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News UN rights committee criticizes Vatican over child sex abuse
UN rights committee criticizes Vatican over child sex abuse
Kimberly Bennett
January 17, 2014 06:44:44 am

The UN Committee on the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Thursday criticized the Vatican on the its handling of child sex abuse. During questioning in Geneva, committee member Sara Oviedo forced Vatican...

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UN urges Brazil to investigate prison violence
Kimberly Bennett
January 10, 2014 07:57:43 am

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday urged the Brazilian government to investigate the killings of inmates at the Pedrinhas Penitentiary Complex after a video surfaced of three decapitated inmates during a...

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News France court upholds burqa ban conviction
France court upholds burqa ban conviction
Kimberly Bennett
January 8, 2014 12:01:58 pm

A French court on Wednesday convicted Cassandra Belin for wearing a burqa in violation of the controversial law banning women from wearing full-face veils in public, rejecting her bid to have the...

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News Federal court dismisses suspicionless laptop search lawsuit
Federal court dismisses suspicionless laptop search lawsuit
Kimberly Bennett
January 1, 2014 03:44:46 pm

The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday dismissed a complaint challenging the US government's search of a laptop without reasonable suspicion. The complaint was filed by the...

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News Egypt government declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group
Egypt government declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group
Kimberly Bennett
December 26, 2013 10:51:49 am

Egypt's interim government on Wednesday officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group following the bombing of a police station earlier this week that killed 16 people. The official label [Reuters...

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Turkey PM replaces cabinet members
Kimberly Bennett
December 26, 2013 10:11:54 am

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday named ten new members of his cabinet following the resignation of three members under investigation for graft. Nine of the ten new cabinet ministers are members of the ruling...

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Russia drops first case against Greenpeace activists
Kimberly Bennett
December 24, 2013 10:34:01 am

Greenpeace International announced on Tuesday that Russian authorities dropped criminal charges against the first of 30 people accused of taking part in a Greenpeace protest in the Arctic. The 30 jailed activists were accused of hooliganism after...

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News Federal judge rules Ohio must recognize same-sex marriage on death certificates
Federal judge rules Ohio must recognize same-sex marriage on death certificates
Kimberly Bennett
December 24, 2013 10:08:14 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled on Monday that Ohio must recognize valid out-of-state marriages between same-sex couples on Ohio death certificates. The order also extends to...

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Khodorkovsky pardoned by Putin, released from prison
Kimberly Bennett
December 20, 2013 10:16:25 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Friday pardoning former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky , and releasing him from prison. Khodorkovsky has already spent over a decade in prison...

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules portion of shale drilling law unconstitutional
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December 20, 2013 09:39:21 am

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that portions of Act 13 of 2012 , a statute amending the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act , are unconstitutional. Specifically, the court found that the act...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First American anti-slavery society organized

On April 14, 1775, Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia helped organize the first American society for the abolition of slavery.

Learn more about the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.

USSR agrees to leave Afghanistan

On April 14, 1988, the USSR signed the Geneva Accords, pledging to withdraw its military forces from Afghanistan. Soviet troops had been in the country since the USSR invaded in 1979 in order to support the communist government there. In addition to setting a timetable for Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Geneva Accords further defined the terms of relations between the government of Pakistan and the communist government of Afghanistan, providing for the return of prisoners and non-interference in the affairs of the other nation.

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