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News Convicted Nazi guard Demjanjuk claims US withheld evidence
Convicted Nazi guard Demjanjuk claims US withheld evidence
Michael Haggerson
October 20, 2011 02:52:59 pm

Lawyers for convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk filed a request in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for a hearing to determine whether the FBI failed to turn...

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Iran denies UN report on increasing human rights violations
Michael Haggerson
October 20, 2011 02:15:41 pm

Iran's deputy ambassador to the UN, Eshagh al-Habib, on Thursday denied allegations in a recent UN report that human rights violations in Iran are on the rise . Al-Habib criticized the report for being poorly sourced, non-neutral and...

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Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko facing new charges
Michael Haggerson
October 14, 2011 03:21:52 pm

The Security Service of Ukraine on Thursday brought new corruption charges against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , just days after she was sentenced to seven years in prison...

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UN expert supports Mexico right to food constitutional reform
Michael Haggerson
October 14, 2011 01:17:42 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food , Olivier De Schutter , announced on Thursday that he supports a Mexican constitutional reform which recognizes the right to food . The reform targets articles 4 and...

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Alleged Iran assassination plot may violate UN treaty protecting diplomats
Michael Haggerson
October 13, 2011 12:46:49 pm

An alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Adel al-Jubeir , Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the US, may violate the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents , which...

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Sudan to adopt Islamic constitution
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October 13, 2011 12:09:16 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir announced Wednesday that Sudan will adopt an Islamic constitution. The creation of an Islamic state, three months after the official split between Sudan and South Sudan , is intended...

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October 7, 2011 03:40:44 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion in the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Friday to halt enforcement of a controversial Alabama immigration law that...

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Michael Haggerson
October 7, 2011 02:26:24 pm

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for their efforts in promoting women's rights. Sirleaf, known as the "Iron Lady,"...

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Kenya leaders: ICC prosecutors failed to investigate evidence
Michael Haggerson
October 7, 2011 06:59:55 am

Defense counsel for three Kenyan leaders charged in the International Criminal Court (ICC) with inciting violence after the December 2007 Kenyan elections argued Wednesday that prosecutors had not fully investigated evidence that they planned...

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October 6, 2011 12:10:27 pm

Human Rights Watch released a report on Thursday calling for the Ivory Coast government to prosecute both sides of the post-election violence equally. The violence began last November when Alassane Ouattara defeated incumbent...

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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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