted a motion to dismiss a police officer's suit challenging Arizona's controversial immigration law [SB 1070 materials, JURIST news...

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News UN official calls for DRC militias to face war crimes for mass rapes
UN official calls for DRC militias to face war crimes for mass rapes
Ann Riley
September 1, 2010 09:35:32 am

UN Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallstrom on Tuesday called for an end to impunity for leaders of militias and armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...

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Forthcoming UN DRC report suggests genocide by Rwanda forces
Ann Riley
August 30, 2010 01:57:22 pm

A forthcoming UN report claims that troops from Rwanda and allied rebels committed crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that could be classified as genocide if proven by the appropriate court, according to media...

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Ex-Khmer Rouge leader appeals conviction
Ann Riley
August 25, 2010 09:56:21 am

Lawyers for former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav on Tuesday filed a notice of an appeal of his conviction by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)...

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Independent $20 billion oil spill victim fund begins processing claims
Ann Riley
August 23, 2010 01:24:40 pm

The administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) announced Monday that the GCCF is in service and will begin processing claims from the $20 billion fund established by British Petroleum (BP) to...

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Rights groups urge Cameroon to decriminalize same-sex acts
Ann Riley
August 20, 2010 08:41:47 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Alternatives-Cameroun on Thursday urged the government of Cameroon to decriminalize consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex . Under Article 347 of the Cameroon...

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Volstead Act passed establishing Prohibition

On October 28, 1919, the Volstead Act was passed, ushering in Prohibition.

Learn more about the Volstead Act and the prohibition era from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Khrushchev orders removal of USSR missiles from Cuba

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