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News Alabama appeals court strikes down anti-sodomy law
Alabama appeals court strikes down anti-sodomy law
Ann Schober
June 15, 2014 11:51:37 am

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday struck down a portion of a state law banning consensual oral and anal sex, aimed at criminalizing homosexual conduct, as unconstitutional. The appeal was brought by a...

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News Egypt court acquits ex-interior minister of corruption charges
Egypt court acquits ex-interior minister of corruption charges
Ann Schober
June 14, 2014 12:34:41 pm

An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted Habib el-Adly, Egypt's former interior minister and head of security services under former president Hosni Mubarak , of certain corruption charges on which he was convicted in...

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News ACLU report cites violations in privately run Texas prisons
ACLU report cites violations in privately run Texas prisons
Ann Schober
June 11, 2014 08:29:41 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Texas released a report Tuesday exposing the results of a multi-year investigation into conditions at five Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) prisons in Texas....

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News Spain drafts constitutional law to facilitate royal succession
Spain drafts constitutional law to facilitate royal succession
Ann Schober
June 4, 2014 07:14:00 am

The Spanish government on Tuesday approved a draft constitutional law that will facilitate the abdication of King Juan Carlos I. Spain's Council of Ministers submitted the proposed law to parliament, requesting that the House and Senate vote...

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News Federal appeals court sides with EPA on postponing acid rain regulations
Federal appeals court sides with EPA on postponing acid rain regulations
Ann Schober
May 28, 2014 07:38:23 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was justified in its decision to defer adopting new air quality standards for pollutants...

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News Germany prosecutors to consider new evidence against surviving Nazi concentration camp guards
Germany prosecutors to consider new evidence against surviving Nazi concentration camp guards
Ann Schober
May 21, 2014 07:20:52 am

The head of Germany's special Nazi war crimes agency , Kurt Schrimm, announced Monday that his office would soon turn over to state prosecutors the results of investigations into war crimes allegedly committed by several former...

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News ICC reopens investigation into Iraq detainee abuse by UK troops
ICC reopens investigation into Iraq detainee abuse by UK troops
Ann Schober
May 14, 2014 09:35:08 am

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Fatou Bensouda , announced Tuesday that she will reopen a preliminary investigation into alleged mistreatment and killings of Iraqi detainees in Iraq by UK military forces...

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HRW cites evidence Syria used chemical weapons
Ann Schober
May 14, 2014 08:38:29 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday that it has strong evidence the Syrian government used chemical weapons on three rebel-held towns in Northern Syria last month. The announcement reveals results of a two-week investigation...

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UN rights chief urges calm in Ukraine
Ann Schober
May 6, 2014 02:13:49 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the escalating unrest in Ukraine that has brought increasing destruction and death to the region. Pillay urged opposition groups...

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News Holder announces expanded clemency guidelines for convicted drug offenders
Holder announces expanded clemency guidelines for convicted drug offenders
Ann Schober
April 21, 2014 03:08:48 pm

US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is expanding its criteria for recommending clemency to federal prisoners convicted of certain drug crimes. Holder's announcement recapped the...

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Algerian National Liberation Front announces independence campaign

The pro-Algerian independence National Liberation Front released a proclamation on November 1, 1954 announcing the beginning of its campaign for Algerian independence from France, marking the start of the Algerian War. The war would rage for seven years and claim hundreds of thousands of lives until it was ended by the 1962 Évian Accords. Algeria would win its independence on July 3, 1962. Read the full November 1 declaration.

Rent control established in New York City

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