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News Report reveals NSA collecting instant messaging, e-mail contact lists
Report reveals NSA collecting instant messaging, e-mail contact lists
Cynthia Miley
October 15, 2013 01:02:27 pm

The National Security Agency (NSA) has been collecting contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging programs around the world in an attempt to combat terrorism or other criminal activity, according a Washington Post report Monday....

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News Rights groups urge DOJ probe of 1985 bombing
Rights groups urge DOJ probe of 1985 bombing
Theresa Donovan
October 15, 2013 11:28:13 am

Civil rights groups on Monday requested that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) renew its investigation into the 1985 bombing of a California office building that killed Palestinian-American civil rights leader Alex Odeh. An online petition ,...

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News Supreme Court to rule on greenhouse gas cases
Supreme Court to rule on greenhouse gas cases
Theresa Donovan
October 15, 2013 10:23:28 am

The US Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to rule on the federal government's power to regulate certain greenhouse gases. The court granted petitions for certiorari in six related cases, consolidating them and limiting the grant...

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News Victims of human trafficking need further help to reintegrate: UN report
Victims of human trafficking need further help to reintegrate: UN report
Elizabeth LaForgia
October 15, 2013 07:57:51 am

A UN-backed report released Monday warned that victims of human trafficking in South-East Asia are not given adequate help for reintegration into their communities. Reintegration of human trafficking victims involves many steps following an...

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News China denounces Spain court’s indictment of former president
China denounces Spain court’s indictment of former president
Addison Morris
October 14, 2013 02:57:35 pm

Chinese officials on Monday denounced the Spanish National Court's recent indictment against former Chinese president Hu Jintao . The Spanish criminal court on Friday accepted an appeal by two Spanish pro-Tibet rights groups to...

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News Belgium authorities arrest accused Somali pirate leader
Belgium authorities arrest accused Somali pirate leader
Addison Morris
October 14, 2013 02:01:11 pm

Belgian authorities announced on Monday that suspected Somali pirate leader Mohammed Abdi Hassan was detained by authorities at the Brussels Airport on Saturday. Thought to be responsible for numerous vessel hijackings, Belgian prosecutors have been seeking Abdi...

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News Rights group criticizes African Union ICC declaration
Rights group criticizes African Union ICC declaration
Cynthia Miley
October 14, 2013 12:16:56 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Sunday stated that the African Union (AU) declaration on Saturday that no senior government officials should appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

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News Egypt security forces used live ammunition to disperse protesters: AI
Egypt security forces used live ammunition to disperse protesters: AI
Peter Snyder
October 14, 2013 11:29:51 am

Egyptian security forces used live ammunition to break up demonstrations on October 6, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Monday. According to AI, more than 49 people were killed and hundreds injured in the...

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News Pakistan anti-corruption court reopens five cases against former president
Pakistan anti-corruption court reopens five cases against former president
Cynthia Miley
October 14, 2013 11:09:40 am

Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court on Monday reopened five cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari . While president, Zardari had been immune from prosecution, but when Zardari stepped down on September 5 and Mamnoon...

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News Accused Somali pirates on trial in France for 2009 hijacking
Accused Somali pirates on trial in France for 2009 hijacking
Peter Snyder
October 14, 2013 11:07:17 am

Three Somali pirates accused of hijacking a private yacht off the coast of Somalia in 2009 went on trial in France Monday. The situation garnered heavy media coverage after French special services attempted to rescue the three...

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Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

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