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News Federal appeals court allows Texas abortion restrictions to take effect
Federal appeals court allows Texas abortion restrictions to take effect
Lauren Laing
November 1, 2013 11:06:17 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday ruled Thursday Texas can enforce a law that prohibits doctors from performing abortions if the doctor does not have admitting privileges...

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News Federal appeals court blocks NYPD stop-and-frisk changes
Federal appeals court blocks NYPD stop-and-frisk changes
Stephen Adelgren
November 1, 2013 11:04:02 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday blocked changes to the New York City Police Department (NYPD) stop-and-frisk procedures. The ruling specifically denounced the decision of district court Judge...

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News Colorado couple seeks to overturn state ban on same-sex marriage
Colorado couple seeks to overturn state ban on same-sex marriage
Kimberly Bennett
November 1, 2013 10:51:20 am

A Colorado same-sex couple filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the Adams County District Court after they were denied a marriage license from the Adams County Clerk's office in Colorado. The couple, Rebecca Brinkman and Margaret Burd, argues...

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News Texas court strikes down law banning online communication with minors
Texas court strikes down law banning online communication with minors
Kimberly Bennett
November 1, 2013 10:13:20 am

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday struck down a law banning sexually explicit Internet communications between an adult and minor. The case arose when John Christopher Lo was charged with the third degree...

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News Poland asks Europe rights court to hold hearing over secret CIA prison in private
Poland asks Europe rights court to hold hearing over secret CIA prison in private
Kimberly Bennett
November 1, 2013 08:32:14 am

Poland formally requested that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) hold an upcoming December 3 hearing regarding Poland's complicity in US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secret detention facilities in private. The ECHR is scheduled ...

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News Former Khmer Rouge leaders request acquittal at closing arguments
Former Khmer Rouge leaders request acquittal at closing arguments
Laura Klein Mullen
November 1, 2013 07:39:04 am

Two former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime, "Brother Number Two," Nuon Chea, and former president Khieu Samphan, on trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia requested Thursday that they be acquitted...

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Georgia became first US state to ban lynching

On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison. The statute was not particularly effective—read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.

UN Drug Trafficking Convention signed

On December 20, 1988, the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The treaty provides mechanisms for international coordination in preventing the manufacture and distribution of drugs worldwide. Over 170 countries have signed the treaty to date.

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