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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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News Egypt authorities announce criminal investigation of Morsi
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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News UN judges reinstate genocide charges against Karadzic
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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Catholic priest Girolamo Savonarola burned at the stake

Radical Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake in the Republic of Florence on May 23, 1498 for preaching against the practices of the powerful within the Catholic Church, including Pope Alexander VI, and celebrating mass while excommunicated. Learn more about the life of Savonarola and his execution.

Captain Kidd hanged for piracy

On May 23, 1701, Captain William Kidd, convicted of piracy and murder, was hanged in London. His body was later tarred and hung up in a gibbet - an iron cage - at the mouth of the River Thames as a warning to others.

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South Carolina becomes eighth U.S. state

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