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News China increasing corruption oversight within Communist Party: report
China increasing corruption oversight within Communist Party: report
Matt Glenn
January 15, 2010 07:08:00 am

The Communist Party of China (CPC) will increase its oversight of the families of government officials to control corruption, the state-controlled China Daily reported Wednesday. A communique released Wednesday by the...

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News Nigeria court rules VP may take executive powers in president’s absence
Nigeria court rules VP may take executive powers in president’s absence
Matt Glenn
January 14, 2010 07:04:00 am

A judge for Nigeria's Federal High Court on Wednesday ordered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to assume executive powers due to the prolonged absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua , who has been in Saudi Arabia receiving...

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News Supreme Court blocks YouTube broadcast of Proposition 8 trial
Supreme Court blocks YouTube broadcast of Proposition 8 trial
Matt Glenn
January 14, 2010 06:07:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 5-4 that the trial on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban may not be broadcast because...

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News US HIV/AIDS travel ban lifted
US HIV/AIDS travel ban lifted
Matt Glenn
January 4, 2010 01:04:00 pm

A US rule ending a policy prohibiting people with HIV or AIDS from entering the country went into effect on Monday. The decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to remove HIV from...

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News Threats against US judges and attorneys more than doubled in six years: report
Threats against US judges and attorneys more than doubled in six years: report
Matt Glenn
January 4, 2010 12:05:00 pm

Threats against judges, US attorneys, and assistant US attorneys have more than doubled over the last six years, according to a report released Monday by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . The report, conducted by...

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News Some Philippines judges want high court to hear martial law challenge: report
Some Philippines judges want high court to hear martial law challenge: report
Matt Glenn
December 14, 2009 01:25:00 pm

At least four justices on the Supreme Court of the Philippines believe the court should hear cases stemming from this month's imposition of martial law in the province of Maguindanao, despite petitions to...

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News Canada to review anti-terror security certificate system: report
Canada to review anti-terror security certificate system: report
Matt Glenn
December 14, 2009 12:07:00 pm

The Canadian government has begun reviewing its security certificate system, which allows the government to deport residents who pose a threat to national security, the Canadian Press (CP) reported Sunday. The government...

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News Senate Judiciary Committee approves journalist shield bill
Senate Judiciary Committee approves journalist shield bill
Matt Glenn
December 11, 2009 10:46:00 am

The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday that would protect journalists' abilities to shield sources in federal court proceedings. Under the Free Flow of Information Act , which was approved 14-5, the federal...

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News Ninth Circuit rejects Patriot Act challenge for lack of standing
Ninth Circuit rejects Patriot Act challenge for lack of standing
Matt Glenn
December 11, 2009 09:05:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a lawsuit seeking to declare parts of the Patriot Act unconstitutional must be dismissed for lack of standing. Brandon Mayfield...

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News Israel rights increasingly granted only conditionally: report
Israel rights increasingly granted only conditionally: report
Matt Glenn
December 7, 2009 11:32:00 am

Many rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories are granted only conditionally according to a report released Sunday by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) . The report found that...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

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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