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News UN labor agency calls for ‘rights-based’ approach to migrant workers
UN labor agency calls for ‘rights-based’ approach to migrant workers
Jonathan Cohen
April 1, 2010 01:04:00 pm

The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) on Wednesday reiterated its call on the international community to take a "rights based approach" to international migration. The group said that 90 percent of the...

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News Afghanistan president accuses UN, EU officials of election fraud
Afghanistan president accuses UN, EU officials of election fraud
Daniel Makosky
April 1, 2010 12:11:00 pm

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday blamed foreign officials for the extensive irregularities that occurred during last year's disputed presidential election . Though admitting that fraud was widespread, Karzai accused [Al Jazeera...

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News ICC chief prosecutor outlines steps for Kenya election violence investigation
ICC chief prosecutor outlines steps for Kenya election violence investigation
Erin Bock
April 1, 2010 11:22:00 am

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday announced his plans to proceed with the investigation of those responsible for the violence following the 2007 Kenyan presidential election . Moreno-Ocampo previously...

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News ICTY denies Karadzic appeal to delay war crimes trial
ICTY denies Karadzic appeal to delay war crimes trial
Bhargav Katikanen
April 1, 2010 10:17:00 am

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday denied an appeal by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to postpone his war crimes...

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News UN rights expert urges Japan to increase immigrant protections
UN rights expert urges Japan to increase immigrant protections
Andrea Bottorff
April 1, 2010 09:47:00 am

A UN rights official said Wednesday that immigrant workers entering Japan through government-run training programs face widespread racism and discrimination , urging the country to increase immigrant protections. Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants ...

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News Federal judge rules for Islamic charity in NSA wiretapping case
Federal judge rules for Islamic charity in NSA wiretapping case
Matt Glenn
April 1, 2010 08:45:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted partial summary judgment Wednesday in favor of an Islamic charity that claimed the federal government illegally wiretapped its conversations without a...

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News Obama proposes energy regulations to increase offshore drilling
Obama proposes energy regulations to increase offshore drilling
Matt Glenn
April 1, 2010 07:43:00 am

US President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced a comprehensive energy plan Wednesday that would introduce regulations to increase offshore drilling while tightening emissions and mileage standards...

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India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty

On March 19, 1972, India and Bangladesh signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Peace for twenty-five years. The treaty recognized the independence of Bangladesh by India at the conclusion of Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan. The treaty expired in 1997 without renewal.

Earl Warren born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, California. He led the Court during a critical period of social change in the 1950s and 1960s and is perhaps best known for his Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education. Learn more about Earl Warren from the Supreme Court Historical Society, and hear him deliver the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University in 1970, shortly after his retirement, on the theme "The Alternative is Chaos."

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