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News ICC prosecutor warns Mali on human rights abuses
ICC prosecutor warns Mali on human rights abuses
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 29, 2013 11:44:40 am

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Monday warned the Malian government over reports of human rights abuses by Malian forces. In the statement, Bensouda urged Malian authorities to put an...

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News Federal appeals court reinstates inmate gender reassignment lawsuit
Federal appeals court reinstates inmate gender reassignment lawsuit
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 29, 2013 10:32:34 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday reinstated a lawsuit by a Virginia prison inmate seeking gender reassignment surgery. The court ruled that Ophelia Azriel De'lonta, an inmate suffering from gender...

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News US government: disabled students must be allowed to compete in extracurricular sports
US government: disabled students must be allowed to compete in extracurricular sports
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 26, 2013 03:12:41 pm

The Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Education on Friday issued guidance clarifying school districts' existing legal obligations to give disabled students an equal chance to compete in extracurricular sports alongside their...

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News Former CIA operative sentenced to prison for disclosing confidential information
Former CIA operative sentenced to prison for disclosing confidential information
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 26, 2013 01:27:58 pm

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has sentenced former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent John Kiriakou, who was among the first to disclose information to the public about the CIA's...

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News Ally of Ivory Coast ex-president charged with war crimes
Ally of Ivory Coast ex-president charged with war crimes
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 22, 2013 11:18:50 am

Charles Ble Goude , the former Ivory Coast Minister for Sports and Youth and close political ally of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo , was charged Tuesday with war crimes and murder. Goude has been in hiding since...

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News ACLU ends challenge to Kansas abortion insurance law
ACLU ends challenge to Kansas abortion insurance law
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 19, 2013 05:49:27 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri on Friday ended their challenge to a 2011 Kansas law that restricts private health insurance companies from offering coverage for abortions...

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News Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko charged with murder
Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko charged with murder
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 19, 2013 04:48:05 pm

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been charged with murder for her role in the contract-style killing of Yevhen Shcherban and two others in 1996, Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka...

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Pakistan Supreme Court orders arrest of prime minister
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 15, 2013 11:26:08 am

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and 15 others over allegations of accepting bribes and approving power generation projects during his tenure as Minister for...

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News Sri Lanka president swears in replacement chief justice
Sri Lanka president swears in replacement chief justice
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 15, 2013 10:28:45 am

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday swore in Mohan Peiris, a retired attorney general and trusted aide to the Cabinet, to replace former chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake , who was removed from office ...

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Greece parliament approves new tax legislation
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 12, 2013 02:32:11 pm

Greece's Hellenic Parliament approved new tax legislation on Saturday so that the country can pay back loans so that it can continue receiving financial aid. The new legislation would bring the new top-tier tax level to 42...

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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

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On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.

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