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News South Korea court strikes down adultery ban
South Korea court strikes down adultery ban
Alexandra Farone
February 26, 2015 10:40:38 am

The Supreme Court of South Korea on Thursday decriminalized extramarital affairs. The 7-2 decision held as unconstitutional a 1953 law that made marital infidelity punishable by jail. South Korea was one of only three Asian...

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News US court finds Palestine groups liable for Israel attacks
US court finds Palestine groups liable for Israel attacks
Alexandra Farone
February 24, 2015 11:35:19 am

A jury for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York found the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority liable Monday for the terrorist attacks that took place in Israel...

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News Mississippi AG petitions Supreme Court to allow abortion law to take effect
Mississippi AG petitions Supreme Court to allow abortion law to take effect
Alexandra Farone
February 19, 2015 11:51:07 am

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to allow the state to enforce an abortion law that was declared unconstitutional by the US...

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News Thailand ex-PM facing criminal charges
Thailand ex-PM facing criminal charges
Alexandra Farone
February 19, 2015 10:52:11 am

Thailand's attorney general filed criminal charges on Thursday against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra over the country's controversial rice subsidy program. Yingluck, Thailand's first female prime minister, could be sentenced to 10 years...

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News Copt murders in Libya are war crimes: AI
Copt murders in Libya are war crimes: AI
Alexandra Farone
February 17, 2015 11:22:17 am

The beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians by members of the Islamic State (IS) are war crimes, Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday. The Egyptian Christians were abducted from the Libyan city of Sirte in...

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News Oregon Senate to hear testimony on bill limiting nonmedical immunization exemptions
Oregon Senate to hear testimony on bill limiting nonmedical immunization exemptions
Alexandra Farone
February 17, 2015 10:53:21 am

The Oregon Senate Committee on Health Care is scheduled to hear testimony on a bill that would limit the option for parents to receive non-medical exemptions from school vaccinations. Sponsored by state Senator Elizabeth...

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News US House passes Keystone XL pipeline bill
US House passes Keystone XL pipeline bill
Alexandra Farone
February 12, 2015 11:49:39 am

The US House of Representatives passed the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act Wednesday and sent the bill to President Barack Obama, who has vowed to veto the legislation. The bill passed the House...

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News Federal judge strikes down ban on interstate handgun sales
Federal judge strikes down ban on interstate handgun sales
Alexandra Farone
February 12, 2015 11:13:12 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled Wednesday that the ban on interstate handgun sales by federal firearm dealers is unconstitutional. Mance, a Texas federal firearms dealer, and...

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News Nepal forms commissions to probe war crimes
Nepal forms commissions to probe war crimes
Alexandra Farone
February 10, 2015 11:45:40 am

Nepal created two commissions Tuesday to investigate allegations of war crimes and disappearances that occurred during the nation's 10-year civil war, said Nepali Law Minister Narahari Acharya . The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, will investigate abuses...

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News Europe rights court rules prisoners banned from voting will not be compensated
Europe rights court rules prisoners banned from voting will not be compensated
Alexandra Farone
February 10, 2015 11:07:26 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that UK prisoners who had been prevented from voting are not entitled to receive compensation for their legal costs. The 1,015 petitioners are current or...

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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

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On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.

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