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News HRW: Illegal armed groups force residents to flee Colombia city
HRW: Illegal armed groups force residents to flee Colombia city
William Helbling
March 21, 2014 01:22:57 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report on Friday stating that illegal armed groups have caused hundreds of people to flee Colombia's main Pacific port of Buenaventura in the past two years. Historically, illegal guerrilla...

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News Kenya court extradites journalist accused of bribery to ICC
Kenya court extradites journalist accused of bribery to ICC
William Helbling
March 20, 2014 11:40:54 am

The High Court of Kenya ruled on Wednesday that journalist Walter Barasa can be extradited to the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Barasa is accused of using bribes to disrupt the prosecution in the...

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News Italy high court upholds convictions of CIA agents in extraordinary rendition
Italy high court upholds convictions of CIA agents in extraordinary rendition
William Helbling
March 12, 2014 10:18:39 am

Italy's highest court, the Court of Cassation , on Tuesday upheld guilty verdicts against three US defendants in the 2003 extraordinary rendition kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect. The three Americans are CIA agents who...

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News Florida Supreme Court denies immigrant bar certification
Florida Supreme Court denies immigrant bar certification
William Helbling
March 7, 2014 02:07:30 pm

The Florida Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that Tampa Immigrant Jose Godinez-Samperio, in the country illegally, may not be licensed to practice law in the state. Godinez-Samperio is a 26-year-old man who arrived to the...

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News Illinois AG urges issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Illinois AG urges issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples
William Helbling
March 6, 2014 11:38:02 am

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is encouraging county clerks statewide to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Madigan's actions are a result of a ruling by the US District Court for the Northern District...

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News Ninth Circuit upholds school’s ban on US flag t-shirts
Ninth Circuit upholds school’s ban on US flag t-shirts
William Helbling
February 28, 2014 01:48:57 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a California public school's request for students to remove their American flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo was not a violation of their...

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News Israel urged to investigate use of excessive military force
Israel urged to investigate use of excessive military force
William Helbling
February 27, 2014 12:07:14 pm

Israeli soldiers have used excessive force in the West Bank since 2011, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report Thursday. AI's investigation was specifically focused on the evidence of the unlawful shootings of...

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News Russia bans adoption by same-sex couples
Russia bans adoption by same-sex couples
William Helbling
February 15, 2014 07:40:55 am

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced a decree on Thursday banning gay couples or single people from countries that legally allow same-sex marriage from adopting Russian children. The Russian government resolution [materials, in...

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Marie Antoinette convicted of treason and guillotened

French Queen consort Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a Revolutionary court and then guillotined on October 16, 1793. The queen consort was convicted of conspiring with foreign powers, depleting the treasury, and high treason only four days after her initial arrest on October 12. Her husband Louis XVI was executed nine months prior. Learn more about the trial and execution of Marie Antoinette.

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On October 16, 1946, 10 Nazi war criminals, including former German Foreign Minister von Rippentrop, were hanged following the verdicts of the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal.

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