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News UN report: Colombia should reconsider military jurisdiction expansion bill
UN report: Colombia should reconsider military jurisdiction expansion bill
Bradley McAllister
October 2, 2014 04:49:03 pm

A team of 12 independent human rights experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights announced Monday the contents of a letter written to the government and...

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News ECHR recognizes Scientology church as legal entity in Russia
ECHR recognizes Scientology church as legal entity in Russia
Addison Morris
October 2, 2014 04:16:01 pm

The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled to officially recognize the Church of Scientology as a legal entity, over strong opposition by Russian authorities. The church has applied for recognition six...

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News UN releases report of human rights violations under ISIL
UN releases report of human rights violations under ISIL
Addison Morris
October 2, 2014 03:49:10 pm

The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights jointly released a report on Thursday, detailing the staggering amount of human rights abuses that have...

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News Rights groups ask US Supreme Court to block Wisconsin voter ID law
Rights groups ask US Supreme Court to block Wisconsin voter ID law
Elizabeth LaForgia
October 2, 2014 03:14:19 pm

Those challenging Wisconsin's voter photo identification law asked the US Supreme Court on Thursday to take emergency action and block the law before the November 4 election. Last month the US Court...

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News Arkansas court hears arguments for voter ID case
Arkansas court hears arguments for voter ID case
Elizabeth LaForgia
October 2, 2014 02:13:09 pm

Oral arguments for a case challenging Arkansas' voter ID law began on Thursday, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law . The Brennan Center for Justice filed an amicus...

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News US Supreme Court adds 11 new cases to upcoming term docket
US Supreme Court adds 11 new cases to upcoming term docket
Peter Snyder
October 2, 2014 01:37:11 pm

The US Supreme Court Thursday granted certiorari to 11 cases, adding them to the docket for decision for the upcoming term. In the case Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission ...

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News California governor signs bill banning plastic bags
California governor signs bill banning plastic bags
Addison Morris
October 1, 2014 06:38:36 pm

California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill issuing a statewide ban against single-use plastic bags. Beginning in July 2016 grocery and convenience stores across the state will be required to...

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News UK prosecutors drop terrorism charges against former Guantanamo detainee
UK prosecutors drop terrorism charges against former Guantanamo detainee
Addison Morris
October 1, 2014 03:37:31 pm

The UK's Crown Prosecution Service on Wednesday dropped terrorism charges against Moazzam Begg , a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses related to the war in Syria . Begg...

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News ICC: Kenya president must attend hearing
ICC: Kenya president must attend hearing
Taylor Gillan
October 1, 2014 01:10:24 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday found that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta must appear in court for his hearing next week, rejecting a request by the leader to be...

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News Karadzic denies link to Bosnian war atrocities
Karadzic denies link to Bosnian war atrocities
Taylor Gillan
October 1, 2014 11:40:01 am

Former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic on Wednesday insisted upon his innocence during closing remarks at his genocide trial at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Karadzic,...

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Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, murdered by Henry II's knights

On December 29, 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights acting in the name of Henry II.

Becket and Henry had been entangled in a power struggle over, among other things, criminal jurisdiction over clergy. Read a contemporary account of the murder of Thomas Becket.

Texas attains US statehood

On December 29, 1845, Texas became the twenty-eighth state to join the United States of America when US President James K. Polk signed the Ordinance of Annexation. Texas had a complicated path to statehood because it had formerly been part of Mexico and then an independent republic. The US Congress passed the Annexation of the Republic of Texas Joint Resolution on March 1, 1845. Voters in Texas then approved the Ordinance of Annexation in October, before it was approved by the US Congress and signed into law by President Polk on this day in 1845. The US Supreme Court later ruled in Texas v. White that, despite its unique path to statehood, Texas did not have the right to secede from the union.

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