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News Germany official takes legal action against Facebook over privacy
Germany official takes legal action against Facebook over privacy
Erin Bock
July 8, 2010 07:28:00 am

The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information announced Wednesday that he has initiated legal proceedings against Facebook for accessing and saving non-users' personal information. Dr. Johannes Caspar [official...

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News EPA proposes new rule to combat air pollution
EPA proposes new rule to combat air pollution
Erin Bock
July 7, 2010 08:17:00 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday announced a proposed rule that will reduce air pollution transported across state lines and bring delinquent areas into compliance with federal and state...

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News Europe rights court hears Italy appeal of crucifix ban
Europe rights court hears Italy appeal of crucifix ban
Erin Bock
July 1, 2010 08:32:31 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday held a Grand Chamber hearing regarding its decision in Lautsi v. Italy , where the ECHR found an Italian school's display of...

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News Philippines president to create ‘truth commission’ to probe rights abuses
Philippines president to create ‘truth commission’ to probe rights abuses
Erin Bock
July 1, 2010 07:27:44 am

Newly-inaugurated Philippines President Benigno Aquino announced Tuesday that his administration will set up a "truth commission" to investigate allegations that the outgoing administration engaged in corruption and rights violations. The commission plans to...

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News ACLU finds incidents of political surveillance increasing
ACLU finds incidents of political surveillance increasing
Erin Bock
June 30, 2010 07:16:28 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reported Tuesday that there have been more than 100 incidents of political surveillance and harassment by authorities in 33 states since 9/11 . The report...

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Canada court convicts remaining ‘Toronto 18’ terrorism suspects
Erin Bock
June 24, 2010 07:37:01 am

A Canadian court on Wednesday convicted the final two members of the "Toronto 18" for their roles in a 2006 terror plot. The Toronto 18 were arrested in 2006 after police...

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Legal reform groups urge US government to make judicial nominations ‘top priority’
Erin Bock
June 23, 2010 08:01:38 am

A group of legal reform organizations on Tuesday called on US government officials to make judicial nominations "a top priority" and to fill judicial vacancies "expeditiously." The letter, sent to President Barack Obama, the Senate...

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News Rights group urges Israel to end Palestine home demolitions
Rights group urges Israel to end Palestine home demolitions
Erin Bock
June 17, 2010 07:12:16 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday issued a report urging the Israeli government to stop demolishing Palestinian homes found to be constructed illegally in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) . AI cited...

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News Law school deans support Kagan as ‘superbly qualified’ Supreme Court nominee
Law school deans support Kagan as ‘superbly qualified’ Supreme Court nominee
Erin Bock
June 16, 2010 08:15:39 am

A group of 69 current and former law school deans have expressed their support for US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan , describing her as "superbly qualified" in a letter released...

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Rights group urges stronger UN millennium goals to meet rights standards
Erin Bock
June 10, 2010 08:13:44 am

Amnesty International (AI) urged world leaders to strengthen the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to meet international human rights standards in a report released Wednesday. The report, From Promises to Delivery, focuses...

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Phillip III of Spain expels Muslim converts to Christianity

Phillip III of Spain began the expulsion of the country's "Morisco" (Muslims who converted to Christianity and their descendants) population on April 9, 1609, based on the Crown's fears that the Morisco population retained Muslim beliefs. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos would be expelled from the country from 1609-1614. The expulsions took place just over 100 years after Spain's Jewish population was expelled in 1492. Learn more about the expulsion of the Moriscos.

Senate approves purchase of Alaska

On April 9, 1867, the U.S. Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska and thereby approve the purchase of the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Initially, the purchase was made to keep Alaska away from the British. It was politically unpopular with many Americans who denounced it is "Seward's Folly", after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, who had lobbied for the purchase. Seward was later vindicated by the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Purchase from the U.S. State Department.

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.

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