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News UN supports measures by India and China to limit use of death penalty
UN supports measures by India and China to limit use of death penalty
Bradley McAllister
September 12, 2015 03:11:42 pm

Two independent human rights experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday offered support for recent measures by India and China to limit the use of...

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News Guatemala ex-president maintains innocence at court appearance
Guatemala ex-president maintains innocence at court appearance
Bradley McAllister
September 5, 2015 12:45:28 pm

Former Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina declared his innocence Friday at his hearing for corruption charges. Judge Migues Angel Galvez suspended proceedings until Tuesday. Molina resigned on Thursday amid corruption charges related to...

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News Hungary lawmakers approve emergency laws to address migration crisis
Hungary lawmakers approve emergency laws to address migration crisis
Bradley McAllister
September 5, 2015 12:03:35 pm

The Hungarian National Assembly on Friday passed a number of emergency measures to address the recent mass migration into Europe. The bill declares a state of emergency in Hungary and establishes...

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News Three Al Jazeera journalists receive multi-year prison sentence in Egypt
Three Al Jazeera journalists receive multi-year prison sentence in Egypt
Bradley McAllister
August 29, 2015 05:47:28 pm

On appeal from a guilty verdict in 2014, three Al Jazeera journalists on Saturday received a three-year prison sentence for their roles in releasing video footage that allegedly contained false news in support of...

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News UN Secretary General urges global community to address migration issues
UN Secretary General urges global community to address migration issues
Bradley McAllister
August 29, 2015 05:18:41 pm

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the global community to develop comprehensive solutions to allow for safe and legal migration after 70 bodies, believed to be Syrian asylum seekers, were discovered in a...

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News US Department of Justice files sealed opposition in Guantanamo Habeas case
US Department of Justice files sealed opposition in Guantanamo Habeas case
Bradley McAllister
August 16, 2015 11:11:36 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday submitted a sealed document in opposition to the habeas corpus petition of Tariq Ba Odah, despite a 2009 government security review that cleared Ba Odah for...

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News EU officials open antitrust investigation into e-commerce
EU officials open antitrust investigation into e-commerce
Bradley McAllister
May 7, 2015 11:44:46 am

The European Commission on Wednesday opened an investigation into potential antitrust violations in the e-commerce market with the scope of the investigation including a number of the world's largest technology and search companies. The commission seeks to...

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News Burundi police arrest opposition leader for insurrection after meeting with African ministers
Burundi police arrest opposition leader for insurrection after meeting with African ministers
Bradley McAllister
May 7, 2015 10:42:16 am

Burundi authorities arrested political opposition leader Audifax Ndabitoreye on Wednesday shortly after he met with East African Community (EAC) ministers in the capital city of Bujumbura. Ndabitoreye was arrested for insurrection , and the police displayed...

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News Supreme Court to rule in pair of cases involving federal energy regulation
Supreme Court to rule in pair of cases involving federal energy regulation
Bradley McAllister
May 4, 2015 03:22:45 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari and consolidated a pair of cases that concern the scope of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority to regulate demand response technology based...

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News Supreme Court rules denial of proposed bankruptcy repayment plan not final action
Supreme Court rules denial of proposed bankruptcy repayment plan not final action
Bradley McAllister
May 4, 2015 11:00:56 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank that a bankruptcy court's order denying confirmation of a debtor's proposed repayment plan is not a final order that the debtor...

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LA Riots break out following beating of Rodney King

Riots that would grip the city of Los Angeles, California for six days broke out on April 29, 1992, after LAPD officers who beat Rodney King while being filmed were acquitted by a jury. The verdict ignited a powder keg of discontent about police discrimination against LA's Black community. The riots would result in more than 60 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. Learn more about the LA Riots from NPR.

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits member nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Oliver Ellsworth born

Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States and primary author of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1745.

Learn more about Oliver Ellsworth.

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