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News France president announces plans for new genocide law
France president announces plans for new genocide law
Jennie Ryan
July 8, 2012 11:28:03 am

French President Francois Hollande announced on Saturday that he plans a new law that would make it a crime to deny the killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 was a genocide. The...

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News West African leaders urge ICC to investigate Mali war crimes
West African leaders urge ICC to investigate Mali war crimes
Jennie Ryan
July 8, 2012 10:34:17 am

The leaders of six West African nations urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate war crimes in Mali at a crisis summit on Saturday. Malian soldiers took control of the government...

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News Egypt president appoints committee to investigate protester deaths
Egypt president appoints committee to investigate protester deaths
Jennie Ryan
July 7, 2012 12:19:46 pm

Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi on Thursday issued a decree appointing a fact-finding committee to investigate the deaths of protesters in last year's demonstrations. The committee is made up of 16 members including judges, a state prosecutor, a...

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News Romania lawmakers vote to impeach president
Romania lawmakers vote to impeach president
Jennie Ryan
July 7, 2012 11:52:31 am

Lawmakers in Romania voted on Friday to impeach President Traian Basescu for overstepping the bounds of his authority by interfering in judicial and legislative affairs. The Romanian Parliament voted 256-114 for impeachment. Romanian...

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News Somalia signs UN-backed plan to end use of child soldiers
Somalia signs UN-backed plan to end use of child soldiers
Jennie Ryan
July 4, 2012 02:24:47 pm

The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia on Wednesday signed an action plan to be implemented with the goal of ending the recruitment of child soldiers in the region. Somali Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Arab...

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News Michigan governor vetoes voter identification legislation
Michigan governor vetoes voter identification legislation
Jennie Ryan
July 4, 2012 01:54:59 pm

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) on Tuesday vetoed several measures in a series of new legislation that included amendments to the state's election laws. Two of the vetoed bills would have required voters to produce photo identification...

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DOJ will not prosecute AG Holder for contempt of Congress
Jennie Ryan
June 30, 2012 11:17:39 am

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday announced that it will not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder after the House of Representatives voted to hold him in contempt of Congress . The...

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News Kazakhstan must justify charges against political activists: HRW
Kazakhstan must justify charges against political activists: HRW
Jennie Ryan
June 30, 2012 10:44:10 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday demanded that authorities in Kazakhstan publicly disclose their reasons for bringing new criminal charges against a group of labor activists and an oil worker who participated in...

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News Bosnia war crimes court sentences Muslim brothers for murder of Serbian civilians
Bosnia war crimes court sentences Muslim brothers for murder of Serbian civilians
Jennie Ryan
June 24, 2012 11:19:46 am

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday sentenced two Bosnian Muslim brothers each to six years in prison for the murder of two Serbian civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian Civil War ....

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Federal judge dismisses Apple lawsuit against Motorola
Jennie Ryan
June 24, 2012 10:29:31 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday dismissed the patent lawsuit between Apple and Motorola . Judge Richard Posner dismissed the case with prejudice, ruling that...

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English Queen consort Anne Boleyn arrested on adultery accusations

English Queen consort Anne Boleyn, whom King Henry VIII married after famously divorcing Catherine of Aragon, was arrested on charges of adultery on May 2, 1536. The following trial, orchestrated by prominent minister of state Thomas Cromwell, led to Anne's conviction and eventual execution two weeks after her arrest despite Anne's denial of the charges. Henry VIII would marry Jane Seymour later that month. Learn more about Anne Boleyn.

FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover died

Longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972 at age 77, having led the agency since 1924. He built his reputation on battling bootleggers during Prohibition and communist and pro-rights groups after World War II. Review Hoover's official FBI personnel file, released under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.

European Central Bank founded

On May 2, 1998, the European Central Bank (ECB) was founded to set monetary policy for the sixteen EU nations who use the Euro as their primary currency. Learn more about the ECB from the organization's website.

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