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News Russia lawmakers pass controversial protest legislation
Russia lawmakers pass controversial protest legislation
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 6, 2012 09:34:11 am

Both houses of the Russian parliament have passed a controversial bill that increases the maximum fine for protestors who violate demonstration regulations. The lower house, or State Duma , passed the bill ...

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News Ninth Circuit denies new hearing in Proposition 8 case
Ninth Circuit denies new hearing in Proposition 8 case
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 5, 2012 01:05:30 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday denied a petition filed by supporters of Proposition 8 to rehear their case before the entire court. Proponents...

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News Federal appeals court considers dismissing war crimes conviction challenge
Federal appeals court considers dismissing war crimes conviction challenge
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 5, 2012 12:39:17 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ordered attorneys in the case of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee to supply briefs explaining whether the issue has become moot. The case...

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News Former Gaddafi spy chief appears in Libya court
Former Gaddafi spy chief appears in Libya court
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 5, 2012 12:09:19 pm

Buzeid Dorda, spy chief under former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi , appeared in court on Tuesday, facing a number of charges associated with the conflict in Libya in 2011 which ultimately deposed Gaddafi...

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News HRW: diamond monitoring body must address Zimbabwe human rights issues
HRW: diamond monitoring body must address Zimbabwe human rights issues
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 5, 2012 11:48:40 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged the Kimberley Process (KP) a multi-government initiative to monitor and prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, to put further pressure on the Zimbabwe government to comply...

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News Federal appeals court rules citizen cannot sue over state-funded cross restoration
Federal appeals court rules citizen cannot sue over state-funded cross restoration
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 5, 2012 10:51:37 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday that an Illinois tax-payer does not have standing to sue the state legislature for a $20,000 grant provided to the Bald Knob Cross of...

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Ukraine to approve Russian language in official settings
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 5, 2012 10:00:19 am

The Ukrainian Parliament on Tuesday passed the first reading of a controversial bill that would allow Russian to be spoken in official settings in particular regions of the Ukraine. Opponents to the bill expressed concern...

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Federal judge hears arguments for class action in Arizona immigration suit
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 5, 2012 09:25:21 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona heard oral arguments on Monday to determine whether Arizona citizens may join in a class action lawsuit challenging the state's controversial immigration law...

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Bahrain government files lawsuit against opposition party
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 4, 2012 03:45:28 pm

The Justice Ministry of Bahrain on Sunday announced that it would file a lawsuit seeking to ban the Islamic party known as the Islamic Action Society, or Amal, a party composed of mostly Shiite Muslims who have been critical...

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Azerbaijan releases youth activist
Rebecca DiLeonardo
June 4, 2012 02:39:19 pm

The Supreme Court in Azerbaijan on Monday ordered that youth activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev be released nine months early on the condition that he remain in the country. Hajiyev, a conscientious objector (CO), was imprisoned last March after he failed...

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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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