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News Former Yugoslavia municipal officer sentenced to 2 months for refusing to testify
Former Yugoslavia municipal officer sentenced to 2 months for refusing to testify
Matthew Pomy
February 26, 2012 11:36:18 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday sentenced former president of the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milan Tupajic , to two months...

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News Syria holds constitutional referendum
Syria holds constitutional referendum
Matthew Pomy
February 26, 2012 10:07:53 am

Syria held a referendum Sunday to vote on a new constitution . The gesture towards the opposition by President Bashar al-Assad has widely been seen as an empty one, with much of the international...

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News Accused war criminal calls Yugoslavia tribunal ‘biased’
Accused war criminal calls Yugoslavia tribunal ‘biased’
Matthew Pomy
February 24, 2012 02:14:15 pm

Former Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, Ratko Mladic , accused the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of being "biased" against Serbs and a "puppet" of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)...

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News Rights groups bring new challenge against Wisconsin voter ID law
Rights groups bring new challenge against Wisconsin voter ID law
Matthew Pomy
February 24, 2012 01:16:24 pm

The Advancement Project filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of four other rights groups alleging that the new Wisconsin voter ID law, Wisconsin Act 23 , is unconstitutional because it is racially discriminatory. The...

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News DOJ indicates denying same-sex couples military benefits is unconstitutional
DOJ indicates denying same-sex couples military benefits is unconstitutional
Matthew Pomy
February 19, 2012 10:33:08 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter Friday to Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) stating that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided that denying same-sex couples military and...

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News China must release Tibet prisoners: HRW
China must release Tibet prisoners: HRW
Matthew Pomy
February 17, 2012 01:49:27 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) demanded Thursday that China release Tibetan prisoners that were captured while travelling and are now being forced into political re-education camps. The exact number of those detained is not...

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News UN SG speaks on nuclear disarmament, calls for openness from Iran
UN SG speaks on nuclear disarmament, calls for openness from Iran
Matthew Pomy
February 17, 2012 01:11:07 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for Iran to prove its commitment to not seeking nuclear weapons after giving remarks at an event marking the 15th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) on Friday....

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News Utah court will allow execution by firing squad
Utah court will allow execution by firing squad
Matthew Pomy
February 12, 2012 11:50:07 am

Utah's Fourth Judicial District Court Wednesday granted a death row inmate's request to be put to death by firing squad. Michael Archuleta, 49, was convicted in 1989 of first-degree murder for the beating death of a college...

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News Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves first new plant in over 30 years
Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves first new plant in over 30 years
Matthew Pomy
February 12, 2012 10:37:23 am

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted Thursday to issue the first US license for a new nuclear power plant in over 30 years. In a 4-1 vote the NRC approved an application by Southern Company...

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News Virginia senate approves bill allowing adoption agencies to refuse placement
Virginia senate approves bill allowing adoption agencies to refuse placement
Matthew Pomy
February 10, 2012 12:46:18 pm

The Virginia Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would allow private adoption agencies to refuse placement to families if the agency, or anyone affiliated with it, disagrees with the proposed placement based on religious beliefs....

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Slave revolt leader Nat Turner arrested

US slave revolt leader Nat Turner was arrested in Virginia on October 30, 1831. Turner, inspired by a religious vision, led a rebellion in August of that year which resulted in the deaths of 55 white people, including the family who enslaved Turner. White mobs later killed between 36 and 102 Black people in retaliation for the attacks. After his October capture, Turner became one of 55 people to be executed by Virginia in connection with the rebellion. Learn more about Nat Turner and Turner's Rebellion.

Russians granted basic civil liberties

On October 30, 1905 [October 17 in the Julian Calendar], Tsar Nicholas II granted Russians basic civil liberties in the October Manifesto.

Roosevelt approves $1 billion in aid to WWII Allies under Lend-Lease Act

On October 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in wartime aid to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Act. America did not formally enter World War II until December of 1941, but the US Government nonetheless provided crucial aid to the Allied Powers from the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March of 1941 through the end of the war. The Lend-Lease Agreement between the US and the UK was formalized the following year.

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