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News UN official calls on Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes allegations
UN official calls on Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes allegations
Bhargav Katikanen
September 19, 2009 11:29:00 am

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe on Saturday urged the Sri Lankan government to conduct an independent inquiry into allegations of war crimes during the civil war against the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...

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Argentina lower House approves new media ownership laws
Bhargav Katikanen
September 19, 2009 10:15:00 am

Argentina's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill Thursday that would create new media ownership rules and a new regulatory body to interpret those laws. Argentine President Christina Fernandez De Kirchner said...

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News UK liquid bomb plotters sentenced to life in prison
UK liquid bomb plotters sentenced to life in prison
Bhargav Katikanen
September 14, 2009 01:28:00 pm

Three men convicted of attempting to smuggle liquid explosives onto airplanes to blow them up were sentenced to life in prison Monday by the Woolwich Crown Court in London. Abdulla Ahmed Ali [GlobalSecurity...

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News Rights group sues Pittsburgh for failure to issue G-20 protest permits
Rights group sues Pittsburgh for failure to issue G-20 protest permits
Bhargav Katikanen
September 12, 2009 11:09:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Friday in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania claiming that the US Secret Service, the City of Pittsburgh, and the...

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News Supreme Court ruling requires California to create prison overcrowding reduction plan
Supreme Court ruling requires California to create prison overcrowding reduction plan
Bhargav Katikanen
September 12, 2009 09:51:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant a request by the state of California to temporarily stay a lower court order to come up with a plan to reduce the number of inmates in its...

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Belgium accepts Guantanamo Bay detainee for resettlement
Bhargav Katikanen
September 5, 2009 11:45:00 am

The Belgian Foreign Ministry announced press release] Friday that they have accepted a former Guantanamo Bay detainee into their country for resettlement. The Belgian government announced that the detainee, who has not been named,...

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Ninth Circuit rules no Ashcroft immunity from illegal detention lawsuit
Bhargav Katikanen
September 5, 2009 10:10:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that former attorney general John Ashcroft is not entitled to absolute and qualified immunity, allowing an unlawful detention lawsuit by US...

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UN rights officials call for end to enforced disappearances
Bhargav Katikanen
August 31, 2009 02:41:00 pm

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights commemorated the International Day of the Disappeared Monday, calling on states to eliminate enforced disappearances and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from...

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North Korea urges new Japan government to apologize for WWII ‘comfort women’
Bhargav Katikanen
August 31, 2009 01:35:00 pm

North Korea called on the newly-elected Japanese government Monday to apologize for its use of Asian "comfort women" by the Japanese Army in World War II. In an editorial published...

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Mexico official says discrimination against Mexicans in US increasing
Bhargav Katikanen
August 29, 2009 09:08:00 am

Mexican Director General for Protection of Mexicans Abroad Daniel Hernandez told a Mexico City audience Friday that discrimination against Mexicans in US has increased, specifically citing the case of Cirila Baltazar Cruz, a Mexican...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Indian National Congress founded

The Indian National Congress (INC) was founded on December 28, 1885 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. In subsequent decades, the so-called Congress Party would advocate for Indian independence from the UK, which was eventually achieved in 1947. The first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was elected as a member of the INC. Learn more about the history and founding of the Indian National Congress.

Congress recognized Pledge of Allegiance

On December 28, 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance and encouraged its recitation in schools. The Pledge was supposedly written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day. The words “under God” were added by Congress in 1954. The revised version of the Pledge was the subject of litigation before the United States Supreme Court originally brought by Michael Newdow, a parent who unsuccessfully objected to his daughter's school district policy requiring daily recitation of the Pledge. The court ruled that Newdow had no standing.

Nepal ends monarchy, establishes republic

On December 28, 2007, the Kingdom of Nepal's interim parliament ended the country's monarchy and established the Republic of Nepal. Free elections were held on April 10 of the following year to elect a Constituent Assembly.

Learn more about the rise of democracy in Nepal.

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