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News Court document: Army Corps of Engineers to grant final permit for Dakota pipeline
Court document: Army Corps of Engineers to grant final permit for Dakota pipeline
Justin Cosgrove
February 8, 2017 07:17:31 am

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will grant the final permit for the Dakota Access oil pipeline after an order from President Donald Trump to expedite the process, according to a court document ...

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News DOJ urges reinstatement of immigration order
DOJ urges reinstatement of immigration order
Matthew Santiago
February 7, 2017 03:32:11 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appellate brief Monday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit calling for the reinstatement of President Donald Trump's controversial immigration order. Regarding...

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News EU appoints 19 international judges to special court in Kosovo
EU appoints 19 international judges to special court in Kosovo
Brittany Felder
February 7, 2017 03:06:20 pm

The European Union on Tuesday appointed 19 international judges for a special court in Kosovo that will prosecute war crimes committed between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2000. Twelve of the judges come from countries within...

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News Afghanistan Supreme Court attack kills 20
Afghanistan Supreme Court attack kills 20
Brittany Felder
February 7, 2017 02:50:54 pm

At least 20 people were reported to have been killed and 41 injured on Tuesday following a terrorist attack at the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is believed that the perpetrator wore a suicide vest...

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News US House approves update of e-mail privacy laws
US House approves update of e-mail privacy laws
Aaron Christenson
February 7, 2017 02:23:49 pm

The US House of Representatives on Monday approved HR 387 , a bipartisan bill that updates US privacy laws in regards to e-mail and cloud storage. Most importantly, the bill will require law enforcement to obtain a warrant...

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News Israel parliament retroactively legalizes West Bank settlements
Israel parliament retroactively legalizes West Bank settlements
Matthew Santiago
February 7, 2017 02:02:16 pm

Israel's Knesset on Monday voted 60-52 in favor of a bill that retroactively legalizes the thousands of Jewish settlement homes currently located in the Palestinian West Bank territory. The new legislation allows the government to...

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News UN rights expert urges Thailand not to stifle free speech
UN rights expert urges Thailand not to stifle free speech
Rachel Gerber
February 7, 2017 01:45:06 pm

UNl Special Rapporteur David Kaye called on Thai authorities Tuesday to cease using royal defamation laws to counter free speech that is critical of the royal family. This report was released as a law student...

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News Srebrenica massacre trial begins in Serbia
Srebrenica massacre trial begins in Serbia
Rachel Gerber
February 7, 2017 01:28:41 pm

The trial of eight former Bosnian Serb police officers charged with participating in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre began on Monday before the Higher Court in Belgrade. The court rejected another postponement , as defense lawyers postponed...

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News Amnesty: Syria executed thousands of prisoners over 5-year period
Amnesty: Syria executed thousands of prisoners over 5-year period
Aaron Christenson
February 7, 2017 12:54:48 pm

The Syrian government has hanged more than 13,000 prisoners in extrajudicial executions over a five-year period at Saydnaya prison, Amnesty International (AI) reported Monday. The report says that the hangings occurred with alarming frequency,...

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News UN rights expert: Myanmar violence in Rakhine could be crimes against humanity
UN rights expert: Myanmar violence in Rakhine could be crimes against humanity
Jonathon Churchin
February 7, 2017 12:43:40 pm

UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng said Monday that violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state could amount to crimes against humanity. Responding to a UN report issued last week,...

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US Supreme Court said bussing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations. Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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