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News IMF: Cyprus meeting targets, must continue financial reforms
IMF: Cyprus meeting targets, must continue financial reforms
Steven Wildberger
July 28, 2015 10:26:14 am

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU) released a statement Monday indicating that Cyprus has made significant strides toward economic recovery, and must continue to make reforms in order to achieve full recovery....

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News Amnesty: bodies show size of Mexico enforced disappearance problem
Amnesty: bodies show size of Mexico enforced disappearance problem
Steven Wildberger
July 28, 2015 09:35:21 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday said the discovery of 129 bodies in the southern state of Guerrero "confirms what we had already found: the sheer magnitude of the crisis of enforced disappearances in Guerrero and...

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News NHTSA imposes record $105 million penalty in Chrysler recall
NHTSA imposes record $105 million penalty in Chrysler recall
Devin Montgomery
July 27, 2015 11:24:21 am

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Monday that it has imposed a record $105 million penalty against Fiat Chrysler for its failure to provide a remedy and notices for 23 recalls...

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News DOT opens investigation into airline price gouging after train derailment
DOT opens investigation into airline price gouging after train derailment
Dominic Yobbi
July 26, 2015 06:34:38 pm

US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on Friday announced that the government has opened an investigation into five airlines that allegedly raised fares in Northeastern markets after the Amtrak accident in May. The...

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News Former India Supreme Court judge: conviction of bombing suspect flawed
Former India Supreme Court judge: conviction of bombing suspect flawed
Dominic Yobbi
July 26, 2015 05:50:46 pm

Former India Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Sunday said that "there has been a gross travesty of justice in the case of Yakub Memon." Katju said that after thoroughly studying the judgment of the...

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UK government eases Iran travel warnings
Jacqueline Jones
July 26, 2015 11:21:27 am

The UK Foreign Office on Saturday loosened its travel advisory for Iran , lifting the "essential travel only" status for most of the country. It still advises against all travel to areas along the border...

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News Judge rules detention of immigrant children violates DOJ settlement
Judge rules detention of immigrant children violates DOJ settlement
Jacqueline Jones
July 26, 2015 11:01:14 am

Judge Dolly Gee of the District Court for the Central District of California ruled Friday that the current Department of Justice (DOJ) method of detaining children with their mothers violates a 1997 court...

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News Obama calls for improved gay rights in Africa
Obama calls for improved gay rights in Africa
Ashley Hogan
July 25, 2015 05:23:08 pm

US President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Kenya and other African countries to provide for the equal treatment of gay and lesbian people at a press conference with the president of Kenya, Uhuru . The...

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News Burundi president reelected despite constitutional limits
Burundi president reelected despite constitutional limits
Ashley Hogan
July 25, 2015 03:31:41 pm

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza was elected to a third term on Friday, leading to public protest and international criticism. Although the election resulted in Nkurunziza receiving 69 percent of the vote, the Constitution of...

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UN Humanitarian Chief: South Sudan fighting must end
Taylor Gillan
July 25, 2015 11:46:09 am

The UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs on Saturday urged those involved on all sides of the South Sudan conflict to end their fighting and make peace in the interest of protecting innocent civilians. Stephen O'Brien's statements...

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Catholic priest Girolamo Savonarola burned at the stake

Radical Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake in the Republic of Florence on May 23, 1498 for preaching against the practices of the powerful within the Catholic Church, including Pope Alexander VI, and celebrating mass while excommunicated. Learn more about the life of Savonarola and his execution.

Captain Kidd hanged for piracy

On May 23, 1701, Captain William Kidd, convicted of piracy and murder, was hanged in London. His body was later tarred and hung up in a gibbet - an iron cage - at the mouth of the River Thames as a warning to others.

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South Carolina becomes eighth U.S. state

On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratified the US Constitution, becoming the eighth American state. Learn more about the history of South Carolina.

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