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News Federal appeals court denies Guantanamo detainees’ challenge to force-feeding
Federal appeals court denies Guantanamo detainees’ challenge to force-feeding
Theresa Donovan
February 12, 2014 07:41:30 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction to stop the force-feeding of Guantanamo Bay detainees on a hunger strike. Shaker...

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News HRW: traffickers torturing Eritrean refugees in Sudan and Egypt
HRW: traffickers torturing Eritrean refugees in Sudan and Egypt
Theresa Donovan
February 12, 2014 06:05:54 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday released a report outlining the prevalent trafficking and torture of Eritrean refugees for ransom by Sudanese and Egyptian individuals that has been occurring since 2010. Victims stated in the report...

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News Syria signs agreement to dispose of chemical weapons
Syria signs agreement to dispose of chemical weapons
Theresa Donovan
February 6, 2014 06:53:57 am

The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday entered into agreements with the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to dispose of chemical weapons within the country. The announcement of...

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News Scotland parliament passes same-sex marriage bill
Scotland parliament passes same-sex marriage bill
Theresa Donovan
February 5, 2014 08:17:32 am

The Scottish Parliament on Tuesday passed the Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill , in a 105 to 18 vote . The final vote in favor of the bill came after a detailed consideration of the...

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News UN report highlights abuse of children in Syria
UN report highlights abuse of children in Syria
Theresa Donovan
February 5, 2014 06:28:38 am

The UN on Monday released a report to the Security Council , which highlights the severe suffering faced by children in Syria during the period between March 2011 and November 2013. The report states that the Syrian...

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News Ukraine parliament passes conditional amnesty law for protesters
Ukraine parliament passes conditional amnesty law for protesters
Theresa Donovan
January 30, 2014 07:25:05 am

The Verkhovna Rada , the Parliament of Ukraine, on Wednesday passed a law granting conditional amnesty to protesters arrested during the weeks of unrest that have gripped the nation. The passage of this measure came during the parliament's...

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News EULEX judge orders detention for war crimes suspect
EULEX judge orders detention for war crimes suspect
Theresa Donovan
January 29, 2014 07:37:19 am

An international judge from the Mitrovica Basic Court on Tuesday ordered a one-month detention for a Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, who is suspected of committing war crimes and aggravated murder during the 1998-1999 Kosovo conflict [BBC...

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News Mladic refuses to testify at Karadzic ICTY trial
Mladic refuses to testify at Karadzic ICTY trial
Theresa Donovan
January 29, 2014 07:00:02 am

Ratko Mladic, former leader of the Bosnian Serb army during the Bosnian civil war, refused to testify on Tuesday at the trial of Radovan Karadzic , which is ongoing at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former...

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News ACLU challenges Utah’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages
ACLU challenges Utah’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages
Theresa Donovan
January 22, 2014 08:06:46 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) , in conjunction with a private law firm, filed a lawsuit in the Third Judicial District Court for the State of Utah Salt Lake County on Tuesday on...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on collective bargaining, laches
Theresa Donovan
January 22, 2014 06:31:28 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a collective bargaining case as well as a laches case on Tuesday. In Harris v. Quinn the court heard arguments on whether...

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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

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On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.

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