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News Saudi Arabia court sentences defendant to death for attack on US consulate
Saudi Arabia court sentences defendant to death for attack on US consulate
Max Slater
November 25, 2013 08:42:49 am

A criminal court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday sentenced a militant to death for his role in an attack on the US Consulate in Jeddah in 2004, in which five people died. The defendant, who was not named,...

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News Thailand high court refuses to allow ruling party to amend constitution
Thailand high court refuses to allow ruling party to amend constitution
Max Slater
November 20, 2013 09:27:02 am

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that a proposal by the ruling Puea Thai party to amend the constitution to make the nation's senate fully elected is illegal. The court held that Thailand's parliament did not follow...

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News Supreme Court allows Texas abortion law to remain in effect
Supreme Court allows Texas abortion law to remain in effect
Max Slater
November 20, 2013 08:54:37 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 5-4 to allow Texas's new abortion law to remain in effect while it is being reviewed by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...

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News Pakistan asks high court to start treason proceedings against Musharraf
Pakistan asks high court to start treason proceedings against Musharraf
Max Slater
November 18, 2013 09:51:11 am

Pakistan officials on Monday filed a request with the nation's Supreme Court , asking the court to start treason proceedings against former president Pervez Musharraf . The government contends that Musharraf committed...

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News Russia judge orders Greenpeace activists to be detained for three months
Russia judge orders Greenpeace activists to be detained for three months
Max Slater
November 18, 2013 09:28:01 am

A Russian court on Monday refused to release one of 30 activists for Greenpeace International who were detained in September while trying to board an oil rig. Russian authorities arrested the Greenpeace activists in September for...

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Texas urges Supreme Court to allow abortion law to remain in effect
Max Slater
November 13, 2013 09:34:00 am

Texas officials on Tuesday filed a brief with US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in response to a challenge to the state's new restrictive abortion law . Last week, abortion rights groups such as...

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Hawaii senate passes same-sex marriage bill
Max Slater
November 13, 2013 09:05:16 am

The Hawaii Senate on Tuesday passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage by a vote of 19-4. The Hawaii House of Representatives approved the same-sex marriage bill last week after adding amendments...

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ICJ gives Cambodia control over land surrounding ancient temple
Max Slater
November 11, 2013 08:59:13 am

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Monday that Cambodia has sovereignty over a disputed piece of land around the 1,000-year-old Temple of the Preah Vihear , in an attempt to settle an ongoing...

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Egypt coercing Syria refugees to return to home country: HRW
Max Slater
November 11, 2013 08:59:08 am

The Egyptian government has detained more than 1,500 Syrian refugees and has forcibly deported some refugees back to Syria, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. The refugees were detained after trying to migrate by boat...

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Guatemala court to restart genocide trial of former dictator in January 2015
Max Slater
November 6, 2013 09:25:55 am

The genocide trial for former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will continue in January 2015, according to a Guatemalan court official. In May Rios Montt was found guilty of the genocide, torture and rape of 1,771...

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WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban

On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans. Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.

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