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News Egypt to elect president before voting on parliament
Egypt to elect president before voting on parliament
Bradley McAllister
January 26, 2014 03:09:31 pm

Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour announced in a televised speech on Sunday that Egypt will hold presidential elections before conducting parliamentary elections. The parliamentary elections were supposed to happen first under the timetable agreed to...

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News China sentences legal activist Xu Zhiyong to four years in prison
China sentences legal activist Xu Zhiyong to four years in prison
Bradley McAllister
January 26, 2014 02:03:27 pm

The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced legal scholar and activist Xu Zhiyong on Sunday to four years in prison on the charge of 'gathering a crowd to disturb...

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News Iraq officials execute 26 convicted of terrorism offenses
Iraq officials execute 26 convicted of terrorism offenses
Bradley McAllister
January 21, 2014 12:20:40 pm

The Iraq Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday the execution of 26 Iraqi nationals for terrorism related offenses. A statement from the Ministry website said the executions took place on Sunday. Human rights...

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News War crimes experts find ‘clear evidence’ of Syria violations
War crimes experts find ‘clear evidence’ of Syria violations
Bradley McAllister
January 21, 2014 10:55:20 am

A team of lawyers, doctors and professors specializing in the prosecution of war crimes and forensic evidence issued a report Monday including numerous photographs alleged to be "clear evidence'"of torture and systematic killings amounting to...

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News Federal judge rules North Carolina abortion ultrasound law is unconstitutional
Federal judge rules North Carolina abortion ultrasound law is unconstitutional
Bradley McAllister
January 19, 2014 01:08:46 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina on Friday ruled that a North Carolina state law requiring women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound procedure is unconstitutional...

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News Federal appeals court denies claim by former Guantanamo detainee
Federal appeals court denies claim by former Guantanamo detainee
Bradley McAllister
January 19, 2014 11:15:10 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that a lower court was correct in dismissing the claim for damages brought by Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak Al Janko, a former...

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News New Mexico judge rules terminally ill patients may seek ‘aid in dying’
New Mexico judge rules terminally ill patients may seek ‘aid in dying’
Bradley McAllister
January 14, 2014 12:38:00 pm

Judge Nan Nash of the New Mexico Second Judicial District Court ruled Monday that patients who are terminally ill and mentally competent have the right to seek aid in dying under the state constitution. The...

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News Supreme Court rules for Daimler in Argentina human rights case
Supreme Court rules for Daimler in Argentina human rights case
Bradley McAllister
January 14, 2014 10:55:12 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Daimer AG v. Bauman that DaimlerChrysler AG (Daimler) does not have to face suit in California for alleged human rights violations by a subsidiary...

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UN humanitarian expert calls for action in Syria
Bradley McAllister
January 12, 2014 03:04:46 pm

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos spoke on behalf of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and encouraged the world on Sunday to do...

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Former Israel PM Ariel Sharon is dead at age 85
Bradley McAllister
January 12, 2014 01:14:39 pm

Former Israeli Prime Minister and military leader, Ariel Sharon , was pronounced dead on Saturday at the age of 85. Sharon suffered a major stroke in January of 2006, which placed him in a coma for...

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Israel parliament meets for the first time

On February 14, 1949, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, convened for the first time, and Joseph Shprinzak was elected as its first Speaker. Read a history of the First Knesset from the Knesset archives.

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