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News Gay rights activists march in DC after Obama pledges support
Gay rights activists march in DC after Obama pledges support
Safiya Boucaud
October 12, 2009 09:45:00 am

Tens of thousands of gay rights activists participated in the National Equality March in Washington, DC on Sunday to demand equal rights, one day after US President Barack Obama pledged his support to the gay and lesbian...

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News US government not seeking death penalty in ex-Guantanamo detainee civilian trial
US government not seeking death penalty in ex-Guantanamo detainee civilian trial
Safiya Boucaud
October 6, 2009 11:09:00 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder told federal prosecutors in a letter released Monday that the US government will not seek the death penalty for a former Guantanamo detainee now facing a civilian trial. Tanzanian national Ahmed Ghailani...

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News Ohio governor issues execution reprieves in order to review lethal injection process
Ohio governor issues execution reprieves in order to review lethal injection process
Safiya Boucaud
October 6, 2009 10:06:00 am

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland on Monday issued a temporary reprieve of two scheduled executions in order to give officials an opportunity to review the lethal injection procedures employed by the state. The reprieve comes after...

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Annan urges Kenya constitutional reform before next election cycle
Safiya Boucaud
October 5, 2009 09:34:00 am

Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan on Sunday called for constitutional reform in Kenya before the next electoral cycle begins in 18 months. In addition to pressing for constitutional reform, Annan also said there was...

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News Peru ex-president Fujimori pleads guilty to illegal wiretapping and bribery
Peru ex-president Fujimori pleads guilty to illegal wiretapping and bribery
Safiya Boucaud
September 29, 2009 10:26:00 am

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori pleaded guilty Monday to multiple counts of illegal wiretapping and bribery. Fujimori was charged with ordering former Peruvian intelligence director Vladimiro Montesino to use government funds to...

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Guantanamo authorities release list of 78 detainees cleared for transfer
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September 29, 2009 09:03:00 am

The Joint Task Force responsible for reviewing the Guantanamo Bay detainees on Monday released a list of 78 detainees cleared for transfer. The list contains the nationalities and the number of detainees...

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Three Guantanamo detainees transferred to Ireland, Yemen
Safiya Boucaud
September 27, 2009 10:00:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Saturday announced that three more detainees have been released from the Guantanamo Bay prison. Two Uzbek detainees were transferred to Ireland and one Yemeni national...

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‘Toronto 18’ member pleads guilty to terrorism charges
Safiya Boucaud
September 22, 2009 10:50:00 am

A man currently imprisoned for smuggling guns into Canada pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism charges linked to the "Toronto 18" plot. Ali Mohamed Dirie's guilty plea comes less than three weeks after the first...

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Rights groups urge UN to investigate Iran post-election abuses
Safiya Boucaud
September 22, 2009 09:29:00 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran on Monday called for the UN General Assembly to appoint a special envoy to investigate allegations of human rights abuses...

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Pakistan authorities place Mumbai terror attack suspect under house arrest
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September 21, 2009 11:14:00 am

Pakistani authorities on Monday placed under house arrest the leader of an Islamist group suspected of playing a key role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks . Hafiz Muhammad Saeed , the founder and leader...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First US life insurance company incorporated

On January 11, 1759, America's first life insurance company was incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers was established by Presbyterians to support the families of their ministers. In 1988, the company's name was changed to the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund. The company later became Covenant Life Insurance Company before being acquired by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in 2002. Read a history of the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund from the Pennsylvania Historical Society.

Treaty ended Anglo-American claims, courts in China

On January 11, 1943, the United States and Great Britain relinquished by treaty their extraterritorial claims in China. This abandonment effectively ended the jurisdiction of the extraterritorial United States Court for China (established 1906) and the British Supreme Court in China. Read more about the United States Court for China, which one scholar has called "probably the strangest federal tribunal ever constituted by Congress," in a short online history of the US Ninth Circuit.

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