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News Putin urges compromise in Ukraine
Putin urges compromise in Ukraine
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 22, 2014 02:47:03 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed support for a cease-fire in Ukraine's battle against pro-Russian separatists and called for both sides to negotiate a compromise. Following a ceremony commemorating the millions who died following...

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News Top Kuwait court jails activist over Twitter posts
Top Kuwait court jails activist over Twitter posts
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 15, 2014 02:10:15 pm

Kuwait's Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the two-year jail sentence of an opposition online activist for writing tweets found to be offensive to the country's Emir. After the ruling, activist Hejab Al Hajeri said on his Twitter ...

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News Apple, Samsung drop cross-appeal in ITC phone-patent dispute
Apple, Samsung drop cross-appeal in ITC phone-patent dispute
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 15, 2014 01:51:42 pm

Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday agreed to drop their appeals of a patent-infringement case at the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that resulted in an import ban on some older model Samsung...

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News Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia agree to truth commission
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia agree to truth commission
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 8, 2014 02:36:03 pm

Colombia's government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Sunday agreed to create a truth commission to investigate the deaths of thousands of people in the last five decades of the country's conflict. During negotiations in Havana,...

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News UN calls for immediate end to conflict in DRC
UN calls for immediate end to conflict in DRC
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 8, 2014 02:27:03 pm

The head of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Saturday strongly condemned an outbreak of deadly violence in the eastern areas of the DRC, sparked by a confrontation over cattle. The...

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News Chile court ends 10-year Pinochet embezzlement investigation
Chile court ends 10-year Pinochet embezzlement investigation
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 1, 2014 02:00:59 pm

A Chilean court on Friday said that it has completed the 10-year investigation into the origin of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's fortune and his suspected embezzlement of public funds. In an unanimous decision,...

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News AI: Iran must halt execution of political dissident
AI: Iran must halt execution of political dissident
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 1, 2014 01:12:45 pm

Amnesty International (AI) urged Iran on Saturday not to execute a political dissident convicted of "enmity against God." Gholamreza Khosravi Savajani was sentenced to death in 2010 on the charge of "enmity against God" for...

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News Poroshenko claims Ukraine presidency
Poroshenko claims Ukraine presidency
Elizabeth LaForgia
May 25, 2014 04:13:58 pm

Frontrunner Petro Poroshenko claimed Ukraine's presidency on Sunday after exit polls gave him an absolute majority in the first round of voting. Billionaire candy-maker Poroshenko, who is known as the "chocolate king," garnered more than 55 percent of votes....

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News US judge allows force feeding of Guantanamo prisoner to continue
US judge allows force feeding of Guantanamo prisoner to continue
Elizabeth LaForgia
May 25, 2014 02:17:37 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order late Thursday allowing the military to resume force feeding a Syrian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, stating that "the court is...

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News Minnesota lawmakers approve limited legalization of medical marijuana
Minnesota lawmakers approve limited legalization of medical marijuana
Elizabeth LaForgia
May 18, 2014 04:11:39 pm

Minnesota lawmakers on Friday approved a bill legalizing medical marijuana in pill or liquid form for a limited number of patients who suffer from severe or fatal illnesses. The state's Senate voted 46-16 and the House...

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Accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, put on trial in Israel

On February 16, 1987, accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, went on trial in Jerusalem, Israel. The prosecution claimed that Demjanjuk was a notorious prison guard known as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp during World War II. On this basis, Demjanjuk was convicted by the Israeli court of crimes against humanity. However, in August 1993, the conviction was overturned by Israel's Supreme Court on a finding of reasonable doubt. After the decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, Demjanjuk was returned to the United States, where he had been moved after World War II. On December 22, 2006, the US Board of Immigration Appeals ordered him deported to Ukraine on a finding that he had been a guard at other Nazi concentration camps.

American anarchist arrested for advocating birth control

On February 16, 1916, feminist and anarchist Emma Goldman was arrested in New York City for advocating birth control. Learn more about Emma Goldman and her defense of reproductive rights from the University of California, Berkeley.

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