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News Bank of America settles class action suit over Merrill Lynch acquisition
Bank of America settles class action suit over Merrill Lynch acquisition
Michael Haggerson
September 28, 2012 12:27:23 pm

Bank of America (BOA) announced Friday that it has agreed to pay $2.43 billion to settle a class action lawsuit with investors over its $18.5 billion acquisition of Merrill Lynch in January 2009....

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News Vietnam court jails bloggers for anti-state propaganda
Vietnam court jails bloggers for anti-state propaganda
Michael Haggerson
September 24, 2012 01:33:14 pm

A court in Vietnam ordered three bloggers jailed for anti-state propaganda on Monday. Bloggers Nguyen Van Hai, alias Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai, alias Anhbasg, and Ta Phong Tan were charged in April in...

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News UN: Morocco must work to eradicate torture
UN: Morocco must work to eradicate torture
Michael Haggerson
September 24, 2012 12:48:37 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez said Saturday after a visit to Morocco that the human rights situation in the country is improving but that more effort is needed to eradicate torture . Mendez stated...

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News DC Circuit hears arguments on ACLU request for information on drone strikes
DC Circuit hears arguments on ACLU request for information on drone strikes
Michael Haggerson
September 21, 2012 09:26:25 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments Thursday on whether to grant a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy...

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News Germany court confirms wanted Nazi doctor is dead
Germany court confirms wanted Nazi doctor is dead
Michael Haggerson
September 21, 2012 08:53:32 am

The regional court in Baden-Baden, Germany announced on Friday that it is ending its inquiry into Aribert Heim, a wanted Nazi war criminal known as "Dr. Death." Heim was accused of experimenting on Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust, including...

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News UN investigators: human rights violations in Syria increasing
UN investigators: human rights violations in Syria increasing
Michael Haggerson
September 17, 2012 01:19:32 pm

UN investigators testified before the UN Human Rights Council on Monday that human rights violations in Syria committed by both sides of the conflict are growing in number and severity . Chair of the Independent International...

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News UN rights chief condemns Mali violence
UN rights chief condemns Mali violence
Michael Haggerson
September 17, 2012 12:34:20 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemned human rights violations in Mali on Monday and called for international action to address the problems. Pillay stated that two militant Islamic groups, Movement for Unity...

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News Russia Supreme Court: gay pride parades not ‘propaganda’
Russia Supreme Court: gay pride parades not ‘propaganda’
Michael Haggerson
September 14, 2012 03:04:51 pm

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the Arkhangelsk region's ban on "gay propaganda" on Thursday, but ruled that gay pride parades and other demonstrations in support of gay rights are legal. According to the court,...

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News Apple wins injunction against Motorola in Germany court
Apple wins injunction against Motorola in Germany court
Michael Haggerson
September 14, 2012 02:00:59 pm

Apple won an injunction against Motorola Mobility on Thursday in a German court due to patent infringement in Motorola's smart phones and tablets. The patent at issue, EP2126788 [text; European Patent...

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Federal judge allows suit against SEC over Stanford Ponzi scheme
Michael Haggerson
September 10, 2012 01:27:12 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Southern of Florida ruled Friday that a suit against the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) over the agency's failure to report Allen Stanford...

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Pope Innocent VIII authorizes Germany witchcraft prosecutions

Pope Innocent VIII issued the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus on December 5, 1484, authorizing Dominican friars and witch hunters Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger to prosecute witchcraft in Germany. The prosecutions would later give rise to the 1486 publication of Kramer and Sprenger's Malleus Malificarum ("Hammer of the Witches") which prescribed torture as a way to coerce confessions out of suspected witches. Historians view the text as having promoted a misogynistic witch craze in late medieval Europe. Read the full papal bull.

21st Amendment ended Prohibition

On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, ending the ban on the legal sale and importation of alcohol that had been introduced in 1919 by the 18th Amendment. Learn how the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers helped bring about Prohibition's repeal.

Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen

On December 5, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat broke off diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen in response to the Declaration of Tripoli, which imposed sanctions on Eygpt. These hardline Arab nations had promulgated the Declaration in order to punish Egypt for establishing diplomatic relations with Israel. In 1979, Egypt signed a formal peace treaty with Israel, leading to Sadat's assassination in 1981. Learn more from the BBC.

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