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News PA high court refuses to reinstate AG Kane’s law license
PA high court refuses to reinstate AG Kane’s law license
Jacqueline Jones
February 7, 2016 02:00:23 pm

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Friday refused to reinstate Attorney General Kathleen Kane's law license while investigations persist into her alleged leak of grand jury materials. Kane requested that the court reinstate her law...

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News UN SG condemns North Korea missile launch
UN SG condemns North Korea missile launch
Jacqueline Jones
February 7, 2016 01:19:51 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called on North Korea's government to stop violating international obligations after a missile launch conducted by the country. The launch, which the statement calls "deplorable," violates "relevant Security Council resolutions"...

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News Supreme Court allows Virginia elections to proceed under new redistricting plan
Supreme Court allows Virginia elections to proceed under new redistricting plan
Jacqueline Jones
February 2, 2016 11:17:24 am

The US Supreme Court refused Monday to delay the implementation of a new redistricting plan in Virginia for the upcoming election to the US House of Representatives. The case, Wittman v. Personhuballah , involves...

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News India high court to review decision banning gay sex
India high court to review decision banning gay sex
Jacqueline Jones
February 2, 2016 10:27:26 am

The Supreme Court of India agreed Tuesday to review its 2013 decision reinstating an 1861 law prohibiting sex between consenting adults of the same sex. The law, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, was...

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News HRW: Yemen rebels preventing aid from reaching besieged city
HRW: Yemen rebels preventing aid from reaching besieged city
Jacqueline Jones
February 1, 2016 07:29:08 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Sunday for Iranian-backed Yemeni insurgents to stop illegally confiscating aid to people in the besieged of Taiz. HRW claims that rebels have confiscated items including food, water, cooking gas and...

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News El Salvador ex-president dies awaiting trial for corruption
El Salvador ex-president dies awaiting trial for corruption
Jacqueline Jones
January 31, 2016 02:00:07 pm

Former president of El Salvador Francisco Flores died Saturday in San Salvador while under house arrest and waiting to stand trial on embezzlement charges. Officials from his Nationalist Republican Alliance party say that the cause of death was...

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News China authorities release detained Sweden rights advocate
China authorities release detained Sweden rights advocate
Jacqueline Jones
January 26, 2016 11:14:19 am

Chinese authorities on Tuesday released and deported Swedish citizen charged with training and funding unlicensed lawyers, after the Swedish embassy expressed concerns over the charges last week. Peter Dahlin had appeared on Chinese national television...

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News Texas grand jury indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood video
Texas grand jury indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood video
Jacqueline Jones
January 26, 2016 10:47:29 am

A Texas grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood over allegations of selling fetal tissue, instead indicting two activists responsible for releasing videos that spurred the allegations. Harris County District Attorney Devon...

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News UN SG expresses concern over delayed Haiti election
UN SG expresses concern over delayed Haiti election
Jacqueline Jones
January 24, 2016 01:36:46 pm

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday expressed concern over the delay of Haiti's presidential election and urged political actors to reject all forms of violence. The election, which was to be held on Sunday, was postponed...

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Iran parliament defines ‘political offenses’
Jacqueline Jones
January 24, 2016 12:57:43 pm

The Parliament of Iran on Sunday passed a law defining what constitutes a political crime. Under the country's constitution, individuals accused of committing "public offenses" are guaranteed public trials and other legal protections. Prior to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First former Warsaw Pact countries join NATO

On March 12, 1999, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Read the NATO accession treaties for the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, and the Republic of Poland.

Janet Reno sworn in as first female US Attorney General

On March 12, 1993, Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female US Attorney General. Learn more about Janet Reno from the US Department of Justice Attorney General's website as it stood on November 9, 2000.

Mahatma Gandhi begins Salt March

Indian independence advocate Mahatma Gandhi and 78 others began a 3.5-week-long march to the Arabian Sea on March 12, 1930 to defy monopolistic colonial laws prohibiting the collection of salt by Indians. The demonstration exemplified Gandhi's strategy of Satyagraha. The march ended with thousands joining in in other cities, Gandhi being briefly jailed and then granted a seat at the 1930-1932 India Round Table Conference in London. Learn more about the Salt March.

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