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News DRC court finds 2 of 39 soldiers guilty of rape
DRC court finds 2 of 39 soldiers guilty of rape
Benjamin Minegar
May 5, 2014 02:28:56 pm

A military court for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday convicted two of 39 soldiers charged with raping more than 130 women in the province of South Kivu. Another 24 soldiers were convicted of looting. Sources indicate...

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Supreme Court rules mortgage fraudster required to repay loan amount
Benjamin Minegar
May 5, 2014 01:54:14 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Robers v. United States that the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA) requires restitution calculation based upon the property a lender loses, not upon the collateral...

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News Supreme Court to rule on Jerusalem birthplace law
Supreme Court to rule on Jerusalem birthplace law
Benjamin Minegar
April 21, 2014 10:57:20 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in three cases slated for argument during the October 2014 term. In Zivotofsky v. Kerry , the court will address the constitutionality of a federal...

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South Sudan rebels engaged in ethnic killings: UN
Benjamin Minegar
April 21, 2014 10:28:22 am

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday alleged that armed rebels engaged in ethnically targeted killings during a raid on the northern city of Bentiu last week, resulting in more than 200...

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Iraq government temporarily closes Abu Ghraib prison
Benjamin Minegar
April 16, 2014 11:13:56 am

The Iraqi Justice Ministry on Tuesday temporarily closed Abu Ghraib prison due to security concerns. Reports indicate that Iraqi authorities are concerned about the growing power of a Sunni-backed insurgency within the Anbar province,...

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Bolivia president demands return of Chile coastline
Benjamin Minegar
April 16, 2014 10:32:50 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice laying claim to a 240-mile area in Chile that provides access to the Pacific Ocean. Bolivia reportedly...

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UN urges peaceful solution in Ukraine
Benjamin Minegar
April 14, 2014 11:19:19 am

The UN Security Council convened Sunday to address violence occurring in the Ukraine between government troops and pro-Russia militias. Ukrainian special forces reportedly exchanged gunfire with the militias early Sunday, resulting in at least one...

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Alaska lawmakers pass bill restricting Medicaid payments for abortions
Benjamin Minegar
April 14, 2014 10:24:27 am

The Alaska State House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill that would restrict state Medicaid payments for abortions. The bill sets forth specific medical circumstances under which physicians may deem an abortion "medically...

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France court overturns extradition of former Kazakhstan energy minsiter
Benjamin Minegar
April 9, 2014 11:15:25 am

A French appellate court on Wednesday overturned the extradition of Mukhtar Ablyazov , Kazakhstan's former energy minister accused of misappropriating USD $6 billion from BTA Bank . In January, a French trial court in the Aix-En Province...

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US AG expresses concern about digital currency abuse
Benjamin Minegar
April 9, 2014 10:31:54 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday expressed concern before the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee with respect to the proliferation of virtual currencies , which, he asserts, have created new...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First US life insurance company incorporated

On January 11, 1759, America's first life insurance company was incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers was established by Presbyterians to support the families of their ministers. In 1988, the company's name was changed to the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund. The company later became Covenant Life Insurance Company before being acquired by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in 2002. Read a history of the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund from the Pennsylvania Historical Society.

Treaty ended Anglo-American claims, courts in China

On January 11, 1943, the United States and Great Britain relinquished by treaty their extraterritorial claims in China. This abandonment effectively ended the jurisdiction of the extraterritorial United States Court for China (established 1906) and the British Supreme Court in China. Read more about the United States Court for China, which one scholar has called "probably the strangest federal tribunal ever constituted by Congress," in a short online history of the US Ninth Circuit.

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