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News Arizona abortion law challenged
Arizona abortion law challenged
Dominic Yobbi
June 5, 2015 09:28:37 am

Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit on Thursday in federal court to block part of a new Arizona law that requires doctors to tell...

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News EU lawyer: unemployed migrants not entitled to social benefits
EU lawyer: unemployed migrants not entitled to social benefits
Dominic Yobbi
June 5, 2015 08:46:39 am

A top EU legal adviser stated on Thursday that unemployed EU migrants are not automatically entitled to social benefits during their first three months in a different EU country. The recommendation came from the advocate general of the...

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News North Carolina lawmakers approve 72-hour abortion waiting period
North Carolina lawmakers approve 72-hour abortion waiting period
Alexandra Farone
June 4, 2015 11:48:30 am

The North Carolina legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to the Women and Children's Protection Act of 2015 , which mandates a 72-hour waiting period for abortions after a woman has been informed by...

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News Egypt court orders Mubarak retrial over 2011 killings
Egypt court orders Mubarak retrial over 2011 killings
Alexandra Farone
June 4, 2015 11:15:05 am

Judge Anwar Gabri of the Egyptian Court of Cassation ordered a retrial on Thursday for former president Hosni Mubarak regarding his complicity in the killings of hundreds of protestors in the 2011 demonstrations...

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News Muslim rights organization calls for investigation into fatal shooting in Boston
Muslim rights organization calls for investigation into fatal shooting in Boston
Dominic Yobbi
June 4, 2015 09:55:39 am

A Muslim rights organization called Wednesday for a thorough investigation into the fatal shooting of a Muslim man in Boston. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) made the request a day after 26-year-old Usaama Rahim was killed...

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News California reaches settlement that could allow executions to resume
California reaches settlement that could allow executions to resume
William Helbling
June 4, 2015 09:45:41 am

The government of California on Wednesday agreed to a settlement that may lead to the state reinstating the use of its death chamber. Under the terms of the settlement the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) [official...

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News Interpol puts 6 men with ties to FIFA scandal on most wanted list
Interpol puts 6 men with ties to FIFA scandal on most wanted list
Dominic Yobbi
June 4, 2015 09:30:39 am

Interpol on Wednesday issued "wanted person alerts" for six men having ties to the ongoing FIFA scandal on charges including racketeering, money laundering and corruption. The alerts are a notice and warning that the men...

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News Amnesty: Nigeria military forces committing crimes against humanity
Amnesty: Nigeria military forces committing crimes against humanity
William Helbling
June 4, 2015 08:52:00 am

Around 8,000 Nigerian civilians have been killed since 2011 as a result of abuses by military forces, Amnesty International (AI) reported Wednesday. The report attributes civilian deaths to torture, starvation, suffocation and executions by military forces...

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News UN rights office reports continued LGBT discrimination
UN rights office reports continued LGBT discrimination
Taylor Brailey
June 3, 2015 01:37:05 pm

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community continue to face discrimination and human rights abuses, according to a report from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released...

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News Privacy software company files EU antitrust complaint against Google
Privacy software company files EU antitrust complaint against Google
Devin Montgomery
June 3, 2015 01:26:02 pm

Privacy software company Disconnect announced Tuesday that it has filed an antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition . Disconnect is the maker of an anti-tracking app that runs on Google's Android...

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US Supreme Court said bussing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations. Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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