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News Delay in Guantanamo closure due to White House failings: report
Delay in Guantanamo closure due to White House failings: report
Dwyer Arce
November 12, 2009 01:14:00 pm

The likely failure to meet the self-imposed deadline for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is due to several missteps by the Obama administration, according to a report released Tuesday by the...

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News Rhode Island governor vetoes burial rights for domestic partners
Rhode Island governor vetoes burial rights for domestic partners
Dwyer Arce
November 11, 2009 12:06:00 pm

Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would have allowed domestic partners, including those in same-sex relationships, to claim the body of their partner and to make funeral arrangements. Neither domestic partnerships...

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News Former Rwanda official sentenced to 8 years for complicity in genocide
Former Rwanda official sentenced to 8 years for complicity in genocide
Dwyer Arce
November 5, 2009 02:09:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday sentenced former director of the Rwanda tea industry Michel Bagaragaza to eight years in prison on charges of complicity in genocide...

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News Sarajevo researchers unveil Bosnia war crimes atlas
Sarajevo researchers unveil Bosnia war crimes atlas
Dwyer Arce
November 4, 2009 02:14:00 pm

Researchers in Sarajevo on Tuesday unveiled a Google Earth tool mapping the sites of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian genocide . The Bosnian war crimes atlas was compiled by...

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News Maine voters veto same-sex marriage legislation
Maine voters veto same-sex marriage legislation
Dwyer Arce
November 4, 2009 09:00:00 am

Maine voters approved a ballot initiative Tuesday that repealed a same-sex marriage bill passed by the state legislature last May. Question 1 , which read, "Do you want to reject the new law that lets...

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News UN Security Council urges Guinea junta to investigate rights abuse allegations
UN Security Council urges Guinea junta to investigate rights abuse allegations
Dwyer Arce
October 29, 2009 12:12:00 pm

The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses perpetrated by the Guinean military junta during the September 28 incidents at Conakry . Vietnamese Ambassador Le Luong Minh...

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News Federal judge dismisses stem cell research funding challenge
Federal judge dismisses stem cell research funding challenge
Dwyer Arce
October 28, 2009 12:18:00 pm

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's decision to ease restrictions on stem cell research . Nightlight...

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News Europe rights court rules Turkish authorities violated press freedom
Europe rights court rules Turkish authorities violated press freedom
Dwyer Arce
October 22, 2009 12:07:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkish authorities violated European human rights laws in shutting down four newspapers accused of publishing propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) . The daily...

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News Israel deputy PM calls for internal Gaza war crimes investigation
Israel deputy PM calls for internal Gaza war crimes investigation
Dwyer Arce
October 21, 2009 12:29:00 pm

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor called Wednesday for an independent Israeli investigation into the war crimes allegations detailed in the Goldstone report , which accuses Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died in police custody

On September 12, 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died in police custody after having suffered a massive head injury during interrogation following his arrest. The story of journalist Donald Woods' investigation into the circumstances of Biko's death was the basis of the 1987 film Cry Freedom. Read an address on Stephen Biko delivered by then-South African President Nelson Mandela on the 20th anniversary of Biko's death in 1997.

Supreme Court unanimously rejects state challenge Brown v. Board of Education

On September 12, 1958, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected a state government challenge to Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka Kansas, which had overturned segregation. In Cooper vs. Aaron, the State Government of Arkansas challenged the authority of the Court to implement desegregation. The Court responded by forcefully re-asserting its authority and the authority of the federal government over the states.

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