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News Cambodia genocide tribunal to begin Khmer Rouge trial in November
Cambodia genocide tribunal to begin Khmer Rouge trial in November
Sarah Posner
October 18, 2011 01:00:53 pm

The UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Tuesday that the trial of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders will begin on Monday, November 21....

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News Myanmar urged to release remaining political prisoners
Myanmar urged to release remaining political prisoners
Sarah Posner
October 14, 2011 11:01:03 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday welcomed the release of approximately 200 political prisoners by Myanmar's president, while urging the government to release all political prisoners in accordance with the rule of...

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News Rights group urges Malawi to arrest Sudan president
Rights group urges Malawi to arrest Sudan president
Sarah Posner
October 14, 2011 09:15:58 am

Amnesty International (AI) urged Malawi on Friday to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his visit to the country on Saturday and surrender him to the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

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Supreme Court to hear double jeopardy case
Sarah Posner
October 11, 2011 01:19:25 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in two cases. In Blueford v. Arkansas , the court will decide whether the Double Jeopardy clause prevents the re-prosecution...

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News US legal memo justifies killing of al-Awlaki
US legal memo justifies killing of al-Awlaki
Sarah Posner
October 9, 2011 12:02:56 pm

An Obama administration legal memorandum from last year found that the killing of US citizen and senior al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki would only be legal if it were not feasible to...

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California governor signs law providing financial aid to undocumented students
Sarah Posner
October 9, 2011 11:02:55 am

California Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Dream Act into law on Saturday, expanding financial aid to undocumented students. Under AB 131, high achieving students who are in the process of applying...

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Jury selection begins for accused plane bomber
Sarah Posner
October 4, 2011 11:45:33 am

Jury selection began on Tuesday for terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , the Nigerian accused of attempting to bring down a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit with a bomb in his underwear on...

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News UN rights office urges end to Roma discrimination in Bulgaria
UN rights office urges end to Roma discrimination in Bulgaria
Sarah Posner
October 4, 2011 10:35:22 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday called on authorities to end the hate speech and discrimination against the Roma migrants in Bulgaria. The UN human...

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News Rwanda genocide tribunal acquits former ministers
Rwanda genocide tribunal acquits former ministers
Sarah Posner
September 30, 2011 11:53:21 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday acquitted two former Rwandan ministers, Casimir Bizimungu and Jerome Bicamumpaka, of genocide charges due to a lack of sufficient evidence. This decision is the most high-profile...

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US forces kill senior al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki
Sarah Posner
September 30, 2011 10:54:02 am

A CIA drone strike in Yemen on Friday killed senior al Qaeda leader, US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki . The strike marks the US government's most successful attack against al Qaeda since the raid...

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WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban

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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On April 24, 1800, US President John Adams approved $5,000 to fund the establishment of the US Library of Congress. Learn more about the history of the US Library of Congress.

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