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News UN official calls on Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes allegations
UN official calls on Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes allegations
Bhargav Katikanen
September 19, 2009 11:29:00 am

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe on Saturday urged the Sri Lankan government to conduct an independent inquiry into allegations of war crimes during the civil war against the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...

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News Argentina lower House approves new media ownership laws
Argentina lower House approves new media ownership laws
Bhargav Katikanen
September 19, 2009 10:15:00 am

Argentina's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill Thursday that would create new media ownership rules and a new regulatory body to interpret those laws. Argentine President Christina Fernandez De Kirchner said...

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News UK liquid bomb plotters sentenced to life in prison
UK liquid bomb plotters sentenced to life in prison
Bhargav Katikanen
September 14, 2009 01:28:00 pm

Three men convicted of attempting to smuggle liquid explosives onto airplanes to blow them up were sentenced to life in prison Monday by the Woolwich Crown Court in London. Abdulla Ahmed Ali [GlobalSecurity...

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News Rights group sues Pittsburgh for failure to issue G-20 protest permits
Rights group sues Pittsburgh for failure to issue G-20 protest permits
Bhargav Katikanen
September 12, 2009 11:09:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Friday in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania claiming that the US Secret Service, the City of Pittsburgh, and the...

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News Supreme Court ruling requires California to create prison overcrowding reduction plan
Supreme Court ruling requires California to create prison overcrowding reduction plan
Bhargav Katikanen
September 12, 2009 09:51:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant a request by the state of California to temporarily stay a lower court order to come up with a plan to reduce the number of inmates in its...

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News Belgium accepts Guantanamo Bay detainee for resettlement
Belgium accepts Guantanamo Bay detainee for resettlement
Bhargav Katikanen
September 5, 2009 11:45:00 am

The Belgian Foreign Ministry announced press release] Friday that they have accepted a former Guantanamo Bay detainee into their country for resettlement. The Belgian government announced that the detainee, who has not been named,...

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News Ninth Circuit rules no Ashcroft immunity from illegal detention lawsuit
Ninth Circuit rules no Ashcroft immunity from illegal detention lawsuit
Bhargav Katikanen
September 5, 2009 10:10:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that former attorney general John Ashcroft is not entitled to absolute and qualified immunity, allowing an unlawful detention lawsuit by US...

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News UN rights officials call for end to enforced disappearances
UN rights officials call for end to enforced disappearances
Bhargav Katikanen
August 31, 2009 02:41:00 pm

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights commemorated the International Day of the Disappeared Monday, calling on states to eliminate enforced disappearances and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from...

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News North Korea urges new Japan government to apologize for WWII ‘comfort women’
North Korea urges new Japan government to apologize for WWII ‘comfort women’
Bhargav Katikanen
August 31, 2009 01:35:00 pm

North Korea called on the newly-elected Japanese government Monday to apologize for its use of Asian "comfort women" by the Japanese Army in World War II. In an editorial published...

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News Mexico official says discrimination against Mexicans in US increasing
Mexico official says discrimination against Mexicans in US increasing
Bhargav Katikanen
August 29, 2009 09:08:00 am

Mexican Director General for Protection of Mexicans Abroad Daniel Hernandez told a Mexico City audience Friday that discrimination against Mexicans in US has increased, specifically citing the case of Cirila Baltazar Cruz, a Mexican...

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India constitution ratified

On January 26, 1950, India ratified its constitution, formally making the new country a republic. On the same day, Rajendra Prasad was inaugurated as the republic's first president. The anniversary is celebrated today as Republic Day in India.

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