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News Google responds to PayPal trade secrets lawsuit
Google responds to PayPal trade secrets lawsuit
Dwyer Arce
May 29, 2011 11:18:29 am

Google on Friday responded to allegations of misappropriating trade secrets made in a lawsuit filed by PayPal , arguing that it had done nothing illegal. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in the Superior Court...

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News Malta votes to legalize divorce
Malta votes to legalize divorce
Dwyer Arce
May 29, 2011 10:17:52 am

Malta voters on Saturday approved a ballot question asking whether divorce should be allowed in the country. The measure passed with 53 percent of the vote, and saw a 72 percent turnout [Times of Malta...

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News WikiLeaks releases classified Guantanamo documents
WikiLeaks releases classified Guantanamo documents
Dwyer Arce
April 25, 2011 11:36:49 am

WikiLeaks on Sunday began publishing The Guantanamo Files , a collection of more than 700 classified documents relating to the evidence and treatment of almost all detainees held at Guantanamo Bay between 2002 and...

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News Former Egypt officials charged with corruption
Former Egypt officials charged with corruption
Dwyer Arce
April 18, 2011 09:17:08 am

Egyptian prosecutors charged former prime minister Ahmed Nazif, former finance minister Yousef Boutros and former interior minister Habib el Adly with corruption on Sunday. The charges stem from allegations that the three former officials, all of which served under...

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News US State Department releases 2010 annual rights reports
US State Department releases 2010 annual rights reports
Dwyer Arce
April 9, 2011 08:46:25 am

The US Department of State (DOS) on Friday released the 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . The report outlined three prevailing trends that shaped human rights in 2010. These included the growth of nongovernmental organizations...

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News DOJ files brief in support of health care reform law
DOJ files brief in support of health care reform law
Dwyer Arce
April 4, 2011 10:22:17 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit , arguing that the health care reform law ...

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News Egypt to lift state of emergency before September election
Egypt to lift state of emergency before September election
Dwyer Arce
March 28, 2011 09:25:09 am

The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced Monday that it would lift the state of emergency before parliamentary polls to be held in September. General Mamdouh Shaheen, speaking for the military council,...

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News Benin court confirms presidential election results amid fraud allegations
Benin court confirms presidential election results amid fraud allegations
Dwyer Arce
March 21, 2011 10:45:16 am

The Constitutional Court of Benin on Monday confirmed provisional election results in the country's March presidential election, securing the reelection of President Thomas Boni Yayi . Yayi secured 53 percent of the vote, allowing him to...

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News Bahrain lawmakers call for state of emergency
Bahrain lawmakers call for state of emergency
Dwyer Arce
March 14, 2011 10:35:18 am

A group of 22 Bahraini lawmakers on Sunday called on King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to declare a state of emergency in response to the latest protests against the monarchy. The lawmakers, members of the pro-government...

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India Supreme Court finds constitutional right to counsel
Dwyer Arce
February 28, 2011 10:59:37 am

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that criminal defendants have a right to counsel under the Indian Constitution . The court found Thursday that under Article 22(1) of the Constitution, a court could...

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Mexican Army kills over 400 Texas prisoners of war

The Mexican army executed more than 400 Texian prisoners of war on March 27, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, in an event that would become known as the Goliad Massacre. A decree passed in December 1835 allowed Mexican soldiers under General Antonio López de Santa Anna to shoot any foreigners in rebellion. Texian Colonel James Fannin and his men surrendered to the Mexican government under the expectation that they would be treated as prisoners of war, but they were executed regardless, engendering sympathy (and eventual support) from the neighboring United States. Learn more about the Goliad Massacre.

Khrushchev becomes USSR leader

On March 27, 1958, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became the new Premier of the USSR, replacing Joseph Stalin as the Soviet leader. During his rise to power, Khruschev denounced crimes of the Stalinist regime and the "cult of personality" surrounding his predecessor. While in office as Soviet Premier, Khruschev oversaw some of the most famous and influential events of the Cold War: the launch of Sputnik, the Sino-Soviet split, the U-2 Spy Plan incident, and finally the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, which led to his ouster by reactionary elements the following year. The conspirators forced Khruschev's resignation on October 15, 1964 and replaced him with Leonid Brezhnev.

Read the New York Times obituary of Nikita Khrushchev.

President Andrew Johnson vetoed citizenship for slaves

On March 27, 1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill that would later become the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, conferring full US citizenship on all slaves. Read President Johnson's veto letter, transmitted to the US Senate.

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