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Kenya court charges 4 in shopping mall terrorist attack

November 4, 2013 08:53:39 AM

A Kenyan court on Monday charged four people with aiding terrorism relating to a four-day siege at a Nairobi shopping mall last month. The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack, in...

October 28, 2013 10:55:20 AM

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) asked the court Saturday to set aside their decision earlier this month allowing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta not...

October 24, 2013 11:39:03 AM

Fred Nkusi, Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali

October 23, 2013 11:53:51 AM

In an open letter to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, Kenya's UN Ambassador Macharia Kamau requested that the International Criminal Court (ICC) defer the trials against Kenyan officials . Kamau emphasized the country's...

October 19, 2013 09:54:47 AM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled on Friday that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta need not be present for his whole trial for crimes against humanity. The court issued...

October 14, 2013 12:16:56 PM

Amnesty International (AI) on Sunday stated that the African Union (AU) declaration on Saturday that no senior government officials should appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

October 11, 2013 11:26:06 AM

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday applied for a permanent stay of the proceedings in his case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) , claiming that a fair trial...

October 2, 2013 08:52:36 AM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for a man accused of tampering with prosecution witnesses in a case against Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto [ICC backgrounder;...

September 27, 2013 10:31:39 AM

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday denied a request by Kenyan deputy president William Ruto to adjourn his trial so that he may manage the...

September 24, 2013 01:49:15 PM

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Tuesday offered to assist in prosecuting those behind the Nairobi Westgate shopping mall attack. Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).