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News Libya denies ICC request to hand over Gaddafi son
Libya denies ICC request to hand over Gaddafi son
Katherine Getty
April 5, 2012 11:41:17 am

Libya's National Transitional Council on Thursday refused a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hand over Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi. Libyan officials have stated...

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News UN seeks stronger effort in worldwide battle against human trafficking
UN seeks stronger effort in worldwide battle against human trafficking
Katherine Getty
April 4, 2012 10:13:28 am

UN officials urged the international community to strengthen collaborative efforts to combat human trafficking on Tuesday at a special General Assembly meeting. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that there are at...

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News New Hampshire Senate passes medical marijuana bill
New Hampshire Senate passes medical marijuana bill
Katherine Getty
March 29, 2012 12:20:14 pm

The New Hampshire Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to legalize medical marijuana . The proposed law would allow the state to issue cards to patients with illnesses such as cancer,...

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News Georgia Senate approves measure criminalizing assisted suicide
Georgia Senate approves measure criminalizing assisted suicide
Katherine Getty
March 28, 2012 11:37:46 am

The Georgia Senate approved legislation on Tuesday that would make it a felony to assist in another person's suicide. HB 1114 was approved after the Georgia Supreme Court in early February struck down a...

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News India urged to stop executions
India urged to stop executions
Katherine Getty
March 28, 2012 10:55:30 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday implored the Indian government to stop the execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana and ban all forms of capital punishment. AI claimed that if India allows the...

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News ACLU sues Pennsylvania school district over drug testing
ACLU sues Pennsylvania school district over drug testing
Katherine Getty
March 22, 2012 11:38:36 am

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) on Wednesday sued the Solanco School District in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on behalf of an 11-year-old girl who is required to submit to a drug...

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News Wisconsin judges refuses to allow enforcement of voter ID law pending appeal
Wisconsin judges refuses to allow enforcement of voter ID law pending appeal
Katherine Getty
March 21, 2012 11:19:01 am

Dane County Circuit Court Judge Richard Neiss refused Tuesday to halt his ruling that Wisconsin's voter identification law is unconstitutional. Neiss had previously ruled the law was unconstitutional and the attorney general requested...

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News Federal appeals court allows class action for Stanford Ponzi scheme victims
Federal appeals court allows class action for Stanford Ponzi scheme victims
Katherine Getty
March 21, 2012 10:11:37 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday that victims of the $7 million Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Allen Stanford may pursue a class action lawsuit. Stanford...

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News Virginia Tech found negligent for 2007 shooting response
Virginia Tech found negligent for 2007 shooting response
Katherine Getty
March 15, 2012 12:51:39 pm

A jury found Virginia Tech University guilty of negligence on Wednesday for failing to warn students of a gunman on the loose. The verdict comes in a case brought by the parents of two female students who...

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Brazil to bring first charges for crimes committed under dictatorship
Katherine Getty
March 14, 2012 11:37:31 am

Brazilian prosecutors on Tuesday announced plans to charge a retired colonel for his actions during a military dictatorship that ended more than 25 years ago. The colonel, Sebastiao Curio Rodrigues...

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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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