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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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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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