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News Zimbabwe ruling party moves to impeach Mugabe
Zimbabwe ruling party moves to impeach Mugabe
Austin Koltonowski
November 20, 2017 01:53:15 pm

The Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) on Sunday demanded the resignation of 93-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe . The document threatened that the ZANU PF, which has kept Mugabe in power for decades,...

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News HRW urges Guatemala courts to end due process delays
HRW urges Guatemala courts to end due process delays
Austin Koltonowski
November 13, 2017 01:16:21 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Guatemalan courts to end unjustifiable delays in high-profile criminal cases. For the past decade, the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) , in partnership with the Attorney General's...

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News Liberia Supreme Court suspends presidential run-off election
Liberia Supreme Court suspends presidential run-off election
Austin Koltonowski
November 6, 2017 01:18:11 pm

Liberia's Supreme Court on Monday suspended the presidential run-off vote that had been scheduled for November 7 until the National Elections Commission (NEC) can investigate allegations of fraud from the initial October 10 vote. Article 83 of the Liberia...

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News Spain Constitutional Court nullifies Catalan independence declaration
Spain Constitutional Court nullifies Catalan independence declaration
Austin Koltonowski
October 31, 2017 02:37:19 pm

Spain's Constitutional Court on Tuesday formally nullified Catalonia's October 27th declaration of independence. Citing earlier decisions related to the Catalan referendum on independence, the Constitutional Court reiterated their right to...

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Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.

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On February 15, 1906, the British Labour Party was organized. By the 1920's, Labour had surpassed the Liberal Party to become the primary opposition to the Conservative Party in Great Britain. Today, the government is controlled by Labour, headed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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