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News US military prosecutors filing new charges against so-called ’20th hijacker’
US military prosecutors filing new charges against so-called ’20th hijacker’
Eric Firkel
November 20, 2008 10:13:00 am

US Army prosecutors said Wednesday they would be filing new charges against Mohammad al-Qahtani , a Saudi Arabian citizen being held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Al-Qahtani is known as the...

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News Suspected Somalia pirates captured by UK charged in Kenya
Suspected Somalia pirates captured by UK charged in Kenya
Eric Firkel
November 19, 2008 08:40:00 pm

Eight Somalis were charged in a Kenyan court for piracy on Wednesday after being turned over to Kenyan officials by the British Royal Navy . The suspected pirates were captured by the HMS Cumberland [official...

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News EU urged to adopt rights benchmarks for Russia
EU urged to adopt rights benchmarks for Russia
Eric Firkel
November 13, 2008 11:54:00 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the European Union (EU) to adopt a series of specific human rights benchmarks Russia should meet before moving forward with the EU-Russian Partnership and Cooperation Agreement...

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News Germany parliament passes new anti-terror laws
Germany parliament passes new anti-terror laws
Eric Firkel
November 13, 2008 10:37:00 am

Germany's lower house of parliament voted Wednesday to approve a new law which would expand the power of Germany's federal police agency, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) , to undertake online and telephone...

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News ACLU requests records on sex segregation in Alabama school
ACLU requests records on sex segregation in Alabama school
Eric Firkel
November 13, 2008 08:33:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday announced that it had filed an Alabama Open Records Act request to obtain documents related to the Hankins Middle School policy of...

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News Uruguay senate votes to decriminalize some abortions but veto expected
Uruguay senate votes to decriminalize some abortions but veto expected
Eric Firkel
November 12, 2008 03:03:00 pm

The Uruguayan Senate passed a bill Tuesday that partially decriminalizes abortion , but it is unlikely the bill has the support needed to override a veto promised by Uruguayan...

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News Peru PM declares state of emergency in south after protests over new mining law
Peru PM declares state of emergency in south after protests over new mining law
Eric Firkel
November 7, 2008 07:57:00 am

Peruvian Prime Minister Yehude Simon has declared a state of emergency for Tacna province in southern Peru where violence broke out last week after the government passed a...

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News Bosnia police arrest two suspected in Srebrenica killings
Bosnia police arrest two suspected in Srebrenica killings
Eric Firkel
November 6, 2008 08:00:00 am

Law enforcement officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Wednesday arrested Momir Pelemis and Slavko Peric on suspicion that they committed genocide by engaging in the capture and execution of 1700 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...

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News Michigan, Massachusetts approve marijuana measures
Michigan, Massachusetts approve marijuana measures
Eric Firkel
November 5, 2008 11:46:00 pm

Michigan became the thirteenth US state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use Tuesday after voters passed Proposition 1 by 63 percent to 37 percent . The Michigan Medical Marijuana Act urged by the Michigan Coalition for...

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News Russia antitrust authority rules oil producers broke competition laws
Russia antitrust authority rules oil producers broke competition laws
Eric Firkel
October 31, 2008 07:43:00 am

Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) Thursday announced that Russian oil companies Rosneft and LUKoil broke competition laws in the Russian market by fixing monopoly-like prices this summer. The FAS found Rosneft and LUKoil fixed high...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Czar Alexander II assassinated

On March 13, 1881, revolutionaries assassinated Russian Tsar Alexander II. The terrorist organization Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) hoped to spark a revolution by assassinating the monarch. Instead, Alexander II's assassination led to a repressive backlash from his successor, Alexander III. Read an account of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II by anarchist revolutionary Peter Kropotkin.

Tennessee banned the teaching of evolution

On March 13, 1925, Tennessee passed a law banning the teaching of evolution in schools. The violation of this law by a local schoolteacher resulted in the famous "Scopes Monkey Trial." Learn more about The State v. John Scopes.

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