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News Obama administration to sign UN gay rights declaration: official
Obama administration to sign UN gay rights declaration: official
Ximena Marinero
March 18, 2009 09:09:00 am

The administration of US President Barack Obama intends to endorse a UN declaration that calls for decriminalizing homosexuality, according to an anonymous official quoted in a Tuesday Associated Press report . In December, the Bush administration declined...

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News Iraq cabinet urges presidency council to ratify Saddam officials’ death sentences
Iraq cabinet urges presidency council to ratify Saddam officials’ death sentences
Ximena Marinero
March 18, 2009 08:10:00 am

The Iraqi Cabinet urged the Presidency Council Tuesday to ratify death sentences against three former Saddam Hussein officials. The sentences have been delayed because two of the members, President Jalal Talabani...

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News Bangladesh continues ban on websites that published mutiny meeting audio
Bangladesh continues ban on websites that published mutiny meeting audio
Ximena Marinero
March 10, 2009 10:06:00 am

Head of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Ziaul Islam said Tuesday that there are no plans in place to lift the ban on several websites that have posted a recording in which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

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News International finance court should be formed to hear Madoff cases: lawyers group
International finance court should be formed to hear Madoff cases: lawyers group
Ximena Marinero
March 10, 2009 08:49:00 am

A group of lawyers called Monday for the formation of an International Finance Court to adjudicate the issues around the Bernard Madoff fraud case. The Madoff Case Global Alliance of Law Firms, established last month [press...

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News Kenya rights activist killings to be probed by FBI
Kenya rights activist killings to be probed by FBI
Ximena Marinero
March 9, 2009 03:37:00 pm

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga announced Monday that US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents from the US Embassy in Nairobi will assist in investigating the killing of two...

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Destroyed CIA interrogation tapes contained torture evidence: documents
Ximena Marinero
March 9, 2009 07:38:00 am

Twelve of the 92 videotapes destroyed by the CIA contained evidence of "enhanced interrogation techniques," according to redacted documents filed Friday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ....

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News Zimbabwe high court invalidates regional court decision on land reform
Zimbabwe high court invalidates regional court decision on land reform
Ximena Marinero
March 5, 2009 08:08:00 am

The Zimbabwe High Court ruled on Wednesday that the Southern Africa Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal) is not superior to the courts of the individual SADC member countries, in a decision invalidating a SADC Tribunal...

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US resumes observer participation in UN rights council
Ximena Marinero
March 5, 2009 07:21:00 am

The US is resuming active participation as an observer in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) , according to interim Charge d'Affaires to the US Mission in Geneva Mark Sorella in his address...

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News ICC should take steps to improve enforcement of international justice: report
ICC should take steps to improve enforcement of international justice: report
Ximena Marinero
March 3, 2009 12:13:00 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) should take steps to improve the enforcement of international justice, according to a report issued Tuesday by Aegis Trust , an advocacy group dedicated to eliminating genocide....

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February 26, 2009 09:03:00 am

A judge in Lebanon on Wednesday granted bail to three men suspected of involvement in the February 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The judge did not explain why he released [YaLibnan...

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Japan enacts Meiji Constitution

On February 11, 1889, the Meiji Constitution of Japan was promulgated by Emperor Meiji. Officially titled the "Constitution of the Empire of Japan," the Meiji Constitution went into effect on November 29, 1890 and served as the country's fundamental law through the rise of the Japanese Empire until the end of World War II. On May 2, 1947, the Meiji Constitution was replaced by the Constitution of Japan, which serves as the country's governing document today. The Meiji constitution created a constitutional monarchy in Japan with the Emperor serving as a powerful executive. The document furthermore created a parliament, called the Diet, as well as an independent judiciary. Its passage came as part of the Meiji Restoration, in which the Japanese Imperial throne retook power from the Shogunate and guided the nation into the modern world.

First redistricting "gerrymander" created

On February 11, 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed an electoral redistricting law that favored his party. The practice became known as "gerrymandering" in reference to Gerry and the unusual, allegedly salamander-like district that resulted. See the original 1812 political cartoon of The Gerry-mander in the Boston Gazette.

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