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UNICEF announces new plea to support refugees
Steven Wildberger
September 27, 2015 11:06:13 am

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Friday announced a new plea to raise $14 million in an effort to support the many children migrating to Europe from war-torn Middle Eastern nations. Over the last half-year, one...

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The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress of its plan to release Guantanamo Bay inmate Shaker Aamer to the United Kingdom next month. Aamer, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2001, is the final British resident held...

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Steven Wildberger
September 22, 2015 08:38:18 am

A secret military court in Pakistan on Monday sentenced nine men to death and another to life in prison on terrorism-related charges. The men were accused of a variety of acts, including attacks on army convoys...

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Elderly Germany woman charged for role in Holocaust
Steven Wildberger
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A 91-year-old German woman was charged today for her role at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp as an SS radio operator from April to June 1944. German prosecutors from the state of Schleswig-Holstein announced...

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Canada judge relaxes bail conditions for former Guantanamo inmate
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September 19, 2015 10:56:12 am

Justice June Ross of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta on Friday ruled that former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr could visit his family in Toronto for two weeks and do so without an electronic monitoring...

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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday issued a ruling in Heller v. District of Columbia , ultimately upholding six and striking down four controversial elements of the Firearms Registration...

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled that copyright owners must consider "fair use" before demanding the removal of online materials. The fair use doctrine, composed of a four-part test...

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Steven Wildberger
September 15, 2015 07:17:16 am

The US government, on order from federal judge Gladys Kessler , has released eight redacted videos showing forced feedings at Guantanamo Bay prison. The videos, released to the US District Court for the District of Columbia ...

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September 12, 2015 04:55:03 pm

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Friday was sentenced by a Venezuelan court to over 13 years in prison for inciting violence in nationwide protests in 2014. Lopez, a former Caracas borough...

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September 12, 2015 04:11:20 pm

An Indian anti-terror court on Friday convicted 12 men of various charges, including murder, in connection with the near simultaneous bombings of seven trains in Mumbai in 2006. The men, ranging in age from...

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Puerto Ricans granted US Citizenship

On March 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act, granting Puerto Rico status as a United States territory and granting all of its residents US citizenship. The Bill furthermore constructed a government and a bill of rights for the island and allowed its residents to serve in the US military. In 1952, the rights of Puerto Rico and its residents were further extended when the island promulgated its own constitution.

Lord Mansfield born

Lord Mansfield (William Murray), Chief Justice of the King's Bench and developer of English commercial law, was born in Scone, Scotland, on March 2, 1702. Learn more about Lord Mansfield.

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