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News Law Library of Congress refusing to retract report on Honduras coup: report
Law Library of Congress refusing to retract report on Honduras coup: report
Sarah Miley
October 31, 2009 11:00:00 am

A US Law Library of Congress (LLOC) spokesperson said Thursday that the LLOC will not retract its report on the military-backed coup in Honduras , according to a McClatchy Newspapers report . The statement...

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News Former Bosnian Serb president released early from prison
Former Bosnian Serb president released early from prison
Sarah Miley
October 27, 2009 02:01:00 pm

Former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic was released from a Swedish prison on Tuesday after serving two-thirds of her sentence for war crimes committed between July 1991 and December 1992. Plavsic voluntarily surrendered herself...

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News Israel high court rules against segregation of West Bank road
Israel high court rules against segregation of West Bank road
Sarah Miley
October 23, 2009 01:36:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Israel on Thursday ruled against a military order prohibiting Palestinians from traveling on a central West Bank road. Finding in favor of a petition submitted...

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News Rwanda genocide tribunal begins trial of former mayor
Rwanda genocide tribunal begins trial of former mayor
Sarah Miley
October 20, 2009 02:07:00 pm

The trial of Rwandan genocide suspect Jean-Baptiste Gatete began Tuesday with opening statements from the prosecution and defense before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Gatete, the former Mayor...

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Eighteenth Amendment came into effect

On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution came into effect as scheduled one year after ratification, marking the beginning of Prohibition. Learn more about Temperance and Prohibition from Professor K. Austin Kerr of the Ohio State University Department of History.

English Parliament bans Roman Catholicism

On January 16, 1581, the English Parliament banned Roman Catholicism throughout the country during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. From that time on, Catholicism declined in England until the Catholic Emancipation of the late 18th century.

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