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News Austria extradites Croatia ex-PM to face corruption charges
Austria extradites Croatia ex-PM to face corruption charges
Zach Zagger
July 11, 2011 09:21:10 am

An Austrian court approved the extradition Monday of former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader back to Croatia to face corruption charges. The court completed the paperwork allowing Sanader to be extradited back to Croatia. He will face...

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News Uganda charges rebel leader in first war crimes trial
Uganda charges rebel leader in first war crimes trial
Maureen Cosgrove
July 11, 2011 09:13:33 am

A Ugandan court on Monday began its first war crimes trial of a commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) , a Ugandan rebel group. The International Crimes Division (ICD) ...

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News Europe rights court rejects appeals against Switzerland minaret ban
Europe rights court rejects appeals against Switzerland minaret ban
Aman Kakar
July 10, 2011 03:22:11 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected two appeals from Swiss Muslims challenging Switzerland's ban on construction of minarets. The court ruled that the appeals were inadmissible because the complaints failed...

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News UN rights chief urges Senegal not to deport Chad ex-president Habre
UN rights chief urges Senegal not to deport Chad ex-president Habre
Ashley Hileman
July 10, 2011 12:24:43 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Sunday urged Senegal not to deport former Chadian president Hissene Habre back to Chad, where he has been sentenced to death. Pillay advised...

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News Thailand opposition lawyers challenge election
Thailand opposition lawyers challenge election
Aman Kakar
July 10, 2011 12:14:48 pm

Lawyers associated with Thailand's outgoing ruling Democrat Party filed papers with the Election Commission on Friday challenging the Puea Thai party's election victory. The filings seek to dissolve the Puea Thai party on grounds that the...

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News South Sudan officially recognized as independent nation
South Sudan officially recognized as independent nation
Ashley Hileman
July 10, 2011 11:13:41 am

The Republic of South Sudan was recognized as an independent country on Saturday, making it the world's 193rd nation. In the capital city of Juba, President Salva Kiir was sworn in for a four-year term,...

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News Italy appeals court upholds judgment against Berlusconi company
Italy appeals court upholds judgment against Berlusconi company
Daniel Makosky
July 9, 2011 04:10:17 pm

An Italian appeals court on Saturday ordered Fininvest , a holding company owned by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , to pay 560 million euros (USD 801 million) in damages and fees to...

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Three Somali pirates charged in highjacking that killed 4 Americans
Andrea Bottorff
July 9, 2011 12:02:28 pm

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday charged three Somali pirates with 26 counts for acts of piracy in the hijacking of a US vessel that resulted in the deaths of four...

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News UN rights chief: US execution of Mexico national violated international law
UN rights chief: US execution of Mexico national violated international law
Andrea Bottorff
July 9, 2011 10:30:49 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday criticized the US execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia a day earlier, saying that the sentence violated international law. Pillay said that the US...

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UN calls for international regulations on independent security contractors
Julia Zebley
July 8, 2011 04:07:02 pm

The UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries on Friday proposed international legislation to create mechanisms for prosecuting contractors and mercenaries when they violate the law. The Chairman of the UN Working...

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Czar Alexander II assassinated

On March 13, 1881, revolutionaries assassinated Russian Tsar Alexander II. The terrorist organization Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) hoped to spark a revolution by assassinating the monarch. Instead, Alexander II's assassination led to a repressive backlash from his successor, Alexander III. Read an account of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II by anarchist revolutionary Peter Kropotkin.

Tennessee banned the teaching of evolution

On March 13, 1925, Tennessee passed a law banning the teaching of evolution in schools. The violation of this law by a local schoolteacher resulted in the famous "Scopes Monkey Trial." Learn more about The State v. John Scopes.

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