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News Serbia court orders detention of 8 suspects for Srebrenica massacre
Serbia court orders detention of 8 suspects for Srebrenica massacre
Colleen Mallick
March 20, 2015 10:52:33 am

A Belgrade court on Friday ordered a 30-day detention of eight Serbian suspects in connection with the 1995 Srebenica massacre , in which some 8,000 Serbian Muslim men and boys were killed in a single town. The Belgrade...

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HRW: Ukraine government, rebels using cluster munitions
Colleen Mallick
March 19, 2015 12:21:34 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday that the Ukrainian government and Russia-backed rebel forces consistently used cluster munitions in eastern Ukraine earlier this year, killing at least 13 civilians, including two children. HRW said that using cluster...

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News ACLU sues TSA over controversial passenger screening program
ACLU sues TSA over controversial passenger screening program
Colleen Mallick
March 19, 2015 11:10:36 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday in an effort to obtain documents from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ...

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News Pakistan reorders detention of alleged mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attacks
Pakistan reorders detention of alleged mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attacks
Colleen Mallick
March 15, 2015 01:38:58 pm

Pakistan authorities on Saturday reordered the detention of Zakiur-Rehman Lakhvi, the main suspect in the 2008 attacks in Mumbai , one day after a court in Pakistan ordered his release. Lakhvi is one of seven...

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News Families of Sandy Hook victims sue shooter’s mother’s estate
Families of Sandy Hook victims sue shooter’s mother’s estate
Colleen Mallick
March 15, 2015 01:00:06 pm

The victims' families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre filed complaints on Friday against the Estate of Nancy Lanza, the deceased mother of gunman Adam Lanza, alleging that she carelessly gave her son access...

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Suspended supreme court judge in Panama sentenced to prison
Colleen Mallick
March 6, 2015 11:38:31 am

A three-judge panel in Panama on Thursday sentenced the former president of the country's Supreme Court Alejandro Moncada to five years in prison for unjustified enrichment and corruption. Panama officials suspended Moncada in...

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German Parliament approves gender quota legislation for large companies
Colleen Mallick
March 6, 2015 11:33:02 am

Germany's lower house of parliament passed legislation on Friday requiring large companies to allocate 30 percent of non-executive board seats to women, after a survey found that women remain grossly under represented in big business. The survey...

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News Thailand court sentences 15 ‘Red Shirt’ members for 2009 riot
Thailand court sentences 15 ‘Red Shirt’ members for 2009 riot
Colleen Mallick
March 5, 2015 03:41:18 pm

A Thai court issued a four-year prison sentence to 15 members of the political group United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), known as the Red Shirts , on Thursday, following a conviction for inciting riots in 2009....

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EU top court dismisses Iranian bank’s sanctions challenge
Colleen Mallick
March 5, 2015 02:30:17 pm

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday threw out a challenge by an Iranian trade bank based in Hamburg after the bank questioned its inclusion on the EU's sanction list. This action marks a victory for...

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ICC affirms acquittal of Congolese war crimes suspect
Colleen Mallick
February 27, 2015 11:10:04 am

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday upheld the trial chamber's decision to acquit Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui , a Congolese man accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Ngudjolo...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

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