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News Syria situation a breach of humanitarian law: EU officials
Syria situation a breach of humanitarian law: EU officials
Emelina Perez
September 25, 2016 01:59:34 pm

Attacks in Aleppo, Syria's capital, were called a "breach of international humanitarian law" in a joint statement by EU officials on Saturday. The EU is urging countries with influence on the parties to encourage negotiations to cease the attacks...

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News Brazil Supreme Court allows corruption probe of President Temer
Brazil Supreme Court allows corruption probe of President Temer
Mark Casper
September 25, 2016 01:31:16 pm

The Brazil Supreme Court approved a motion by prosecutors to open a preliminary investigation into accusations from Sergio Machado, former Transpetro head, that president Michel Temer sought illegal campaign donations in 2012. It was revealed by the Supreme...

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News Former Wells Fargo employees file lawsuit against bank
Former Wells Fargo employees file lawsuit against bank
Emelina Perez
September 25, 2016 01:18:35 pm

Two former employees of Wells Fargo filed a class action lawsuit on Thursday on behalf of employees whom they claim were penalized over the last 10 years for following the rules and not meeting sales quotas....

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News Federal appeals court strikes down Ohio purging of inactive voters from rolls
Federal appeals court strikes down Ohio purging of inactive voters from rolls
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
September 24, 2016 02:58:15 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday struck down a procedure implemented by the Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted that effectively eliminated inactive voters from registration rolls if they...

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News Missouri Supreme Court announces new mandatory standards for municipal courts
Missouri Supreme Court announces new mandatory standards for municipal courts
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
September 24, 2016 01:34:51 pm

Chief Justice Patricia Breckenridge of the Missouri Supreme Court announced at the joint annual meeting of the Missouri Bar and the Judicial Conference in Lake Ozark on Thursday new mandatory standards of practice and procedure for municipal...

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News Gabon court confirms incumbent as president
Gabon court confirms incumbent as president
Steven Wildberger
September 24, 2016 10:57:13 am

Gabon's Constitutional Court on Saturday upheld incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba's victory over challenger Jean Ping , despite calls for a recount based on alleged vote rigging. Ping's allegations focused on the Haut-Ogooue province, where Bongo...

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News Obama vetoes 9/11 bill allowing suit against Saudi Arabia
Obama vetoes 9/11 bill allowing suit against Saudi Arabia
Steven Wildberger
September 24, 2016 10:31:19 am

US President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed a bill that would have allowed 9/11 victims and their families to sue Saudi Arabia, citing concerns that it would open US diplomats and servicemen to suit abroad....

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News UN rights chief calls on Macedonia to halt expulsion and detention of migrants
UN rights chief calls on Macedonia to halt expulsion and detention of migrants
Matthew Santiago
September 23, 2016 04:54:09 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday urged the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to end its pattern of expelling and detaining migrants contrary to international standards. Numerous Central European countries have...

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News UN rights expert urges US to halt North Dakota pipeline construction
UN rights expert urges US to halt North Dakota pipeline construction
Matthew Santiago
September 23, 2016 04:14:22 pm

A UN human rights expert on Friday urged the US government to halt the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline out of respect for the rights of affected Native Americans. Earlier this month the North Dakota...

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News Chelsea Manning sentenced to solitary confinement over suicide attempt
Chelsea Manning sentenced to solitary confinement over suicide attempt
Alexis Wheeler
September 23, 2016 03:52:53 pm

Chelsea Manning, a former US soldier imprisoned for leaking classified documents, was sentenced on Thursday to two weeks of solitary confinement as a punishment for a suicide attempt, as well as for keeping a banned book in her quarters. According...

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United Nations Day

October 24 is United Nations Day. On October 24, 1945, the UN Charter, signed on June 26, 1945, formally entered into force. Review the text of the UN Charter.

Civil Rights pioneers Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks die

On October 24, 1972, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson, died at the age of 53 in Stamford, Connecticut. On the same day in 2005, Rosa Parks passed away in Detroit at the age of 92. Parks inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Both Parks and Robinson were symbols of the civil rights movement, which led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

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