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News Alabama governor signs immigration bill into law
Alabama governor signs immigration bill into law
Maureen Cosgrove
June 9, 2011 12:46:57 pm

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday signed into law an immigration bill expanding restrictions on undocumented immigrants. The bill, passed by the Alabama legislature last week, includes measures comparable to those...

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News Supreme Court rules against Microsoft in patent infringement case
Supreme Court rules against Microsoft in patent infringement case
Maureen Cosgrove
June 9, 2011 11:08:27 am

The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled against Microsoft Thursday in Microsoft v. i4i Limited Partnership , holding that a patent will be invalidated only if the challenging party meets the...

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News Brazil high court rejects extradition of Italy fugitive
Brazil high court rejects extradition of Italy fugitive
Maureen Cosgrove
June 9, 2011 09:56:57 am

The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Wednesday that it would not extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti back to Italy and said that Italy did not have standing to challenge the decision. The court...

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News ACLU: Utah law restricting Internet speech unconstitutional
ACLU: Utah law restricting Internet speech unconstitutional
Maureen Cosgrove
June 9, 2011 08:49:09 am

The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah (ACLU) on Wednesday asked a federal judge to permanently block a Utah law that restricts Internet speech. Utah Code §§ 76-10-1206 and 76-10-1233 regulate Internet material, including...

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News Federal judge allows environmental groups’ lawsuit against ExxonMobil
Federal judge allows environmental groups’ lawsuit against ExxonMobil
Maureen Cosgrove
June 8, 2011 03:09:33 pm

A federal judge on Tuesday permitted two environmental groups to sue a Texas refinery owned by ExxonMobil Corp. for failing to enforce federal environmental standards. The Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed the lawsuit [Reuters...

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News ICC prosecutor: Sudan president continues crimes against humanity
ICC prosecutor: Sudan president continues crimes against humanity
Maureen Cosgrove
June 8, 2011 01:21:22 pm

Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a statement Wednesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has continued to commit crimes against humanity in Darfur [JURIST news...

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News Bahrain agrees to UN rights office investigation of protest violations
Bahrain agrees to UN rights office investigation of protest violations
Maureen Cosgrove
June 8, 2011 10:15:20 am

The United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday announced that Bahrain has agreed to permit a UN commission to investigate human rights violations related to pro-democratic...

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News Philippines court freezes $23 million assets of massacre suspects
Philippines court freezes $23 million assets of massacre suspects
Maureen Cosgrove
June 8, 2011 10:07:31 am

A Philippine court on Tuesday froze USD $23 million worth of assets owned by the Ampatuan family, who are accused of ordering the killing of 57 people. The Philippines Department of Justice (PDOJ) had implicated Andal Ampatuan...

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News Federal judge reaffirms ruling striking down ban on corporate donations to candidates
Federal judge reaffirms ruling striking down ban on corporate donations to candidates
Maureen Cosgrove
June 8, 2011 09:31:51 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday reaffirmed a ruling he issued two weeks ago striking down a ban on corporate donations to...

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News UN rights chief condemns open fire by Israel forces, urges investigation
UN rights chief condemns open fire by Israel forces, urges investigation
Maureen Cosgrove
June 7, 2011 12:29:25 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday condemned the killings of protesters along the border between Golan Heights and Syria. Pillay reported that between 30 and 40 protesters had been killed by...

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Mexican Army kills over 400 Texas prisoners of war

The Mexican army executed more than 400 Texian prisoners of war on March 27, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, in an event that would become known as the Goliad Massacre. A decree passed in December 1835 allowed Mexican soldiers under General Antonio López de Santa Anna to shoot any foreigners in rebellion. Texian Colonel James Fannin and his men surrendered to the Mexican government under the expectation that they would be treated as prisoners of war, but they were executed regardless, engendering sympathy (and eventual support) from the neighboring United States. Learn more about the Goliad Massacre.

Khrushchev becomes USSR leader

On March 27, 1958, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became the new Premier of the USSR, replacing Joseph Stalin as the Soviet leader. During his rise to power, Khruschev denounced crimes of the Stalinist regime and the "cult of personality" surrounding his predecessor. While in office as Soviet Premier, Khruschev oversaw some of the most famous and influential events of the Cold War: the launch of Sputnik, the Sino-Soviet split, the U-2 Spy Plan incident, and finally the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, which led to his ouster by reactionary elements the following year. The conspirators forced Khruschev's resignation on October 15, 1964 and replaced him with Leonid Brezhnev.

Read the New York Times obituary of Nikita Khrushchev.

President Andrew Johnson vetoed citizenship for slaves

On March 27, 1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill that would later become the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, conferring full US citizenship on all slaves. Read President Johnson's veto letter, transmitted to the US Senate.

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