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News Turkey voters approve referendum to increase presidential powers
Turkey voters approve referendum to increase presidential powers
Elizabeth Lowman
April 17, 2017 01:14:17 pm

Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan , announced a victory on Sunday after 51.5 percent of Turkish voters elected to expand presidential powers. However, his political opponents are demanding a recount as some of the ballots did...

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News US Treasury sanctions Iran prison company
US Treasury sanctions Iran prison company
Elizabeth Lowman
April 14, 2017 02:30:03 pm

The US Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Thursday sanction against the Iranian prison company Tehran Prisons Organization and one of its senior officials, Sohrab Soleimani, for human rights abuses...

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News UN commissioner: stop transferring refugees to Hungary
UN commissioner: stop transferring refugees to Hungary
Elizabeth Lowman
April 10, 2017 02:49:14 pm

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a press release on Monday that all transfers of asylum-seekers from other EU states to Hungary should be suspended under the Dublin Regulation . The Dublin...

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News Advocacy group: Shell knew of bribes to Nigeria official
Advocacy group: Shell knew of bribes to Nigeria official
Elizabeth Lowman
April 10, 2017 01:18:25 pm

The anti-corruption group Global Witness (GW) said Monday that recently leaked emails reveal that Shell knowingly briber Nigerian officials so the company could access a Nigerian offshore oilfield. GW alleges Shell and its...

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News DOJ says it has paid terrorism victims over $800M
DOJ says it has paid terrorism victims over $800M
Elizabeth Lowman
April 7, 2017 12:08:37 pm

The US Department of Justice said in a press release on Thursday that it paid victims over $800 million from the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund . The money has compensated...

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News Venezuela Supreme Court reverses ruling dissolving legislature after protests
Venezuela Supreme Court reverses ruling dissolving legislature after protests
Elizabeth Lowman
April 3, 2017 03:09:15 pm

Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice reversed a prior ruling to take over the National Assembly on Sunday. The court effectively dissolved the legislature in its decision last Wednesday. The Supreme Court and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro [official...

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News UN rights official: Australia treatment of aboriginal people ‘appalling’
UN rights official: Australia treatment of aboriginal people ‘appalling’
Elizabeth Lowman
April 3, 2017 01:55:46 pm

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples , Victoria Tauli-Corpuz , said Monday she was appalled by the living conditions of Aboriginal Australians following her week-long visit to Australia. According to the...

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News Senate holds first hearing on Russia involvement in election
Senate holds first hearing on Russia involvement in election
Elizabeth Lowman
March 31, 2017 01:11:47 pm

The U.S. Senate on Thursday held its first hearing on Russian involvement in the 2016 election. Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice-Chairman Mark Warner of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence...

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News Justice Department appeals court injunction on travel ban
Justice Department appeals court injunction on travel ban
Elizabeth Lowman
March 31, 2017 12:52:25 pm

The US Department of Justice filed a notice on Thursday saying that it will appeal a Hawaii federal judge's order against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban . The judge converted...

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News China court rules for Apple in patent case
China court rules for Apple in patent case
Elizabeth Lowman
March 27, 2017 02:41:18 pm

The Beijing IP Court ruled on Monday that Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus do not infringe on patents held by the Shenzhen Baili Marketing Services Co., a Chinese manufacturer which is now "defunct." Baili alleged...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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