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11/14/2014: UN investigators blamed Islamic State commanders for war crimes in Syria.

11/04/2014: HRW: Islamic States militants tortured and abused Kurdish children in Syria

10/30/2014: HRW: Islamic State conducted mass executions of Shiite prisoners

10/17/2014: US-led airstrikes in Syria killed ten civilians: rights group

09/12/2014: Germany passed bill banning support of Islamic State

08/30/2014: Lebanon official urged punishment for Islamic State flag burning

08/25/2014: UN rights chief cited potential war crimes in Iraq

07/18/2014: UN reported possible war crimes in Iraq

07/12/2014: HRW: Iraq forces summarily executed Sunni prisoners

06/26/2014: HRW reported mass executions in Iraq

THIS DAY @ LAW

US House voted to impeach President Clinton

On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.

Read the Articles of Impeachment.

UK signs Hong Kong over to China

On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which ceded control of Hong Kong to the government of mainland China in 1997. The treaty also ensured that Hong Kong would retain its capitalist and democratic systems for at least 50 years after the transfer of power.