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News EU: 23 member states sign joint notification for defense security pact
EU: 23 member states sign joint notification for defense security pact
Lindsay Offutt
November 14, 2017 08:27:08 am

Twenty-three EU member states on Monday signed a joint notification for the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), a long sought after pact which will facilitate states working together more closely on defense security and defense policy matters....

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News Indonesia Constitutional Court declares discriminatory religion law unconstitutional
Indonesia Constitutional Court declares discriminatory religion law unconstitutional
Lindsay Offutt
November 9, 2017 08:40:41 am

The Indonesian Constitutional Court on Tuesday found that a 2013 law requiring people who adopted indigenous native faiths to not disclose that religion on their ID cards was discriminatory and unconstitutional. The Indonesian government only recognizes six official...

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News Turkish court upheld opposition party deputy’s 25 year sentence
Turkish court upheld opposition party deputy’s 25 year sentence
Lindsay Offutt
November 9, 2017 07:10:35 am

The Instanbul 14th High Criminal Court on Tuesday upheld Enis Berberoğlu's 25-year prison sentence, finding the appeals court did not have grounds to order a retrial . Berberoğlu, deputy of the main opposition party, Republican People's Party (CHP), was...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in case questioning Bankruptcy Code interpretation
Supreme Court hears arguments in case questioning Bankruptcy Code interpretation
Lindsay Offutt
November 7, 2017 06:44:47 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Merit Management Group, LP, v. FTI Consulting, Inc. , a case concerning the scope of protection afforded certain institutions acting as so-called "safe harbors" in claims against bankruptcy...

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News Supreme Court refuses to enforce original plea bargain based on contract principles
Supreme Court refuses to enforce original plea bargain based on contract principles
Lindsay Offutt
November 6, 2017 09:46:02 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court's decision to enforce an original plea bargain in accordance with contract law principles, finding such application was not supported by federal law. The case arose from...

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News Guantanamo: military general sentenced to 21 days confinement in 2000 USS Cole case
Guantanamo: military general sentenced to 21 days confinement in 2000 USS Cole case
Lindsay Offutt
November 2, 2017 10:43:47 am

A judge for the Guantanamo military commissions on Wednesday held Marine Brigaider General John Baker, the chief defense counsel, guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 21 days confinement and a fine of $1,000. The conviction...

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News Liberia: Supreme Court halts election set for next week pending decision in election fraud case
Liberia: Supreme Court halts election set for next week pending decision in election fraud case
Lindsay Offutt
November 2, 2017 09:39:10 am

The Supreme Court of Liberia on Wednesday halted the run-off elections set for November 7, pending the court's decision Thursday in a case brought by the first-round losing candidate for allegations of election fraud ....

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in criminal procedure cases
Supreme Court hears arguments in criminal procedure cases
Lindsay Offutt
October 31, 2017 07:27:08 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in two criminal procedure cases. In Ayestas v. Davis the petitioner, Carlos Manuel Ayestas, a Texas death-row inmate, filed a habeas petition for ineffective assistance of...

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News Turkish court releases Amnesty International activists on bail
Turkish court releases Amnesty International activists on bail
Lindsay Offutt
October 26, 2017 09:05:14 am

Turkey's 35th Heavy Penal Court in Istanbul on Wednesday released eight of the eleven Amnesty International (AI) human rights activists on bail pending trial for charges related to assisting the terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)...

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News Federal court denies motion for preliminary injunction to continue Obamacare subsidies
Federal court denies motion for preliminary injunction to continue Obamacare subsidies
Lindsay Offutt
October 25, 2017 10:17:51 pm

The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday denied a motion for preliminary injunction to require the Trump administration to continue to pay insurance subsidies necessary for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...

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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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