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News UN court orders Turkey to release judge
UN court orders Turkey to release judge
Brittany Felder
January 31, 2017 04:30:42 pm

A judge for the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals on Tuesday ordered the release of Turkish judge Aydin Sefa Akay who was detained in July. The order stresses that the Turkish government should release Akay and...

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News UN SG: national security management should not be based in discrimination
UN SG: national security management should not be based in discrimination
Brittany Felder
January 31, 2017 04:10:44 pm

In a statement Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed "concerned the decisions that around the world have been undermining the integrity of the international refugee protection regime." While he acknowledged that "ountries have the right, even the...

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News Pakistan places leader of 2008 Mumbai attacks under house arrest
Pakistan places leader of 2008 Mumbai attacks under house arrest
Matthew Santiago
January 31, 2017 03:02:51 pm

Pakistani authorities on Monday placed militant leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed under house arrest for his connection to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the charity known as Jamaat-ud-Dawa . Saeed has been accused of orchestrating the...

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News Trump vows to continue LGBTQ rights protections for federal workers
Trump vows to continue LGBTQ rights protections for federal workers
Rachel Gerber
January 31, 2017 01:48:37 pm

US President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to continue to enforce the executive order instated by Barack Obama that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people working in federal institutions and contracts. A...

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News Protected immigrants file loan discrimination lawsuit against Wells Fargo
Protected immigrants file loan discrimination lawsuit against Wells Fargo
Aaron Christenson
January 31, 2017 01:32:22 pm

Mitzie Perez and the California League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on Monday filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank refused to extend Perez and other similarly situated students loans solely because...

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News Flint residents sue over delayed EPA response
Flint residents sue over delayed EPA response
Aaron Christenson
January 31, 2017 01:09:50 pm

More than 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan, on Monday filed a class action lawsuit against the US, claiming that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to respond to damage claims arising from the Flint water...

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News UN rights expert: UK facing air pollution crisis
UN rights expert: UK facing air pollution crisis
Rachel Gerber
January 31, 2017 01:09:27 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes Baskut Tuncak on Tuesday said that the UK must take steps to control exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals for all citizens but particularly...

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News Federal appeals court upholds order allowing refugees to attend Pennsylvania public high school
Federal appeals court upholds order allowing refugees to attend Pennsylvania public high school
Jonathon Churchin
January 31, 2017 01:08:10 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday upheld an order that refugee students in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, be allowed to attend the public high school, even with limited English skills. The students had...

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News Deutsche Bank fined for money laundering claims
Deutsche Bank fined for money laundering claims
Alexandra Farone
January 31, 2017 01:03:28 pm

US and UK regulators fined Deutsche Bank a combined $630 million in connection with a Russian money laundering scheme. Clients illegally moved over $10 billion from Russia via shares that were bought and...

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Austria proposes ban on full-face coverings in public places
Alexandra Farone
January 31, 2017 12:45:10 pm

Austria's ruling coalition announced Monday a plan to ban full-face coverings in public places, with a focus on Islamic veils. The proposal is part of a set of reforms created [BBC...

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Treaty with Russia ceded Alaska to the United States

On March 30, 1867, the US and Russia signed a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States for a payment of $7,200,000 in gold.

Review the terms of a Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America, the terms of which were included in the Treaty's Proclamation by President Andrew Johnson on June 20, 1867.

Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War

On March 30, 1856, representatives of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Paris of 1856, ending the Crimean War. The treaty confirmed Russia's loss of power and territory a result of the war. The Black Sea region and some Russian islands were demilitarized, and Russia lost its influence over Romanian principalities and Christians in the Ottoman Empire under the terms of the treaty.

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