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News Former Slovenia PM sentenced to 2 years for corruption
Former Slovenia PM sentenced to 2 years for corruption
Cynthia Miley
June 5, 2013 12:28:45 pm

A district court in Ljubljana on Wednesday convicted former Slovenia prime minister Janez Jansa of corruption and sentenced him to two years in prison. The trial began in September 2011 [BBC...

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News US trade commission rules for Samsung in Apple patent dispute
US trade commission rules for Samsung in Apple patent dispute
Cynthia Miley
June 5, 2013 11:56:07 am

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday issued a limited import ban and a cease-and-desist order against Apple for AT&T models of the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G after finding...

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News Germany court opens neo-Nazi terrorism trial
Germany court opens neo-Nazi terrorism trial
Cynthia Miley
May 6, 2013 10:55:45 am

Trial began in Germany Monday for Beate Zschaepe, a neo-Nazi member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), for alleged complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek and a German policewoman in Germany between 2000 and 2007, as...

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News Libya Congress bans Gaddafi senior officials from new administration
Libya Congress bans Gaddafi senior officials from new administration
Cynthia Miley
May 6, 2013 10:39:58 am

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) on Sunday approved the political isolation law, which would ban anyone who worked as a senior official under Muammar Gaddafi from...

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News Phoenix police holds gun buyback before gun resale law takes effect
Phoenix police holds gun buyback before gun resale law takes effect
Cynthia Miley
May 5, 2013 11:15:34 am

The Phoenix, Arizona police department on Saturday held the first of three gun buyback programs in an attempt to complete the buyback before a law signed by Governor Jan Brewer ...

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News Libya Congress to vote on ban of Gaddafi regime officials from new administration
Libya Congress to vote on ban of Gaddafi regime officials from new administration
Cynthia Miley
May 5, 2013 10:27:35 am

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) met Sunday to vote on a draft law that could ban anyone who worked for Muammar Gaddafi , including Libya's Prime Minister, Ali...

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News Florida legislature passes bill to extend early voting
Florida legislature passes bill to extend early voting
Cynthia Miley
May 4, 2013 01:10:30 pm

The Florida House and Senate both passed a bill (HB 7013) on Friday to extend the state's early voting period. The bill revises election law to allow elections supervisors to hold 14 days of early...

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News UN urges Mexico to protect human rights, reduce military policing
UN urges Mexico to protect human rights, reduce military policing
Cynthia Miley
May 4, 2013 12:10:46 pm

The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns urged Mexico's Government on Friday to increase protections for human rights , particularly reducing the need to use force and reducing the military's involvement in...

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News Musharraf’s political party calls for removal of Pakistan judge
Musharraf’s political party calls for removal of Pakistan judge
Cynthia Miley
April 21, 2013 12:08:38 pm

The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) , the political party of former president Pervez Musharraf demanded that Islamabad High Court Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui be removed from office and...

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News Rights group: Saudi Arabia must end trial of human rights lawyer
Rights group: Saudi Arabia must end trial of human rights lawyer
Cynthia Miley
April 21, 2013 09:34:51 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday called on the Saudi government to immediately end the 18-month prosecution of human rights lawyer Walid Abu al-Khair . Abu al-Khair is known for his defense of other...

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Catalonia declares independence from Spain

The Parliament of Catalonia declared independence from Spain in a failed bid for sovereignty on October 27, 2017. The declaration followed an independence referendum, boycotted by pro-union residents, that saw 92% of voters choose independence. The declaration was subsequently declared illegal by Spain's Supreme Court. Many Catalan independence figures such as then-Catalan President Carles Puigdemont were criminally charged as a result of their involvement in the independence attempt. Read the Catalan Declaration of Independence.

First of the Federalist Papers published

On October 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the pen-name "PUBLIUS" to promote the ratification of the new US Constitution, was published in a New York newspaper.

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