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News Prominent China rights lawyer released
Prominent China rights lawyer released
Justin Cosgrove
December 23, 2015 11:31:11 am

Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been released after receiving a suspended sentence on Tuesday. Zhiqiang was indicted in May on charges of fanning ethnic hatred and provoking trouble for comments that he posted online. He...

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News Burkina Faso military court issues arrest warrant for former president Compaore
Burkina Faso military court issues arrest warrant for former president Compaore
Justin Cosgrove
December 22, 2015 12:15:21 pm

Burkina Faso's military court issued an international arrest warrant on Monday for former president Blaise Compaore for the assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara. Sankara was killed along with 12 of his supporters during a 1987...

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News Pennsylvania Supreme Court states governor can postpone executions
Pennsylvania Supreme Court states governor can postpone executions
Justin Cosgrove
December 22, 2015 11:25:50 am

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday upheld the authority of Governor Tom Wolf to postpone executions in the commonwealth. The unanimous decision came after Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams petitioned the court...

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News Guantanamo detainee victim of mistaken identity: US government
Guantanamo detainee victim of mistaken identity: US government
Justin Cosgrove
December 2, 2015 12:05:43 pm

According to an official US government document , a man who fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan and has been held without charge at Guantanamo Bay for 13 years was a victim of mistaken identity. Mustafa Abd-al Qawi Abd-al-Aziz...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear Mexican states’ appeal in oil spill case
Supreme Court declines to hear Mexican states’ appeal in oil spill case
Justin Cosgrove
November 30, 2015 11:50:09 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in an appeal by Mexican states attempting to sue BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The court let stand a lower court ruling in Veracruz,...

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News HRW: Bahrain tortured protest detainees
HRW: Bahrain tortured protest detainees
Justin Cosgrove
November 23, 2015 12:30:42 pm

Bahrain has tortured detainees in the years following the country's 2011 protests , despite a government promise to stop such abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday. The report is based on testimony offered by...

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News Dutch court orders more cuts in gas production
Dutch court orders more cuts in gas production
Justin Cosgrove
November 18, 2015 12:31:54 pm

The Dutch Council of State on Wednesday ordered more cuts in gas production. The court came to this decision after stronger and more frequent earthquakes occurred in the Netherlands...

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News Supreme Court denies review in Planned Parenthood documents case
Supreme Court denies review in Planned Parenthood documents case
Justin Cosgrove
November 16, 2015 04:04:31 pm

The US Supreme Court denied review in New Hampshire Right to Life v. Department of Health & Human Services on Monday. The anti-abortion group petitioned the court to clarify Exemption 4...

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News Federal prosecutors announce criminal charges against JP Morgan hackers
Federal prosecutors announce criminal charges against JP Morgan hackers
Justin Cosgrove
November 11, 2015 11:03:30 am

Federal prosecutors in New York announced Tuesday that they are expanding criminal charges against the three individuals responsible for orchestrating a massive computer hack against financial institutions, brokerage firms and financial news publishers. Gery Shalon, Joshua...

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News UK Supreme Court hears Libya rendition claim
UK Supreme Court hears Libya rendition claim
Justin Cosgrove
November 9, 2015 11:07:45 am

The UK Supreme Court on Monday began hearings in the case of Abdel Hakim Belhaj, who claims the British government assisted in his 2004 rendition by US forces. Belhaj and his wife were arrested in Bangkok in 2004...

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Jamaica achieves full independence

On February 9, 1962, Jamaica left the Federation of the West Indies, becoming a fully-independent nation for the first time in its history. The country did, however, remain a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations.

Read the Constitution of Jamaica from the Georgetown University archives.

First US federal anti-narcotics legislation passed

On February 9, 1909, Congress passed the first federal legislation prohibiting narcotics. The "Act to Prohibit Importation and Use Of Opium" barred the importation of opium at other than specified ports and for other than medicinal use. Read a contemporary call for quick passage of the legislation just days before it passed the House.

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