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News Supreme Court rules on Telecommunications Act
Supreme Court rules on Telecommunications Act
Taylor Gillan
January 14, 2015 01:43:34 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday on the ability of localities to deny permission to build cell phone towers. The case of T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell concerned what it means...

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Turkish court bans access to Charlie Hebdo cover
Taylor Gillan
January 14, 2015 12:23:28 pm

A Turkish court on Wednesday banned access to websites showing the new cover of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo , which features a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad. The court's prohibition of access to the sites is reportedly...

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News UN SG condemns attack against French magazine employees
UN SG condemns attack against French magazine employees
Taylor Gillan
January 7, 2015 01:40:27 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday spoke out against the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo , expressing his shock and appall at at the actions of the terrorists who carried it out. The...

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News LRA leader surrenders to US forces, Uganda confirms
LRA leader surrenders to US forces, Uganda confirms
Taylor Gillan
January 7, 2015 12:28:07 pm

The Ugandan army on Wednesday confirmed that top Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen is now in the custody of US forces. Ongwen, the second-in-command of the rebel militia group headed by alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony...

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News UN rights expert urges international accountability standards for violence against women
UN rights expert urges international accountability standards for violence against women
Taylor Gillan
December 4, 2014 08:27:45 am

A UN rights expert on Wednesday called for a legally binding agreement at the national level in order to fight violence against women in member states and hold violators accountable. Special Rapporteur on violence against women Rashida...

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Bangladesh tribunal convicts UK journalist of contempt
Taylor Gillan
December 4, 2014 07:58:01 am

A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Tuesday found British journalist David Bergman guilty of contempt for challenging the official death toll of Bangladesh's 1971 independence war with Pakistan. Bergman wrote in a 2011 blog...

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News ACLU challenges Nebraska same-sex marriage ban
ACLU challenges Nebraska same-sex marriage ban
Taylor Gillan
November 19, 2014 03:01:55 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Nebraska and the Nebraska law firm Koenig | Dunne on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging Nebraska's exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage. The lawsuit,...

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UN General Assembly: North Korea should be referred to ICC
Taylor Gillan
November 19, 2014 02:45:19 pm

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday urged the Security Council to call on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate allegations against North Korea for crimes against humanity. The vote came after the release of a report...

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News UN agency voices concern over US states’ marijuana legalization
UN agency voices concern over US states’ marijuana legalization
Taylor Gillan
November 12, 2014 03:37:27 pm

The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday expressed concern that the legalization of marijuana by some US states is not compatible with existing international drug conventions. UNODC executive director Yury Fedotov...

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Judge urges immediate implementation of Detroit bankruptcy plan
Taylor Gillan
November 12, 2014 02:44:35 pm

A judge for the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Wednesday urged that the newly approved plan to resolve Detroit's bankruptcy be implemented as soon as possible. The plan, which was...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US President William McKinley dies after shooting

US President William McKinley died on September 14, 1901, eight days after being shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Czolgosz was executed over McKinley's assassination on October 29, 1901. Read more about William McKinley.

Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I. Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

OPEC founded

On September 14 1960, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq. OPEC was created to promote higher crude oil prices for its members through the restriction of global supply. Learn more about the history of OPEC.

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