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News North Carolina governor signs abortion bill into law
North Carolina governor signs abortion bill into law
Theresa Donovan
July 30, 2013 12:32:36 pm

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Monday signed a restrictive abortion bill into law. The new law requires abortion clinics to meet requirements similar to those for outpatient surgical centers. It also requires doctors to be present...

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News Saudi Arabia court sentences website editor to 7 years in prison
Saudi Arabia court sentences website editor to 7 years in prison
Theresa Donovan
July 30, 2013 11:46:55 am

A Saudi Arabia court on Tuesday sentenced the editor of a liberal website to seven years in prison and 600 lashes. Raif Badawi was found guilty by a Saudi court of "founding...

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News UN rights chief urges Israel to reconsider draft law that would displace Bedouins
UN rights chief urges Israel to reconsider draft law that would displace Bedouins
Theresa Donovan
July 25, 2013 03:15:06 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Israel to reconsider a law that, if adopted, is likely to result in the demolition of up to 35 Bedouin villages in...

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News Europe rights court rules Khodorkovsky trial was not political
Europe rights court rules Khodorkovsky trial was not political
Theresa Donovan
July 25, 2013 02:11:18 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that the 2005 trial and conviction of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev ...

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News Rights groups challenge NSA surveillance
Rights groups challenge NSA surveillance
Theresa Donovan
July 18, 2013 08:41:49 am

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against the National Security Agency (NSA) . The lawsuit seeks an...

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News UK legalizes same-sex marriage
UK legalizes same-sex marriage
Theresa Donovan
July 17, 2013 01:21:46 pm

Same-sex marriage will be legal in England and Wales after legislation received final approval from Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday. The House of Commons gave final approval of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill ...

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News Bangladesh opposition leader sentenced to death for war crimes
Bangladesh opposition leader sentenced to death for war crimes
Theresa Donovan
July 17, 2013 11:44:59 am

Prosecutors for the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Wednesday sentenced the secretary-general of the Jamaat-e-Islami Party (JI) to death for the kidnapping and killing of people during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War...

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News Bangladesh opposition leader sentenced to 90 years for war crimes
Bangladesh opposition leader sentenced to 90 years for war crimes
Theresa Donovan
July 15, 2013 03:52:51 pm

Prosecutors for the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) sentenced 90-year-old former leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami Party (JI) on Monday to 90 years in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971...

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Egypt authorities announce criminal investigation of Morsi
Theresa Donovan
July 15, 2013 01:56:10 pm

Egypt authorities on Saturday announced a criminal investigation of ousted president Mohamed Morsi , who was deposed on July 3rd by the Egyptian military. Prosecutors have reported that they are investigating complaints...

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UN judges reinstate genocide charges against Karadzic
Theresa Donovan
July 12, 2013 02:53:37 pm

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday unanimously reversed the acquittal of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress passed 13th Amendment

On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States.

Yugoslavia constitution adopted

On January 31, 1946, the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was adopted, creating six internal republics. The constitution, modeled on that of the Soviet Union, would serve as the supreme law of Yugoslavia throughout the Cold War before the union dissolved in 1990.

Gunpowder Plot participant Guy Fawkes hanged, drawn, and quartered

Gunpowder Plot participant Guy Fawkes was hanged, drawn, and quartered on January 31, 1606 for attempting to blow up the British House of Lords with kegs of gunpowder during the State Opening of Parliament. Fawkes and a group of co-conspirators sought to kill King James I over the persecution of Roman Catholics in England. The plot famously failed after the Lords was searched. It is commemorated to this day on November 5, known as "Guy Fawkes Night." Learn more about the Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes.

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