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News UN: Argentina jail violating rights of prisoner with disabilities
UN: Argentina jail violating rights of prisoner with disabilities
Cynthia Miley
April 17, 2014 09:06:21 am

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) found on Wednesday that Argentine authorities had failed to ensure equal access and use of prison services and facilities for a prisoner with disabilities....

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News Federal judge stays most of Ohio same-sex marriage ruling
Federal judge stays most of Ohio same-sex marriage ruling
Cynthia Miley
April 17, 2014 08:41:57 am

Federal judge Timothy Black of the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio said Wednesday that Ohio must immediately recognize four same-sex marriages but stayed the broader effects of the ruling pending appeal...

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News Army general denies Chelsea Manning’s request for clemency
Army general denies Chelsea Manning’s request for clemency
Cynthia Miley
April 14, 2014 03:38:58 pm

US Army Major General Jeffery S. Buchanan on Monday upheld Private Chelsea Manning's conviction and prison sentence for turning over classified information to WikiLeaks . Manning is currently serving...

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News Egypt court declares Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis a terrorist organization
Egypt court declares Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis a terrorist organization
Cynthia Miley
April 14, 2014 03:03:01 pm

An Egyptian court on Monday ruled that the militant organization Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis be officially considered a terrorist group. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which means "Warriors of Jerusalem," has claimed responsibility for the majority of attacks...

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News AI: Egypt continued detention of Al Jazeera journalists ‘vindictive’
AI: Egypt continued detention of Al Jazeera journalists ‘vindictive’
Cynthia Miley
April 10, 2014 09:22:07 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday declared Egypt's continued detention of three Al Jazeera journalists charged with falsifying news and involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood "vindictive." Al Jazeera English staff Mohamed Fahmy,...

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News ACLU files lawsuit challenging North Carolina same-sex marriage ban
ACLU files lawsuit challenging North Carolina same-sex marriage ban
Cynthia Miley
April 10, 2014 08:41:24 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of North Carolina filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday seeking recognition of marriage from the state of North Carolina for three married, same-sex couples. In each...

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News UN SG expresses regret for inaction during Rwanda genocide
UN SG expresses regret for inaction during Rwanda genocide
Cynthia Miley
April 8, 2014 02:00:00 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday made a statement in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, expressing regret for the UN's silence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide that resulted in the deaths of 800,000 people....

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News Supreme Court denies review of NSA bulk data collection case, grants federal court transferal case
Supreme Court denies review of NSA bulk data collection case, grants federal court transferal case
Cynthia Miley
April 7, 2014 03:58:04 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied early review of a constitutional challenge to the National Security Agency's (NSA) PRISM telephony bulk data collection program. Last December, a judge for...

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News Rights group filing new challenge to Texas abortion law
Rights group filing new challenge to Texas abortion law
Cynthia Miley
April 3, 2014 07:12:27 am

The Center for Reproductive Rights announced Wednesday that it will file a new lawsuit against Texas House Bill 2 , which requires physicians performing "surgical abortions" to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and...

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News Supreme Court hears oral arguments on fiduciary duties for employee stock ownership plans
Supreme Court hears oral arguments on fiduciary duties for employee stock ownership plans
Cynthia Miley
April 3, 2014 06:33:52 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on the requirements to allege breach of fiduciary duties over an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). In Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer , the court...

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Pope Innocent VIII authorizes Germany witchcraft prosecutions

Pope Innocent VIII issued the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus on December 5, 1484, authorizing Dominican friars and witch hunters Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger to prosecute witchcraft in Germany. The prosecutions would later give rise to the 1486 publication of Kramer and Sprenger's Malleus Malificarum ("Hammer of the Witches") which prescribed torture as a way to coerce confessions out of suspected witches. Historians view the text as having promoted a misogynistic witch craze in late medieval Europe. Read the full papal bull.

21st Amendment ended Prohibition

On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, ending the ban on the legal sale and importation of alcohol that had been introduced in 1919 by the 18th Amendment. Learn how the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers helped bring about Prohibition's repeal.

Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen

On December 5, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat broke off diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen in response to the Declaration of Tripoli, which imposed sanctions on Eygpt. These hardline Arab nations had promulgated the Declaration in order to punish Egypt for establishing diplomatic relations with Israel. In 1979, Egypt signed a formal peace treaty with Israel, leading to Sadat's assassination in 1981. Learn more from the BBC.

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