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News Appeals court upholds ban on political contributions by government contractors
Appeals court upholds ban on political contributions by government contractors
Taylor Brailey
July 8, 2015 10:32:40 am

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday upheld a 75-year-long policy prohibiting individuals, corporations or firms working under federal contracts from contributing to the campaigns of federal candidates, parties...

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News MIT report: Government encryption access poses security risk
MIT report: Government encryption access poses security risk
Emelina Perez
July 8, 2015 09:11:39 am

A group of leading computer scientists at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT on Monday published a paper criticizing the US and UK governments for seeking the redesign of internet systems...

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News South Carolina Senate votes to remove Confederate flag from state house
South Carolina Senate votes to remove Confederate flag from state house
Emelina Perez
July 8, 2015 08:27:20 am

The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday approved Senate Bill 897 , which would remove the Confederate flag from the State House and the Capitol Complex, by a vote of 37 to 3 [vote reading,...

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News Prosecution seeks 3.5 years for ex-Auschwitz guard
Prosecution seeks 3.5 years for ex-Auschwitz guard
Alexandra Farone
July 7, 2015 02:09:56 pm

Prosecutors have asked for three and a half years imprisonment for Oskar Gröening, who is charged with 300,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder in Auschwitz before the Lüneberg District Court . Gröening, 94-year-old...

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News Iran nuclear talks continue past second deadline
Iran nuclear talks continue past second deadline
Alexandra Farone
July 7, 2015 01:45:21 pm

The nuclear negotiations between six world powers and Iran will continue beyond Tuesday's deadline until Friday, July 10. This is not an official extension of deadline , according to High Representative for the EU for...

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News Police documents: Australia man bribed judges for lighter sentences
Police documents: Australia man bribed judges for lighter sentences
Brittany Felder
July 7, 2015 12:05:43 pm

An unnamed Australian man has allegedly bribed New South Wales judges with approximately $2.2 million in order to obtain less severe jail sentences, according to confidential police documents cited by Fairfax Media and Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Four Corners [corporate...

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News Morrocco court hears indecency case against two women
Morrocco court hears indecency case against two women
Steven Wildberger
July 7, 2015 10:17:19 am

Two Moroccan women on Monday went on trial for gross indecency for wearing skirts that police characterized as "too tight." The women, hairdressers aged 23 and 29, were arrested in...

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News UK judge sentences last phone hacking defendant
UK judge sentences last phone hacking defendant
Brittany Felder
July 7, 2015 10:16:01 am

A UK judge on Monday sentenced former News of the World features editor Jules Stenson to a four month suspended prison sentence for his role in hacking the phones of celebrities and government officials. Stenson pleaded...

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News China boycotts arbitration of territory dispute with Philippines
China boycotts arbitration of territory dispute with Philippines
Valerie Howell
July 7, 2015 09:02:04 am

Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua said Monday that the country would not participate in Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) hearings over a territory dispute with the Philippines. At issue are a number of...

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News India official calls for probe into deaths surrounding corruption scandal
India official calls for probe into deaths surrounding corruption scandal
Valerie Howell
July 7, 2015 07:49:41 am

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday called for India's prime minister Narendra Modi to open an investigation into the deaths of a number of people connected to an employment exam corruption scandal....

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Martin Luther King Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize

On October 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Read Dr. King's acceptance speech, delivered in Oslo on December 10 of that year.

Israel and PLO leaders awarded Nobel Peace Prize

On October 14, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and Yassar Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, shared the Nobel Prize for Peace. The three men were awarded this honor for the 1993 Oslo Accords in which Israel and the PLO agreed to peace and mutual recognition. The Accords also granted the Palestinians general self-government in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Learn more about the 1994 Nobel Prize for Peace and the three men who shared it.

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