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Disaster relief compared: Sri Lanka and New Orleans

March 10, 2006 05:21:00 PM

Andrew Wood : "Exactly one year ago I was in the southeastern Sri Lankan village of Kirinda wrapping up a three month stint of relief work following the Asian tsunami. Now,...

Some things can't be lost in translation in New Orleans

March 10, 2006 09:16:00 AM

Candace Stockey : "This week, I, along with our fearless leader, Elizabeth Seitz (Pitt Law 3L), and Andrew Wood (Pitt Law 1L), volunteered at New Orleans Legal Assistance (NOLAC), a non-profit...

FDA accused of political posturing in morning-after pill controversy

October 17, 2005 08:13:00 PM

Susan Wood, former director of the US Food and Drug Administration's Department of Womens Health said Monday that the FDAs refusal earlier this year to consider over-the-counter sales of Plan B , also known as the...

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Supreme Court said busing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations.

Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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