Posted on April 10, 2009 by sleepingcow
An article disputes attacks on Obama’s legal appointee Harold Koh over his comments regarding Sharia law and the U.S. legal system. I was in the room with my husband and several fellow alumni, and we are all adamant that Koh never said or suggested that sharia law could be used to govern cases in US [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2009 by sleepingcow
(HT to Marmot) more about “Jon Stewart and NK Dongs“, posted with vodpod
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Posted on April 10, 2009 by sleepingcow
Per Yonhap: April 10, SEOUL, South Korea — A female university student has her head shaved in Seoul on April 10 in a protest rally organized by student leaders to demand the government reduce tuition fees.
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Posted on April 10, 2009 by sleepingcow
1900 — Hanseong Electric, the country’s first electric energy producer, which was established two years earlier, installs street lights for the first time in Jongno, the central district of Seoul, where the royal palaces of the Joseon Dynasty were located. 1919 — The Provisional Government of Korea, established in Shanghai earlier to restore their homeland’s [...]
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