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News Top EU court rules asylum may be denied to those with terror links
Top EU court rules asylum may be denied to those with terror links
Jonathon Churchin
January 31, 2017 12:22:21 pm

The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that those seeking asylum in the EU may be denied if they have any ties to terrorism. The case was in regards to Mostafa Lounani, a Moroccan national. Lounani was...

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News Acting AG replaced after refusal to defend immigration order
Acting AG replaced after refusal to defend immigration order
Matthew Santiago
January 31, 2017 10:31:27 am

The White House issued a statement on Monday declaring that Sally Yates would be replaced as acting Attorney General after she directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to defend President Donald...

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News Washington AG sues over Trump immigration order
Washington AG sues over Trump immigration order
Justin Cosgrove
January 31, 2017 09:18:31 am

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued President Donald Trump over the temporary immigration ban. Trump's executive order provided a temporary ban on immigration from seven middle eastern countries. He also suspended the country's...

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News Bosnian Serb woman indicted for war crimes
Bosnian Serb woman indicted for war crimes
Justin Cosgrove
January 31, 2017 07:50:10 am

A Bosnian Serb woman was indicted Monday for taking part in the killing of 37 Muslim Bosniak prisoners of war during the 1992-95 war . Visnja Acimovic is accused of war crimes and...

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News US Muslim civil rights group challenges immigration order
US Muslim civil rights group challenges immigration order
Jonathan Niznansky
January 31, 2017 07:37:08 am

The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Monday challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration's executive order restricting immigration from several...

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News Federal appeals court rules government can withhold some files in Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac case
Federal appeals court rules government can withhold some files in Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac case
Jonathan Niznansky
January 31, 2017 06:58:40 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Monday that the federal government, which took control of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) ,...

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News UN urges Trump not to reinstate torture policies
UN urges Trump not to reinstate torture policies
Lawrenz Fares
January 30, 2017 02:16:28 pm

Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, on Monday urged US President Donald Trump not to reinstate torture policies. Melzer referenced the 2014 US Senate Intelligence Committee Report , which stated that the...

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News Report: record number of data breaches in 2016
Report: record number of data breaches in 2016
Meena Ansari
January 30, 2017 01:50:02 pm

The number of data breaches and files stolen worldwide reached a record high in 2016, according to cyber security firm Risk Based Security Monday. Inga Goddijn , Risk Based Security's vice president, stated that...

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News Pakistan court acquits 112 suspects in Christian home burning case
Pakistan court acquits 112 suspects in Christian home burning case
Lawrenz Fares
January 30, 2017 01:47:26 pm

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court acquitted 112 individuals suspected of taking part in the 2013 burning of 150 Christian homes and two churches in the Lahore's Josep Colony. Ghulam Murtaza Chaudhry, the lawyer defending the suspects, stated that...

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UN rights expert condemns murder of Muslim lawyer in Myanmar
Elizabeth Lowman
January 30, 2017 01:45:16 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee on Monday strongly condemned the murder of Muslim lawyer Ko Ni, who was shot to death on Sunday outside of an airport in Myanmar....

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President Carter signed bill restoring US citizenship of Jefferson Davis

On October 17, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill retroactively restoring the US citizenship of Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, US Senator from Mississippi and US Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.

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