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News North Carolina governor signs voting reform bill into law
North Carolina governor signs voting reform bill into law
Theresa Donovan
August 13, 2013 03:06:09 pm

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Monday signed a voter ID bill into law that will require voters to present government-issued photo identification at the polls. The law will effectively roll back...

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News Pennsylvania officials challenge same-sex marriage licenses
Pennsylvania officials challenge same-sex marriage licenses
Endia Vereen
August 13, 2013 12:23:00 pm

Lawyers for the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Governor Tom Corbett argued In a legal filing on Monday that a Montgomery County Register of Wills decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is a...

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News Russia court receives first official complaint against new NGO law
Russia court receives first official complaint against new NGO law
Endia Vereen
August 13, 2013 11:19:16 am

Russia's Constitutional Court on Tuesday received the first official complaint against the country's new law which requires political non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving funding from abroad to register as "foreign agents." Kostroma Center was fined 300,000...

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News DOJ to change policy on mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders
DOJ to change policy on mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders
Julie Deisher-Edwards
August 13, 2013 07:05:41 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) should avoid charging low-level, nonviolent drug offenders with no ties to gangs or drug cartels with crimes carrying mandatory minimum...

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News Nazi war crimes suspect dies awaiting trial
Nazi war crimes suspect dies awaiting trial
Julie Deisher-Edwards
August 12, 2013 09:42:07 pm

Laszlo Csatary, a 98-year-old Hungarian man charged with the unlawful execution and torture of people in connection with the Holocaust, died Monday after suffering a number of medical problems. Csatary died in a Hungarian hospital while awaiting...

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News UK threatens legal action against Spain over Gibraltar
UK threatens legal action against Spain over Gibraltar
Daniel Mullen
August 12, 2013 06:31:30 pm

UK authorities announced on Monday that they are considering legal action against Spain to force the country to loosen border controls in Gibraltar. British Prime Minister David Cameron accused Spain of blocking British fishing vessels...

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News Egypt court extends Morsi detention
Egypt court extends Morsi detention
Daniel Mullen
August 12, 2013 05:46:22 pm

An Egyptian judge on Monday extended the detention of ousted president Mohamed Morsi by 15 days. Morsi has been held since July 3 when he was deposed by the Egyptian military, which...

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News Federal judge rules NYPD ‘stop-and-frisk’ policy unconstitutional
Federal judge rules NYPD ‘stop-and-frisk’ policy unconstitutional
Endia Vereen
August 12, 2013 12:16:39 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday ruled that the New York Police Department (NYPD) stop-and-frisk policy violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments ....

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News Bahrain lawyer detained: rights group
Bahrain lawyer detained: rights group
Endia Vereen
August 12, 2013 11:23:08 am

A human rights activist for Frontline Defenders reported Friday that the lawyer representing a Bahraini blogger held by authorities has been detained himself days after alleging his client had been tortured while in police...

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GPS companies sued for fraud, negligent misrepresentation of interference issues
Blake Lynch
August 11, 2013 05:45:01 pm

Harbinger Capital filed $1.9 billion dollar lawsuit Friday against Deere & Co and global positioning system (GPS) companies, including Garmin International and Trimble Navigation Ltd. , claiming the defendants bankrupted the wireless company LightSquared...

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Treaty with Russia ceded Alaska to the United States

On March 30, 1867, the US and Russia signed a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States for a payment of $7,200,000 in gold.

Review the terms of a Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America, the terms of which were included in the Treaty's Proclamation by President Andrew Johnson on June 20, 1867.

Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War

On March 30, 1856, representatives of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Paris of 1856, ending the Crimean War. The treaty confirmed Russia's loss of power and territory a result of the war. The Black Sea region and some Russian islands were demilitarized, and Russia lost its influence over Romanian principalities and Christians in the Ottoman Empire under the terms of the treaty.

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