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Saudi Arabia criminalizes domestic violence
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August 29, 2013 09:27:53 am

Saudi Arabia's cabinet on Monday passed a new law that would criminalize different forms of abuse at home and in workplace. Offenders may be imprisoned for a term ranging from one month to a year or...

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The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday sentenced Goran Saric, a former police chief, to 14 years for crimes against humanity. His charges specifically involved detention, forced transfer and murder of civilian...

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Iran lawmakers approve bill to sue US for role in 1953 coup
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August 28, 2013 11:27:20 am

Iran's Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that would direct the government to sue the US for its involvement during the 1953 coup. The recent decision came amid the release of newly declassified documents [National...

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US trade commission rules against Samsung in Apple patent dispute
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday ruled that Samsung infringed two patents of Apple . The two patents involves the detection of users' finger movements on smartphone touchscreens and the way its plugs...

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US President calling for reform of surveillance systems
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President Barack Obama on Friday gave a speech proposing a four-step reform to increase the credibility and legitimacy of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) . The first step will reform...

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The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved a bill that would reverse the currently existing draft exemption for, among others, ultra-Orthodox men. The new bill, approved by a vote of 14-0 with four abstentions, would limit the number of men...

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July 7, 2013 11:32:02 am

Egyptian blogger Ahmed Douma, who had been sentenced to six months in prison for insulting ousted president Mohammed Morsi was released on Saturday, according to the state news agency MENA . The prosecution...

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The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Thursday began the retrial of Fatmir Limaj , a prominent political figure in the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and...

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April 19, 2013 12:39:21 pm

Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf was placed under house arrest on Friday. He appeared before a magistrate after he was arrested in his home in the suburbs of Islamabad. Musharraf escaped the...

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A Pakistani judge on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf on charges of detaining judges during his time in office. With the arrest warrant, Judge Shaukat Siddiqui also canceled [Guardian...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Night of the Murdered Poets takes place in USSR

Soviet authorities under Josef Stalin executed a group of 13 Jewish intellectuals from the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, an organization dedicated to supporting the Soviet war effort against Nazi Germany, on August 12, 1952. The 13 stood accused of supporting the US and Zionism as well as trying to create an independent republic in Crimea, which all but one falsely confessed to under torture. Learn more about the Night of the Murdered Poets from the World Jewish Congress and Forward. Also read a history of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee from the Jewish Virtual Library.

Swiss banks agreed to compensate Holocaust victims for holding assets

On August 12, 1998, Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle lawsuits brought by Holocaust survivors and their heirs. The plaintiffs had alleged that the banks had kept millions of dollars deposited by Holocaust victims before and during World War II. Read CNN's original report of the story.

City of Chicago founded

On August 12, 1833, the City of Chicago was founded. The city was later formally incorporated with a town charter on March 4, 1837.
Learn more about the history of Chicago's charter from the Encyclopedia of Chicago.

Former Japan PM convicted of accepting bribes

On August 12, 1983, the former Prime Minister of Japan, Tanaka Kakuei was convicted of accepting bribes while in office and sentenced to 4 years in jail. He came to be described as "the paragon of post war corruption" for taking money from the defense contractor Boeing in exchange for favorable contracts. Also on this day, Nikita Kruschev famously banged his shoe on the table during a heated argument before the United Nations General Assembly.

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