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News Oman reports accepting Guantanamo Bay detainees upon request
Oman reports accepting Guantanamo Bay detainees upon request
Lawrenz Fares
January 16, 2017 02:39:52 pm

Oman's Foreign Ministry announced that it has accepted 10 detainees from Guantanamo Bay upon request from the Obama administration. However, there has been no official statement released by the US Defense Department on the...

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News Federal lawsuit filed over Chicago police cellphone tracking system
Federal lawsuit filed over Chicago police cellphone tracking system
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January 13, 2017 01:03:38 pm

Loevy and Loevy , a civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the use of a secret cellphone tracking system by the Chicago Police Department . The suit was filed on behalf...

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News UN rights chief calls on business leaders to oppose human rights violations
UN rights chief calls on business leaders to oppose human rights violations
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January 13, 2017 11:38:21 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday asked business leaders meeting in Davos at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting to use their influence to prevent human rights violations in countries where...

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News Supreme Court vacates ruling on New Mexico police officer’s immunity
Supreme Court vacates ruling on New Mexico police officer’s immunity
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January 9, 2017 01:32:33 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that denied immunity to a New Mexico police officer who gave no warning before...

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News UK drivers suing Volkswagen for compensation following emissions scandal
UK drivers suing Volkswagen for compensation following emissions scandal
Lawrenz Fares
January 9, 2017 12:49:54 pm

A group of 10,000 British motorists have filed a class action lawsuit seeking compensation following Volkswagen's (VW) diesel emissions scandal. Damon Parker, the head litigator at Harcus Sinclair , the law firm handling the suit, claims...

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UN to assess human rights situation in Myanmar
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January 6, 2017 05:01:16 pm

The UN announced on Friday that Yanghee Lee , the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, will travel to the country to assess the human rights situation following concerns over the safety of refugees in...

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Kosovo charges Serbian citizen with war crimes
Lawrenz Fares
January 6, 2017 04:25:53 pm

Prosecutors in Kosovo on Friday charged a Serbian citizen with war crimes for acts committed during the 1998-99 war. The Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo released a statement announcing the indictment of the...

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Germany Volkswagen owners file suit for compensation
Lawrenz Fares
January 4, 2017 04:30:00 pm

Lawyers representing a German owner of a diesel-powered Volkswagen (VW) vehicle equipped with a software that could cheat emissions tests filed the first lawsuit seeking compensation for damages on Tuesday. According to the Braunschweig district court [official website,...

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News Florida Supreme Court issues order declaring death penalty procedure unconstitutional
Florida Supreme Court issues order declaring death penalty procedure unconstitutional
Lawrenz Fares
January 4, 2017 03:43:08 pm

The Florida Supreme Court issued a one-paragraph order Wednesday informing judges and prosecutors that the state's death penalty procedure is unconstitutional, marking the second such order in three months. Attorney General Pam Bondi argued that, although...

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China to prosecute ex-security official
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December 30, 2016 04:27:45 pm

The Chinese government on Friday announced that it will prosecute Ma Jian, a former vice minister of China's Ministry of State Security, after he was accused of bribery and abusing his powers. Jian was put under investigation...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress passed 13th Amendment

On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States.

Yugoslavia constitution adopted

On January 31, 1946, the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was adopted, creating six internal republics. The constitution, modeled on that of the Soviet Union, would serve as the supreme law of Yugoslavia throughout the Cold War before the union dissolved in 1990.

Gunpowder Plot participant Guy Fawkes hanged, drawn, and quartered

Gunpowder Plot participant Guy Fawkes was hanged, drawn, and quartered on January 31, 1606 for attempting to blow up the British House of Lords with kegs of gunpowder during the State Opening of Parliament. Fawkes and a group of co-conspirators sought to kill King James I over the persecution of Roman Catholics in England. The plot famously failed after the Lords was searched. It is commemorated to this day on November 5, known as "Guy Fawkes Night." Learn more about the Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes.

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