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News Guantanamo judge considers delaying 9/11 trial over computer problems
Guantanamo judge considers delaying 9/11 trial over computer problems
Max Slater
September 16, 2013 09:02:02 am

A judge at Guantanamo Bay is considering whether to delay the trials of five men charged in the 9/11 terrorist attacks because lawyers in the case have lost data due to problems with a Pentagon computer system....

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News Venezuela officially withdraws from international human rights court
Venezuela officially withdraws from international human rights court
Max Slater
September 11, 2013 09:45:25 am

Venezuela's government officially withdrew from an international human rights court on Tuesday, fulfilling a plan by former president Hugo Chavez . Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro tweeted that the country...

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News Quebec official proposes bill banning religious headwear for public workers
Quebec official proposes bill banning religious headwear for public workers
Max Slater
September 11, 2013 08:52:21 am

A member of Quebec's separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) is proposing a bill that would ban government workers from wearing religious clothing on their heads, including turbans, hijabs and kippas. Bernard Drainville , the minister...

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News Myanmar proposes law to scrutinize judicial proceedings
Myanmar proposes law to scrutinize judicial proceedings
Max Slater
September 9, 2013 09:52:13 am

Myanmar's parliament will draft a bill that forms groups to monitor court proceedings, a lawmaker said Saturday. Thura Aung Ko , the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee chairman, said that the purpose of the court monitoring...

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News UN rights chief calls for negotiations to end Syria conflict
UN rights chief calls for negotiations to end Syria conflict
Max Slater
September 9, 2013 08:58:22 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday urged the international community to help facilitate negotiations between warring parties in Syria. Although Pillay criticized global leaders for not acting sooner to stop the violent...

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News Fiji draft constitution fails to meet human rights standards: rights groups
Fiji draft constitution fails to meet human rights standards: rights groups
Max Slater
September 4, 2013 09:57:53 am

Fiji's draft constitution does not adequately protect basic human rights , Amnesty International (AI) said Wednesday. Human Rights Watch (HRW) also released a statement on Wednesday calling on Fiji to revise its draft constitution...

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News Romania prosecutors charge former prison chief with genocide
Romania prosecutors charge former prison chief with genocide
Max Slater
September 4, 2013 09:07:28 am

Romanian prosecutors on Tuesday charged Communist-era prison commander Alexander Visinescu with genocide. Visinescu, the former chief of the Ramnicu Sarat prison under Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu faces genocide charges for beating and starving political prisoners ...

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News AP: NYPD has secretly labeled mosques as terrorist groups
AP: NYPD has secretly labeled mosques as terrorist groups
Max Slater
August 28, 2013 09:57:29 am

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has secretly launched at least a dozen terrorism investigations into mosques since the 9/11 attacks , the Associated Press reported Wednesday. By designating mosques as "terrorism...

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News Libya prosecutors to try Gaddafi son, spy chief for murder
Libya prosecutors to try Gaddafi son, spy chief for murder
Max Slater
August 28, 2013 09:15:04 am

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi was charged on Tuesday with murder, relating to the 2011 Libya conflict , a Libyan prosecutor said. Prosecutors...

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News UN rights chief visits Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes allegations
UN rights chief visits Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes allegations
Max Slater
August 26, 2013 10:38:51 am

At the beginning of a week-long visit to Sri Lanka, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay pledged to raise concerns with the government's human rights record, particularly with regard to alleged war...

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LA Riots break out following beating of Rodney King

Riots that would grip the city of Los Angeles, California for six days broke out on April 29, 1992, after LAPD officers who beat Rodney King while being filmed were acquitted by a jury. The verdict ignited a powder keg of discontent about police discrimination against LA's Black community. The riots would result in more than 60 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. Learn more about the LA Riots from NPR.

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits member nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Oliver Ellsworth born

Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States and primary author of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1745.

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