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News Pakistan court to charge Musharraf with high treason
Pakistan court to charge Musharraf with high treason
Taylor Gillan
March 27, 2014 12:37:28 pm

A court order from a special court in Pakistan on Thursday stated that the court will frame formal high treason charges against former president Pervez Musharraf on March 31. The order also reiterated that Musharraf would...

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News Europe rights official speaks against proposed Greek migrant law
Europe rights official speaks against proposed Greek migrant law
Taylor Gillan
March 27, 2014 12:02:19 pm

The Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks on Wednesday called upon the Greek government to abandon plans to include a clause in a draft immigration law that would allow the...

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News Egypt court sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death
Egypt court sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death
Taylor Gillan
March 24, 2014 12:07:33 pm

An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 529 supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi to death on charges of killing and attacking policemen in one of the largest mass trials to be held in the...

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News AI: China must end crackdown on Tiananmen Square commemorators
AI: China must end crackdown on Tiananmen Square commemorators
Taylor Gillan
March 24, 2014 11:36:59 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday said that Chinese authorities must put an end to the persecution of those remembering victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown as its twenty-fifth anniversary nears. AI...

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News Russia lawmakers endorse annexation of Crimea
Russia lawmakers endorse annexation of Crimea
Taylor Gillan
March 20, 2014 01:07:42 pm

The Russian State Duma on Thursday voted nearly unanimously to approve Russia's annexation of Crimea despite threats of further sanctions from Western powers. The vote coincided with the arrival of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official...

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News Vietnam jails blogger for criticizing government
Vietnam jails blogger for criticizing government
Taylor Gillan
March 20, 2014 12:28:28 pm

The Hanoi Supreme People's Court in Vietnam on Wednesday sentenced blogger Oham Viet Dao to 15 months in prison for posting articles criticizing the government. Dao's sentence follows that of popular blogger Truong Duy Nhat,...

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News Morsi’s son referred to trial for drug possession
Morsi’s son referred to trial for drug possession
Taylor Gillan
March 17, 2014 11:35:30 am

Egyptian prosecutor Moumin Salman on Monday referred Abdullah Morsi, youngest son of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, to trial on allegations of drug use and possession. Officers say that two rolled hashish cigarettes were found in the car ...

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News Crimea parliament declares independence following referendum
Crimea parliament declares independence following referendum
Taylor Gillan
March 17, 2014 11:02:17 am

The Crimean parliament on Monday formally declared the region independent and asked to join the Russian Federation following a vote to secede from Ukraine. The US and EU have called the vote illegal , and the EU stated...

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News Rights group accuses Syria government of war crimes
Rights group accuses Syria government of war crimes
Taylor Gillan
March 10, 2014 01:55:39 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday accused Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's forces of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity on Palestinian and Syrian civilians in Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus. The report, entitled "Squeezing...

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News Maldives Supreme Court sentences election commission members
Maldives Supreme Court sentences election commission members
Taylor Gillan
March 10, 2014 01:25:52 pm

The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Sunday dismissed the country's four top election commissioners, giving each a six-month jail sentence and three-year suspension for "disobeying orders." The commission members were tried after the passage...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Rosenbergs convicted of espionage

On March 29, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of passing US atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The couple was sentenced to death on April 3 under the Espionage Act of 1917, 18 U.S.C 794. They were then executed two years later on June 19, 1953 in New York State's Sing Sing Prison. View the FBI's files on the Rosenbergs.

British parliament passed act creating Canada

On March 29, 1867, the British Parliament passed the British North America Act, a constitutional document creating a united Dominion of Canada. It went into effect on July 1 that year.

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