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News Agreement reached for Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
Agreement reached for Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
Taylor Gillan
October 5, 2015 02:02:27 pm

A dozen Pacific Rim nations, including the US, on Monday announced that they have agreed to a historic regional trade pact that links 40 percent of the global economy. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the largest such accord in history,...

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News Supreme Court declines request to review insider trading case
Supreme Court declines request to review insider trading case
Taylor Gillan
October 5, 2015 12:42:54 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by the US Department of Justice in the case of two former hedge fund traders whose insider trading convictions were overturned...

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News Former China senior judge to be prosecuted for corruption
Former China senior judge to be prosecuted for corruption
Taylor Gillan
September 29, 2015 12:57:14 pm

Prosecutors in China on Tuesday announced that they will be investigating former China Supreme Court justice Xi Xiaoming on corruption charges. The former vice president of the Supreme People's Court has already been fired from all of...

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News Rights group: EU too lenient on Hungary media abuses
Rights group: EU too lenient on Hungary media abuses
Taylor Gillan
September 29, 2015 11:17:09 am

The EU has not done enough to address media abuses in Hungary, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report Tuesday. The international free press advocacy group stated in its report "Balancing Act" that,...

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News Lebanese journalist fined for contempt of court
Lebanese journalist fined for contempt of court
Taylor Gillan
September 28, 2015 12:55:59 pm

Lebanese journalist Karma Khayat was fined €10,000 Monday following her refusal to take down Internet videos made in 2012. The videos risked exposing the identities of witnesses in the case of the 2005 assassination of former prime...

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News Bolivia Legislative Assembly approves constitutional change to extend presidential term limits
Bolivia Legislative Assembly approves constitutional change to extend presidential term limits
Taylor Gillan
September 28, 2015 12:15:45 pm

The Bolivian Legislative Assembly on Saturday approved a bill to amend the constitution to extend presidential terms. The amendment will allow current President Evo Morales to run for a fourth consecutive term in office. The bill, which was approved...

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News Sri Lanka PM rejects UN call for international war crimes investigation
Sri Lanka PM rejects UN call for international war crimes investigation
Taylor Gillan
September 22, 2015 12:02:34 pm

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday rejected a UN recommendation for international involvement in its domestic investigation into alleged war crimes. The UN released a report earlier this month finding that war crimes...

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News Former Brazil Worker’s Party treasurer sentenced for Petrobras corruption link
Former Brazil Worker’s Party treasurer sentenced for Petrobras corruption link
Taylor Gillan
September 22, 2015 11:10:28 am

A Brazil court on Monday sentenced former treasurer of the country's governing Worker's Party Joao Vaccari Neto to 15 years and four months in jail for charges stemming from his connection to the Petrobras [official...

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News UN body urges ceasefire in Libya
UN body urges ceasefire in Libya
Taylor Gillan
September 21, 2015 02:00:54 pm

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Sunday released a statement strongly condemning Saturday's military escalation in Benghazi. In its statement, the mission expressed that developments on the ground in Libya over the last...

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News Protesters gather in response to Nepal constitution
Protesters gather in response to Nepal constitution
Taylor Gillan
September 21, 2015 12:52:43 pm

Demonstrators in Nepal gathered Monday to protest the country's new constitution , which was promulgated on Sunday. The constitution was signed and announced by Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav, who was applauded by...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

McKinley assassin put on trial

On September 23, 1901, Leon Czolgosz was put on trial for assassinating US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Learn more about the legal aftermath of the McKinley assassination from the University of Buffalo Libraries.

Karlstad Treaty splits union of Norway and Sweden

On September 23, 1905, negotiations on the Karlstad Treaty ended with an agreement to split the union of Sweden and Norway. The accord was then approved by Norway's parliament on October 9 and by Sweden's on October 13. Learn more about the former Union of Sweden and Norway.

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