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News Former Khmer Rouge ‘first lady’ dies
Former Khmer Rouge ‘first lady’ dies
Steven Wildberger
August 22, 2015 10:34:29 am

Ieng Thirith , the sister-in-law of Pol Pot considered the "first lady" of the Khmer Rouge, died Saturday at the age of 83. Ieng Thirith was Minister of Social Action during Democratic Kampuchea between...

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News Egypt court sentences 89 Muslim Brotherhood members to life imprisonment
Egypt court sentences 89 Muslim Brotherhood members to life imprisonment
Steven Wildberger
August 22, 2015 10:02:52 am

An Egyptian criminal court on Saturday sentenced Mohamed Badie and 88 other Muslim Brotherhood members to life imprisonment for their role in a 2013 attack on a police station. First reported by Middle East News Agency (MENA),...

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News Haiti holds first parliamentary election in 4 years
Haiti holds first parliamentary election in 4 years
Steven Wildberger
August 11, 2015 11:38:34 am

Despite widespread irregularity and violence, Haiti on Sunday held its first parliamentary election in four years. Haiti's parliament dissolved in January following canceled elections in 2011 and 2014. Around 50 of 1,500 voting centers were...

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News Germany drops treason probe into Netzpolitik journalists
Germany drops treason probe into Netzpolitik journalists
Steven Wildberger
August 11, 2015 09:14:08 am

Germany's acting top federal prosecutor on Monday dropped a much-criticized treason investigation into two prominent journalists working for Netzpolitik.org . In July, Netzpolitik, a blog on digital rights issues, announced that two of its journalists, Andre...

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Indian government finalizes peace deal with rebels
Steven Wildberger
August 4, 2015 11:37:59 am

The government of India and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) on Monday signed a peace agreement ending over 60 years of fighting. The feud between the NSCM and the Indian government for the independence of...

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News UK trader sentenced to 14 years for interest rate manipulation
UK trader sentenced to 14 years for interest rate manipulation
Steven Wildberger
August 4, 2015 09:22:17 am

Former UK bank trader Tom Hayes was convicted Monday of eight counts of conspiracy to defraud. Following a unanimous jury verdict, Judge Jeremy Cooke sentenced Hayes to 14 years in prison for attempting to rig...

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News IMF: Cyprus meeting targets, must continue financial reforms
IMF: Cyprus meeting targets, must continue financial reforms
Steven Wildberger
July 28, 2015 10:26:14 am

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU) released a statement Monday indicating that Cyprus has made significant strides toward economic recovery, and must continue to make reforms in order to achieve full recovery....

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Amnesty: bodies show size of Mexico enforced disappearance problem
Steven Wildberger
July 28, 2015 09:35:21 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday said the discovery of 129 bodies in the southern state of Guerrero "confirms what we had already found: the sheer magnitude of the crisis of enforced disappearances in Guerrero and...

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EU agrees to aid Tunisia with security in light of attacks
Steven Wildberger
July 21, 2015 10:40:41 am

The European Union Foreign Ministers on Monday agreed to several measures to provide assistance to Tunisia in the wake of the last month's attack that killed 38. The measures, agreed upon at a meeting...

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UAE issues religious tolerance law
Steven Wildberger
July 21, 2015 09:31:42 am

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday issued Law No. 2 for 2015 to prevent discrimination and intolerance based on religious and ethnic backgrounds. The legislation bars discrimination based on religion, caste, creed,...

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Accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, put on trial in Israel

On February 16, 1987, accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, went on trial in Jerusalem, Israel. The prosecution claimed that Demjanjuk was a notorious prison guard known as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp during World War II. On this basis, Demjanjuk was convicted by the Israeli court of crimes against humanity. However, in August 1993, the conviction was overturned by Israel's Supreme Court on a finding of reasonable doubt. After the decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, Demjanjuk was returned to the United States, where he had been moved after World War II. On December 22, 2006, the US Board of Immigration Appeals ordered him deported to Ukraine on a finding that he had been a guard at other Nazi concentration camps.

American anarchist arrested for advocating birth control

On February 16, 1916, feminist and anarchist Emma Goldman was arrested in New York City for advocating birth control. Learn more about Emma Goldman and her defense of reproductive rights from the University of California, Berkeley.

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