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News UN experts call for answer on violence in Venezuela
UN experts call for answer on violence in Venezuela
Taylor Gillan
March 6, 2014 12:12:49 pm

A group of UN independent experts on Thursday asked Venezuela's government to provide a clear answer to allegations of arbitrary detention and excessive force against journalists, media workers and demonstrators during the country's recent protests. The group, which included...

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News Turkish high court supports former general’s appeal for release
Turkish high court supports former general’s appeal for release
Taylor Gillan
March 6, 2014 11:33:42 am

Turkey's Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled in favor of retired general Ilker Basbug's appeal against his sentence for life imprisonment. The ruling may allow for his release [Reuters...

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News Judge among 11 dead in attack on Pakistan court
Judge among 11 dead in attack on Pakistan court
Taylor Gillan
March 3, 2014 11:43:14 am

A gun and suicide bomb attack on Monday on a court complex in Islamabad, Pakistan, left 11 people dead and 25 injured. Additional Sessions Judge Rafaqat Awan, senior advocate Rao Abdul Rashid, advocate Tanveer Ahmend Shah, and several other...

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News Croatia accuses Serbia of genocide before international court
Croatia accuses Serbia of genocide before international court
Taylor Gillan
March 3, 2014 10:44:45 am

Croatia said Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that acts of violence committed by Serbia in the 1990s constituted genocide under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of...

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News Former Germany president cleared of corruption charges
Former Germany president cleared of corruption charges
Taylor Gillan
February 27, 2014 11:36:11 am

A German court on Thursday cleared former president Christian Wulff of corruption charges that sprang from allegations that he had accepted bribes in exchange for political favors. Judge Frank Rosenow informed the court [Reuters...

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Cambodia ends ban on public protests
Taylor Gillan
February 27, 2014 10:53:13 am

Cambodian officials on Wednesday said that the country has ended its ban on public demonstrations that was imposed last month after police opened fire on protesting textile workers. According to Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak,...

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Ukraine issues arrest warrant for ousted president
Taylor Gillan
February 24, 2014 12:24:24 pm

Ukraine's acting interior minister Arsen Avakhov on Monday said on his official Facebook page that an arrest warrant has been issued for the country's fugitive president, Viktor Yanukovich , for the mass killings of...

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News Federal judge allows same-sex marriage licenses in Cook County, Illinois
Federal judge allows same-sex marriage licenses in Cook County, Illinois
Taylor Gillan
February 24, 2014 11:06:29 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday ruled that same-sex couples in Cook County may be issued marriage licenses immediately rather than having to wait for the effective date...

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Lawyers may question Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, judge says
Taylor Gillan
February 20, 2014 12:07:52 pm

A US District Judge on Wednesday said that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , who is being held at a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay can answer written questions from the lawyers preparing to defend...

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Couples challenge Colorado same-sex marriage ban
Taylor Gillan
February 20, 2014 11:31:25 am

Nine same-sex couples on Wednesday filed suit in a state court in Denver, Colorado challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The couples argued that the ban violates their constitutional rights of equal protection and due process. Amendment 43...

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Republic of Ireland Act enters force

On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland.

Treason charges against poet Ezra Pound dropped

On April 18, 1958, treason charges against American poet Ezra Pound, first laid in 1943 in connection with his wartime broadcasts for the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, were dropped.

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