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News Guatemala votes to refer conflict with Belize to ICJ
Guatemala votes to refer conflict with Belize to ICJ
Ashley Rundell
April 16, 2018 03:29:18 pm

In a referendum Sunday, Guatemalans voted overwhelmingly to request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) resolve the country's centuries-old territorial dispute with Belize. On Monday the government of Belize issued a press...

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News Former South Korea president will not appeal prison sentence
Former South Korea president will not appeal prison sentence
Ashley Rundell
April 16, 2018 02:19:22 pm

Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye , who was sentenced to 24 years in prison earlier this month, has decided not to appeal, according to a filing Monday. Park has submitted her intention not to proceed with...

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News Former South Korea president faces formal corruption charges
Former South Korea president faces formal corruption charges
Ashley Rundell
April 9, 2018 02:25:41 pm

South Korean prosecutors formally charged jailed ex-president Lee Myung-Bak on Monday with a slew of corruption charges, including bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. These charges make him the country's fourth leader to face a criminal trial in...

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News First sentence handed down in Mueller investigation
First sentence handed down in Mueller investigation
Ashley Rundell
April 3, 2018 04:13:38 pm

In the first sentencing in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Muller into Russian meddling, 33-year-old Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in prison and a $200,000 fine, followed by two months...

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News Supreme Court reverses denial of qualified immunity in police shooting case
Supreme Court reverses denial of qualified immunity in police shooting case
Ashley Rundell
April 2, 2018 02:02:10 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court denial of qualified immunity in a civil rights suit involving a shooting by a University of Arizona Police officer. Hughes, who was shot four...

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BMW faces class action lawsuit over diesel emissions
Ashley Rundell
March 27, 2018 04:20:15 pm

Three plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that BMW cheated during emissions tests of their diesel vehicles. The plaintiffs, individual...

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Cambridge Analytica accused of violating election laws
Ashley Rundell
March 26, 2018 02:20:40 pm

Government watchdog group Common Cause filed a pair of legal complaints on Monday accusing Cambridge Analytica LTD and its affiliates of violating federal election laws that prohibit foreigners from participating in the decision-making process of US...

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Former South Korea president arrested for corruption
Ashley Rundell
March 22, 2018 03:14:32 pm

Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was arrested and jailed early Friday on multiple corruption charges, including bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. The Seoul Central District Court approved the arrest warrant based on serious allegations...

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News Europe rights court rejects Ireland’s request to revise torture judgment
Europe rights court rejects Ireland’s request to revise torture judgment
Ashley Rundell
March 21, 2018 09:28:53 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday rejected a request made by Ireland to find that the "Hooded Men" previously detained by the UK had suffered torture. Dismissing the request 6-1, the ECHR...

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Idaho House approves “abortion-reversal” bill
Ashley Rundell
March 13, 2018 04:07:37 pm

The Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday requiring the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare to provide information to women seeking abortions about reversing a medical abortion once it has begun....

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38 Santee Sioux hanged by US for rebellion

On December 26, 1862, 38 Santee Sioux men were hanged in a mass execution for their roles in a rebellion against US authorities in Minnesota which left hundreds dead and made refugees of some 40,000 white settlers. Government annuities promised under a treaty with the Sioux had failed to arrive on schedule and credit for purchases was not advanced in the meantime, threatening the tribe with starvation. The Santee Sioux Tribe's members were deported first to South Dakota and ultimately to Nebraska, where they remain today. Learn more about the 1862 Minnesota Sioux Rebellion.

Louis XVI put on trial during French Revolution

On December 26, 1792, Romain de Sèze, a defense attorney for deposed King Louis XVI, presented a defense of his client. The former King was on trial before a French Revolutionary court on thirty-three charges, including treason and other crimes against the state. He was convicted on January 15, 1793 executed by guillotine on the following January 21.

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