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News Tanzania judge instructs police to arrest opposition leader
Tanzania judge instructs police to arrest opposition leader
Maureen Cosgrove
June 2, 2011 02:00:31 pm

A Tanzanian judge on Thursday urged police to arrest Freeman Mbowe, the chairman of the country's opposition party, Chadema . Judge Charles Magesa issued arrest warrants for Mbowe and six others last week when they failed...

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News ACLU files lawsuit challenging Georgia immigration law
ACLU files lawsuit challenging Georgia immigration law
Zach Zagger
June 2, 2011 01:30:34 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and a coalition of other civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit Thursday challenging a Georgia immigration law similar...

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News International commission recommends legalizing marijuana
International commission recommends legalizing marijuana
Julia Zebley
June 2, 2011 12:23:15 pm

The Global Commission on Drug Policy released a report Thursday recommending international legalization of cannabis, marijuana and other drugs. The panel also recommended expanding the variety of treatments available to drug users, as well as...

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US investigating Google allegations of China hacking
Maureen Cosgrove
June 2, 2011 12:18:06 pm

US authorities announced Thursday that they are investigating claims by Google that hundreds of personal Gmail accounts were breached by hackers in China. Google disclosed on Wednesday that hundreds of users, including US government and military officials...

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News Russia authorities charge suspect in 2006 shooting of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
Russia authorities charge suspect in 2006 shooting of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
Julia Zebley
June 2, 2011 10:58:41 am

Russia's Federal Security Service on Thursday charged Rustam Makhmudov with the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya , after his arrest Tuesday. Makhmudov, an assumed assassin on an international...

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News Obama administration: Indiana ban on funds for abortion services violates federal law
Obama administration: Indiana ban on funds for abortion services violates federal law
Zach Zagger
June 2, 2011 10:34:47 am

The Obama administration took a stand Wednesday against a controversial Indiana law that prevents health care providers with abortion services from receiving Medicaid funds. Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

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Iraq beating, unlawfully arresting protesters: HRW
Julia Zebley
June 2, 2011 10:26:45 am

Iraqi police forces have been beating and illegally detaining protesters over the past week, according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Demonstrators are reported to be peacefully protesting, or simply organizing protests,...

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News New York AG sues US government for failure to study fracking impact
New York AG sues US government for failure to study fracking impact
Maureen Cosgrove
June 2, 2011 10:23:54 am

The New York attorney general on Wednesday filed a complaint against the US government for failing to investigate the risks of hydraulic fracturing , or "fracking," a controversial technique used to release natural shale gas. The...

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News New York court hears appeal on liability for 1993 World Trade Center attack
New York court hears appeal on liability for 1993 World Trade Center attack
Julia Zebley
June 2, 2011 09:50:51 am

The Port Authority or New York and New Jersey , owners and maintainers of the World Trade Center (WTC), argued in an appeal on Wednesday before the New York Court of Appeals [official...

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News Sixth Circuit hears arguments in challenge to health care law individual mandate
Sixth Circuit hears arguments in challenge to health care law individual mandate
Zach Zagger
June 2, 2011 09:08:16 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Wednesday heard oral arguments over a challenge to the individual mandate of the health care reform law . The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) [advocacy...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed Immigration and Nationality Act into law, ending country quotas

On October 3, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, standing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, signed into law the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. The Act ordered the elimination of the national origins quota system established in 1882 in favor of a worldwide quota blind to national origin. Immigration was redistributed by pooling unused quotas and making them available on a first-come, first-served basis to oversubscribed nations. Learn more about the 1965 Act and its aftermath.

Germany reunified

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