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News Rights group urges EU to condemn Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on Internet protesters
Rights group urges EU to condemn Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on Internet protesters
Addison Morris
June 30, 2013 02:06:54 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged European Union's High Representative Catherine Ashton and other EU member states' representatives to condemn Saudi Arabia for recently convicting seven governmental critics of inciting protests through...

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News Proposition 8 backers file petition to halt same-sex weddings
Proposition 8 backers file petition to halt same-sex weddings
Addison Morris
June 30, 2013 01:48:04 pm

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) , a Christian legal advocacy group, filed an emergency petition on Saturday, stating that the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's recent decision lifting California's ban on...

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News Federal appeals court affirms city law denying housing to undocumented immigrants
Federal appeals court affirms city law denying housing to undocumented immigrants
Blake Lynch
June 30, 2013 11:45:41 am

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Friday ruled that a Fremont, Nebraska ordinance that bans renting to undocumented immigrants is constitutional. The panel held that...

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News Putin signs bill banning dissemination of “homosexual propaganda”
Putin signs bill banning dissemination of “homosexual propaganda”
Blake Lynch
June 30, 2013 11:44:37 am

Russia President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed into law a bill banning the promotion of "homosexual propaganda" among minors. The law also imposes fines of up to 5,000 rubles ($166) and creates the...

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News Federal judge blocks Michigan’s ban on domestic partner benefits
Federal judge blocks Michigan’s ban on domestic partner benefits
Samuel Franklin
June 29, 2013 01:14:36 pm

A federal judge on Friday blocked Michigan's ban on domestic partner benefits for employees who work for public schools or local governments, saying the plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success on...

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News Afghanistan should reconsider new human rights appointees: UN
Afghanistan should reconsider new human rights appointees: UN
Samuel Franklin
June 29, 2013 11:38:17 am

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday warned that recent appointments to Afghanistan's top human rights body compromise its independence, recommending that President Hamid Karzai reconsider the appointments and...

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News Murder conviction overturned for US marine
Murder conviction overturned for US marine
Blake Lynch
June 29, 2013 11:36:35 am

The U.S. military's highest court, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces , overturned the murder conviction of Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III. The Court's decision was based on the claim that Sgt. Hutchins's constitutional rights...

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News Ninth Circuit lifts California’s ban on same sex marriage
Ninth Circuit lifts California’s ban on same sex marriage
Blake Lynch
June 29, 2013 11:35:10 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday announced in a one-sentence order that the ban on same-sex marriages "is dissolved effective immediately". This order comes after the Supreme Court's decision on...

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News Obama administration issues final rules on contraceptive coverage
Obama administration issues final rules on contraceptive coverage
Lauren Laing
June 28, 2013 03:08:11 pm

The Obama administration on Friday issued final rules requiring health insurance plans to provide women with contraceptive coverage without cost sharing. According to the rules, these final regulations seek to protect public health and guarantee...

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News Bangladesh court sentences 9 politicians to life in prison for murder of journalist
Bangladesh court sentences 9 politicians to life in prison for murder of journalist
Max Slater
June 28, 2013 11:58:40 am

A court in Bangladesh on Friday sentenced nine politicians from the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Gautam Das in 2005. Shortly before his murder, Das published a...

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United Nations Day

October 24 is United Nations Day. On October 24, 1945, the UN Charter, signed on June 26, 1945, formally entered into force. Review the text of the UN Charter.

Civil Rights pioneers Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks die

On October 24, 1972, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson, died at the age of 53 in Stamford, Connecticut. On the same day in 2005, Rosa Parks passed away in Detroit at the age of 92. Parks inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Both Parks and Robinson were symbols of the civil rights movement, which led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

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