Man formally charged for 1998 Omagh bombing News
Man formally charged for 1998 Omagh bombing

[JURIST] Alleged Real IRA [BBC backgrounder] member Sean Gerard Hoey was formally charged Thursday with murdering 29 people in the 1998 Omagh bombing [BBC backgrounder], the worst terrorist attack in Northern Ireland history. Hoey had been being held for earlier charges of possessing explosives and his alleged membership with the Real IRA. The only other conviction made in connection with the Omagh bombing was in 2002 against Colm Murphy, but it was later quashed for mishandling of evidence [JURIST report]. Victims relatives are hopeful to bring the perpetrators to justice. AFP has more.

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South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.