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News Cambodia genocide tribunal expects early 2010 verdict for ex-Khmer Rouge official
Cambodia genocide tribunal expects early 2010 verdict for ex-Khmer Rouge official
Benjamin Hackman
August 21, 2009 08:06:00 am

A verdict is expected by early 2010 in the trial of former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav , a spokesperson for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ...

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News Rights group accuses Israel soldiers of killing unarmed civilians in Gaza conflict
Rights group accuses Israel soldiers of killing unarmed civilians in Gaza conflict
Benjamin Hackman
August 14, 2009 08:42:00 am

Israeli soldiers killed 11 white flag-waving Palestinian civilians in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead , which left more than 1,000 civilians and combatants dead in December 2008 and January 2009, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...

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News Japan court reaches guilty verdict in first lay judge trial
Japan court reaches guilty verdict in first lay judge trial
Benjamin Hackman
August 7, 2009 09:09:00 am

Japan's first jury trial since World War II ended Thursday, with the Tokyo District Court convicting Katsuyoshi Fujii of murder. A mixed panel of six lay and three professional judges sentenced the...

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News France Senate narrowly passes Sunday work bill
France Senate narrowly passes Sunday work bill
Benjamin Hackman
July 24, 2009 09:28:00 am

The French Senate on Thursday approved a controversial bill that allows more businesses in Lille, Marseilles, and Paris to open on Sundays by a vote of 165-159. Under the bill, employees who...

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News Obama administration sends financial system overhaul legislation to Congress
Obama administration sends financial system overhaul legislation to Congress
Benjamin Hackman
July 24, 2009 08:36:00 am

The Obama administration sent Congress draft legislation Wednesday that would put the Federal Reserve in charge of regulating the largest financial firms . The proposed legislation would create an eight-member Financial Services...

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News Russia human rights advocate Estemirova slain in Chechnya
Russia human rights advocate Estemirova slain in Chechnya
Benjamin Hackman
July 16, 2009 08:03:00 am

Russian human rights activist Natalia Estemirova was kidnapped in Grozny Wednesday morning and shot to death, according to news reports. Estemirova, 50, investigated allegations of human rights violations in Chechnya for about 10 years. Estemirova's body, which...

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News Annan submits names of Kenya election violence suspects to ICC prosecutor
Annan submits names of Kenya election violence suspects to ICC prosecutor
Benjamin Hackman
July 10, 2009 08:14:00 am

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday delivered the names of those believed responsible for the post-election violence in Kenya in late 2007 and early 2008 to the International Criminal Court...

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News Israel, Hamas committed Gaza war crimes: Amnesty International report
Israel, Hamas committed Gaza war crimes: Amnesty International report
Benjamin Hackman
July 3, 2009 07:22:00 am

Both Hamas and Israeli forces committed war crimes during fighting in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009, according to Amnesty International (AI). A report issued by Amnesty Thursday alleges that Israeli attacks killed 1,400...

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News Italy senate passes law criminalizing illegal immigration
Italy senate passes law criminalizing illegal immigration
Benjamin Hackman
July 3, 2009 02:12:00 am

Italy’s Senate voted 157-124 Thursday to pass a controversial law making illegal immigration a crime , punishable by a fine of between 5,000 and 10,000 euros. The law also increases from two months...

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News Financier Stanford pleads not guilty in $7 billion fraud scheme
Financier Stanford pleads not guilty in $7 billion fraud scheme
Benjamin Hackman
June 26, 2009 07:26:00 am

Billionaire financier Allen Stanford pleaded not guilty Thursday to 21 charges of fraud, conspiracy, and obstruction in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas but remained in prison overnight....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

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