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News EU appoints 19 international judges to special court in Kosovo
EU appoints 19 international judges to special court in Kosovo
Brittany Felder
February 7, 2017 03:06:20 pm

The European Union on Tuesday appointed 19 international judges for a special court in Kosovo that will prosecute war crimes committed between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2000. Twelve of the judges come from countries within...

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Afghanistan Supreme Court attack kills 20
Brittany Felder
February 7, 2017 02:50:54 pm

At least 20 people were reported to have been killed and 41 injured on Tuesday following a terrorist attack at the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is believed that the perpetrator wore a suicide vest...

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UN court orders Turkey to release judge
Brittany Felder
January 31, 2017 04:30:42 pm

A judge for the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals on Tuesday ordered the release of Turkish judge Aydin Sefa Akay who was detained in July. The order stresses that the Turkish government should release Akay and...

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News UN SG: national security management should not be based in discrimination
UN SG: national security management should not be based in discrimination
Brittany Felder
January 31, 2017 04:10:44 pm

In a statement Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed "concerned the decisions that around the world have been undermining the integrity of the international refugee protection regime." While he acknowledged that "ountries have the right, even the...

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News Second Circuit declines to review Microsoft email privacy case
Second Circuit declines to review Microsoft email privacy case
Brittany Felder
January 24, 2017 04:41:44 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday declined a request for re-hearing en banc a 2016 case in which it quashed a warrant filed by the government under the Stored Communications...

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Trump signs orders to advance construction of oil pipelines
Brittany Felder
January 24, 2017 04:15:21 pm

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed presidential memoranda to progress construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipeline . The memoranda, which have the legal force of executive orders, also require that materials used in...

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UN rights expert expresses dismay at Nigeria bombing of camp for internally displaced
Brittany Felder
January 19, 2017 04:39:48 pm

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Cecilia Jimenez-Damary on Thursday sharply condemned bombings in Nigeria as a means of counter insurgency against Boko Haram. The bombings struck a...

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New Jersey court upholds firing of corrections officer who wore hijab to work
Brittany Felder
January 19, 2017 04:26:43 pm

A New Jersey appeals court on Wednesday upheld the firing of corrections officer Linda Tisby, who was terminated for wearing a hijab to work as an expression of her religious beliefs. Tissuey, who had worked for the...

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Supreme Court rejects appeal by banks in Libor suit
Brittany Felder
January 18, 2017 07:01:25 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by several large banks asking to dismiss lawsuits brought by private investor groups accusing them of conspiring to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate. The...

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Europe rights court rules Russia ban on adoption by Americans was discriminatory
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January 17, 2017 04:24:58 pm

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Russia was wrong to ban US citizens from adopting Russian children. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that Russia's ban was discriminatory and found Russia responsible...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Narcotic Control Act became law

On July 18, 1956, the Narcotic Control Act of 1956 became law. The act increased still further the penalties for violation of the existing laws and proliferating the scope of federal control over the use, possession and sale of narcotic drugs and marijuana. Learn more about the Narcotic Control Act of 1956.

Nelson Mandela born

On July 18, 1906, Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, South Africa. Mandela became a symbol of the anti-Apartheid movement, spending 27 years in prison for his efforts to topple the country's segregation system. In 1990, Mandela was released from prison and Apartheid was soon dismantled. Mandela was elected the first black President of South Africa during the country's first multi-racial elections in 1994. Learn more about Nelson Mandela from the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

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