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News Taiwan ex-president Chen sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges
Taiwan ex-president Chen sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 11, 2009 09:41:00 am

Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian was found guilty Friday on corruption charges and sentenced to life in prison. Chen's wife Wu Shu-Chen was also given a life sentence after the pair were...

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News UN-backed Afghanistan electoral commission invalidates ballots
UN-backed Afghanistan electoral commission invalidates ballots
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 11, 2009 08:38:00 am

The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Thursday invalidated ballots from last month's presidential election from certain polls in Kandahar, Ghazni, and Paktika provinces. The ECC found "clear and convincing evidence of fraud" at...

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News Czech lawmakers agree to amend constitution as court cancels elections
Czech lawmakers agree to amend constitution as court cancels elections
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 10, 2009 04:00:00 pm

Czech lawmakers have agreed to amend the country's constitution to allow parliamentary elections to take place in November, as the Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the...

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News Japan urged to discontinue executing mentally ill prisoners
Japan urged to discontinue executing mentally ill prisoners
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 10, 2009 03:04:00 pm

Japan continues to execute mentally ill prisoners despite a criminal code provision outlawing the practice, according to a report released Thursday by Amnesty International (AI) . According to the report, while...

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Supreme Court rehears campaign finance arguments
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 9, 2009 11:36:00 am

The US Supreme Court reheard oral arguments Wednesday in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission to determine whether two precedent cases that uphold restraints...

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Federal judge rules New York violating ADA by segregating mentally ill adults
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 8, 2009 03:29:00 pm

A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled Tuesday that the state of New York has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by segregating mentally...

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UK to support IRA bombing victims compensation claim against Libya
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 8, 2009 11:02:00 am

British officials met Tuesday with lawyers for victims of Irish Republican Army (IRA) bombings in the 1980s and 90s to discuss seeking compensation from Libya. The meeting came after Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday...

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News Obama administration secrecy policies improved over predecessor: report
Obama administration secrecy policies improved over predecessor: report
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 8, 2009 09:50:00 am

The administration of US President Barack Obama has improved government transparency over the Bush administration, but there is more that should be done, according a report released Tuesday OpenTheGovernment.org , a...

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News Iraq PM calls for international tribunal to try suspects for recent bombings
Iraq PM calls for international tribunal to try suspects for recent bombings
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 8, 2009 08:30:00 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday reiterated calls for the UN to establish an international tribunal to investigate and try suspects accused in the August 19 bombing of the foreign and...

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News Federal judge sentences ex-US soldier to life in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Federal judge sentences ex-US soldier to life in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 4, 2009 03:14:00 pm

Former US soldier Steven Green was sentenced Friday to five consecutive life terms in prison for the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenage girl and the murder of her family in Mahmudiya....

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Anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died in police custody

On September 12, 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died in police custody after having suffered a massive head injury during interrogation following his arrest. The story of journalist Donald Woods' investigation into the circumstances of Biko's death was the basis of the 1987 film Cry Freedom.

Read an address on Stephen Biko delivered by then-South African President Nelson Mandela on the 20th anniversary of Biko's death in 1997.

Supreme Court unanimously rejects state challenge Brown v. Board of Education

On September 12, 1958, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected a state government challenge to Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka Kansas, which had overturned segregation. In Cooper vs. Aaron, the State Government of Arkansas challenged the authority of the Court to implement desegregation. The Court responded by forcefully re-asserting its authority and the authority of the federal government over the states.

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