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News Sudan signs UN action plan protecting children from military recruitment
Sudan signs UN action plan protecting children from military recruitment
Matthew Santiago
March 28, 2016 12:43:22 pm

Sudan's State Minister of Social Welfare on Sunday signed a United Nations (UN) action plan that will establish new measures to protect children from armed conflict. Under the new agreement,...

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News Rights groups sue North Carolina governor regarding new transgender law
Rights groups sue North Carolina governor regarding new transgender law
Taylor Isaac
March 28, 2016 12:18:45 pm

North Carolina individuals and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Monday against Governor Pat McCrory claiming the bill signed last week regarding transgender discrimination is unconstitutional and discriminatory . The bill (H.B. 2) ,...

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News UN SG condemns suicide attack on Pakistan Christians
UN SG condemns suicide attack on Pakistan Christians
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
March 28, 2016 12:12:46 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a statement on Sunday condemning the suicide bombers who targeted Pakistani Christians celebrating the Easter holiday in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park. The Secretary-General urged the Pakistani government to work towards ensuring safety for all,...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on Title VII attorney’s fees, sentencing speed
Supreme Court hears arguments on Title VII attorney’s fees, sentencing speed
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
March 28, 2016 12:11:11 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Monday. In CRST Van Expedited v. EEOC the court heard arguments regarding whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) [official...

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News UAE federal court issues sentences for 41 defendants charged with terrorism
UAE federal court issues sentences for 41 defendants charged with terrorism
Matthew Santiago
March 28, 2016 11:48:10 am

The Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued sentences on Sunday for 41 defendants connected to a terrorist plot to bomb malls and hotels. All 41 defendants were charged with possessing firearms and ammunition...

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News Israel high court strikes down natural gas proliferation deal
Israel high court strikes down natural gas proliferation deal
William Helbling
March 28, 2016 09:32:07 am

The Israel High Court of Justice on Sunday decided to strike down a deal that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made last December to initiate development of an offshore natural gas field. The natural gas field...

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Bangladesh high court denies petition to remove Islam as state religion
William Helbling
March 28, 2016 09:32:01 am

The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Monday threw out a petition introduced by secular activists that sought the removal of Islam as the state religion. Before the case began, a three-judge panel rejected the petition and...

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Bangladesh Supreme Court finds two ministers guilty of contempt
Dominic Yobbi
March 27, 2016 03:52:54 pm

The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Sunday found two ministers guilty of contempt after they had publicly criticized the chief justice of the court. The two ministers, Food Affairs Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM...

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Man shot by police Brussels charged after raid in France
Dominic Yobbi
March 27, 2016 03:01:21 pm

A man shot by police in Brussels on Friday was charged on Saturday with membership of a terror group after being connected to a raid in France that thwarted a possible terrorist attack. The man, A. Abderrahmane, was shot...

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Mississippi lawmakers propose bill allowing execution by firing squad
Jacqueline Jones
March 27, 2016 01:48:06 pm

Mississippi lawmakers on Saturday reintroduced a bill that would allow for execution by firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection. Attorney General Jim Hood stated earlier this year that he planned...

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28 countries unite against Axis Powers

On January 2, 1942, twenty-eight countries formally agreed not to make peace with the Axis Powers separately. At the time, all twenty-eight were fighting against the Axis as Allies in World War II. The agreement was part of the Declaration by the United Nations, signed the previous day. In December of 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to this group of allies as the "United Nations."

US government agents arrested thousands in Palmer raids

On January 2, 1920, over 500 government agents acting on the direction of US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer carried out a massive counter-terror operation in 33 US cities, arresting between six and ten thousand aliens suspected of Communism, radicalism and anarchism. The "Palmer Raids" and the detentions and deportation proceedings that followed them were denounced by a number of prominent lawyers and judges who later established the American Civil Liberties Union. Read an excerpt from Attorney General Palmer's 1920 article, The Case Against the 'Reds' and learn more about the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare of 1919-20.

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