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News Thailand lawmakers approve amnesty bill
Thailand lawmakers approve amnesty bill
Peter Snyder
November 1, 2013 01:14:55 pm

The Thailand House of Representatives approved a bill Friday that opponents fear will provide amnesty for crimes committed by self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra . The bill, which was approved 310-0 after...

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News UK national indicted on charges of hacking US government systems
UK national indicted on charges of hacking US government systems
Peter Snyder
October 28, 2013 11:32:51 am

The US Attorney for the District of New Jersey filled charges Monday against a UK national for allegedly hacking into thousands of computer systems operated by the US government. The accused, Lauri Love and three...

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News ICC prosecutor asks court to require Kenya president to attend trial
ICC prosecutor asks court to require Kenya president to attend trial
Peter Snyder
October 28, 2013 10:55:20 am

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) asked the court Saturday to set aside their decision earlier this month allowing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta not...

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News UN rights experts urge greater accountability, transparency in use of drones
UN rights experts urge greater accountability, transparency in use of drones
Peter Snyder
October 25, 2013 01:55:10 pm

Two UN rights experts issued separate reports to the UN General Assembly Thursday calling upon states to increase transparency in the use of drones and to investigate allegations of civilian deaths in drone strikes. According...

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News Federal appeals court upholds health care law contraception mandate
Federal appeals court upholds health care law contraception mandate
Peter Snyder
October 25, 2013 01:28:49 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday rejected claims by Eden Foods, Inc. that it should be exempt on religious grounds from the contraception mandate of the...

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News Prosecutors at Khmer Rouge tribunal request life sentences for former leaders
Prosecutors at Khmer Rouge tribunal request life sentences for former leaders
Peter Snyder
October 21, 2013 12:02:13 pm

Prosecutors at Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , on Monday requested life imprisonment in the case against two former leaders of the Khmer...

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News JPMorgan reaches $13 billion settlement with DOJ: reports
JPMorgan reaches $13 billion settlement with DOJ: reports
Peter Snyder
October 21, 2013 11:18:21 am

JPMorgan Chase & Co. may still face potential criminal liability regardless of a tentative $13 billion deal to settle civil disputes resulting from the US government's probe into mortgage-bond sales made by the banking...

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Canada, EU reach deal on free trade agreement
Peter Snyder
October 18, 2013 10:49:28 am

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Friday that Canada and the EU have reached an agreement in principle on a comprehensive free trade agreement. The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement...

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News Ukraine president to sign law allowing treatment abroad for ex-PM Tymoshenko
Ukraine president to sign law allowing treatment abroad for ex-PM Tymoshenko
Peter Snyder
October 18, 2013 09:09:19 am

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday that he will sign a law allowing former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to travel abroad for medical treatment, if the bill is passed by...

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News Egypt security forces used live ammunition to disperse protesters: AI
Egypt security forces used live ammunition to disperse protesters: AI
Peter Snyder
October 14, 2013 11:29:51 am

Egyptian security forces used live ammunition to break up demonstrations on October 6, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Monday. According to AI, more than 49 people were killed and hundreds injured in the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US and Japan sign Kanagwa Treaty

On March 31, 1854, US Commodore Matthew Perry and representatives of the Japanese government signed the Convention of Kanagawa. The terms of the treaty marked the end of Japan's 500 years of self-imposed isolation by opening the Ports of Shimoda and Hakodate. Four years later, Japanese-American relations were further expanded by the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (Harris Treaty), which opened more Japanese ports to US trade and set up a system of extraterritoriality for Americans in Japan.

Spanish royal decree ordered expulsion of Jews

On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand of Spain signed a decree expelling Jews from his kingdom. Read a contemporary account of the expulsion, originally written in Hebrew by an Italian Jew in 1495.

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