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News Tunisia parliament approves new anti-terrorism law
Tunisia parliament approves new anti-terrorism law
Taylor Gillan
July 25, 2015 10:44:22 am

Tunisia's parliament on Saturday voted to approve a new anti-terror law despite strong criticism from NGOs and human rights groups. The law, which replaces 2003 legislation passed under the dictator Zine El...

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News France top court rules surveillance law constitutional
France top court rules surveillance law constitutional
Jacqueline Jones
July 24, 2015 04:04:16 pm

France's Constitutional Court decided Friday that a new billing allowing for broad surveillance of terrorism suspects does not violate the country's constitution. The bill was proposed before...

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News Appeals court throws out one of two criminal charges against Rick Perry
Appeals court throws out one of two criminal charges against Rick Perry
Jacqueline Jones
July 24, 2015 03:41:13 pm

The US Third Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed one of two criminal charges filed against former Texas governor Rick Perry last year.The court stated that the coercion of a public servant [Texas Penal Code Chapter...

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News Greece parliament approves second set of economic reforms
Greece parliament approves second set of economic reforms
Sarah Boehme
July 24, 2015 12:12:15 pm

Greece's parliament on Thursday passed a second set of economic reforms with an overwhelming 230-63 majority vote. Greece's creditors asked that the second set of economic overhauls be passed before they began negotiations for the aid...

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News Report: Obama policies protect majority of illegal immigrants from deportation
Report: Obama policies protect majority of illegal immigrants from deportation
Sarah Boehme
July 24, 2015 11:06:34 am

The Migration Policy Institute released a report on Thursday finding that the Obama administration's new policies that will protect up to 87 percent of undocumented immigrants in the United States from facing deportation. The report stated that...

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News Appeals court rules Washington may require pharmacies to provide contraceptives
Appeals court rules Washington may require pharmacies to provide contraceptives
Dominic Yobbi
July 24, 2015 08:58:01 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ruled that Washington state may force pharmacies to provide emergency contraceptives, such as Plan B. The decision overturns as 2012 ruling by...

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EU opens antitrust probe into Disney and other film studios
Dominic Yobbi
July 24, 2015 08:34:36 am

The European Commission (EC) on Thursday opened formal proceedings looking into whether the Walt Disney Company and other prominent US film studios committed antitrust violations. The EC is extending the Disney...

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News Turkish officials temporarily block Twitter after Suruc bombing
Turkish officials temporarily block Twitter after Suruc bombing
Laura DeGeer
July 23, 2015 02:52:35 pm

Turkish officials briefly blocked access to Twitter in an attempt to prevent sharing of images from Monday's deadly Suruc bombing, and to stop Twitter users from calling for protests against the government. The ban on...

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News Obama administration: will close Guantanamo Bay by end of term
Obama administration: will close Guantanamo Bay by end of term
Laura DeGeer
July 23, 2015 02:27:31 pm

The Obama Administration confirmed Wednesday in a press briefing that they are drafting a plan to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay before President Barack Obama's time in office runs out. President Obama...

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DOJ indicts Dylann Roof for hate crime and firearms charges
William Helbling
July 23, 2015 12:26:12 pm

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday announced the federal indictment of Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black church members attending Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last month. Roof has been...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed Immigration and Nationality Act into law, ending country quotas

On October 3, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, standing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, signed into law the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. The Act ordered the elimination of the national origins quota system established in 1882 in favor of a worldwide quota blind to national origin. Immigration was redistributed by pooling unused quotas and making them available on a first-come, first-served basis to oversubscribed nations. Learn more about the 1965 Act and its aftermath.

Germany reunified

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