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News UN releases first human rights report on Transnistria
UN releases first human rights report on Transnistria
Sarah Paulsworth
February 15, 2013 10:02:53 am

The UN has called on the de facto authorities of the disputed region of Transnistria "to address the deeply rooted problems identified in the report and to fully implement its recommendations, including the development of...

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News Turkish parliament enacts legislation on terrorism financing
Turkish parliament enacts legislation on terrorism financing
Sarah Paulsworth
February 8, 2013 10:17:14 am

Turkey's parliament on Thursday approved legislation to prohibit terrorism financing. In passing this legislation , Turkey may have narrowly avoided expulsion from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) . Turkish President Abduallah Gul...

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News Bahrain police officer sentenced to 7 years for killing protester
Bahrain police officer sentenced to 7 years for killing protester
Sarah Paulsworth
February 1, 2013 10:46:46 am

A police officer in Bahrain has been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for fatally shooting a protester during pro-democracy protests that gripped country in February 2011, according to Bahrain's State News Agency (BNA). Lead...

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News UN human rights office seeking $130.4 million in donations
UN human rights office seeking $130.4 million in donations
Sarah Paulsworth
February 1, 2013 09:36:28 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is seeking USD $130.4 million in donations to compensate for a budget shortfall that has been ongoing for three years, according to a recent statement ...

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News HRW: Myanmar shelling violates laws of war
HRW: Myanmar shelling violates laws of war
Sarah Paulsworth
January 18, 2013 10:24:38 am

Myanmar's campaign of shelling on the state of Kachin violates the laws of war , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday, the same day the government announced a ceasefire. President Thein Sein ordered...

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News Zimbabwe president, PM reach agreement on new constitution
Zimbabwe president, PM reach agreement on new constitution
Sarah Paulsworth
January 18, 2013 07:56:23 am

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and the country's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai reached an agreement on Thursday on a new constitution. Details of the agreement have not yet been made...

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News Muammar Gaddafi’s son makes first appearance in Libya court
Muammar Gaddafi’s son makes first appearance in Libya court
Sarah Paulsworth
January 17, 2013 01:42:11 pm

The son of Libya's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared in court in Zintan, Libya, on Thursday. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is accused of transferring information related to...

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News Ukraine president approves law on national referendums
Ukraine president approves law on national referendums
Sarah Paulsworth
November 27, 2012 09:45:51 am

Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday signed a law on conducting national referendums. Pursuant to the law, referendums can be used to approve altering the wording of the constitution, to amend...

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News ICC charges wife of Ivory Coast’s ex-president
ICC charges wife of Ivory Coast’s ex-president
Sarah Paulsworth
November 23, 2012 11:45:51 am

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday unsealed an arrest warrant for Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo . Pursuant to the warrant,...

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News Egypt president vastly expands powers prompting protests
Egypt president vastly expands powers prompting protests
Sarah Paulsworth
November 23, 2012 10:14:31 am

Egypt's incumbent president Mohammed Morsi issued a decree on Thursday vastly expanding his powers. Pursuant to the decree, Morsi's decisions are not subject to judicial review and he can reopen trials for officials from...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Carter authorizes Chrysler bailout

On January 7, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-185) into law. The act granted to Chrysler $1.5 billion to save the company from bankruptcy. Twenty-eight years later in 2008, President George W. Bush authorized $17.4 billion to again bailout Chrysler in addition to the other two major American automobile manufacturers, Ford and General Motors.

Anglo-Irish Treaty ratified

On January 7, 1922, Dáil Éireann ratified the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Signed on December 6 of the preceding year, the treaty ended the Irish War of Independence against Great Britain. The British Parliament voted to approve the treaty on December 16, 1921. Ratification was completed on January 14, 1922, when the House of Commons of Southern Ireland became the third and final party to approve the document. The Anglo-Irish treaty effectively split the island into its current state. While the lower counties of Ireland were granted autonomy under the treaty, Britain insisted that the six Protestant counties of Northern Ireland be allowed to determine their own future. On the day after the treaty was signed, these counties elected to remain part of Great Britain. Today, they remain part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

New York State Assembly expels five socialist assemblymen

The New York State Assembly, the state's lower house, expelled five duly elected assemblymen from the Socialist Party over their political affiliation on January 7, 1920. The US was in the midst of the first Red Scare, a panic resulting from the ascendancy of the Bolsheviks in Russia, which resulted in the repression of socialists across the country. The result of the expulsion vote was 140-6. Thus, Assemblymen August Claessens, Samuel A. DeWitt, Samuel Orr, Charles Solomon and Louis Waldman were removed from their posts. Learn more about the expulsions from the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York.

Rehnquist sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice

On January 7, 1972, the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist was sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Read a short profile of Chief Justice Rehnquist here.

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