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News DOJ requests hold on immigration order appeal
DOJ requests hold on immigration order appeal
Emelina Perez
February 25, 2017 04:57:51 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) requested the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday to hold court proceedings relating to President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. The motion...

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News Supreme Court asks litigants to file opinion letters on Virginia transgender bathroom policy
Supreme Court asks litigants to file opinion letters on Virginia transgender bathroom policy
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
February 25, 2017 12:38:44 pm

The US Supreme Court asked both sides of the Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. case on Thursday to submit letters to the court discussing "how the case should proceed in light of" the...

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News HRW: US should investigate civilian deaths in Yemen raid
HRW: US should investigate civilian deaths in Yemen raid
Steven Wildberger
February 25, 2017 11:58:55 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on the United States to investigate the January 2017 US raid on Al-Qaeda that resulted in the deaths of at least 14 people. US special forces conducted an intelligence-gathering raid on...

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News HRW calls on DRC to investigate alleged killings by soldiers
HRW calls on DRC to investigate alleged killings by soldiers
Erik Slobe
February 24, 2017 05:54:05 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officials Friday to investigate fully and impartially a video allegedly showing Congolese soldiers shooting and killing 13 alleged militia members. The video, released on February...

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News Trump signs executive order to reduce regulations
Trump signs executive order to reduce regulations
Erik Slobe
February 24, 2017 04:59:00 pm

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that creates regulatory task forces in every federal agency to look through the regulations and determine which ones "are burdensome to the US economy" and can be removed...

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Denmark man indicted for burning Quran
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
February 24, 2017 02:31:08 pm

Prosecutors in North Jutland, Denmark , pressed blasphemy charges against a man on Wednesday for posting a video in which he burned a Koran. On Thursday the Danish Prosecution Service issued a formal indictment [press...

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News Bosnia asks Hague court to review ruling clearing Serbia of genocide
Bosnia asks Hague court to review ruling clearing Serbia of genocide
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
February 24, 2017 01:16:28 pm

The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) formally asked the International Court of Justice Thursday to review a 2007 ruling clearing Serbia of genocide during their 1990 civil war. President Izetbegovic of the President...

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Israel denies visa to HRW researcher
Elizabeth Lowman
February 24, 2017 12:54:50 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that the Israeli government denied a work permit to researcher Omar Shakir, citing anti-Israel bias from the organization. According to a translation of the letter sent from Israel's Interior...

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News Slovenia law legalizes same-sex marriage, but not adoption
Slovenia law legalizes same-sex marriage, but not adoption
William Theisen
February 24, 2017 12:24:13 pm

A Slovenian law allowing same-sex marriage took effect Friday, and the country's first same-sex marriage will take place Saturday, according to an administrator in Maribor , the city where the wedding will take place. Ksenija Klampfer said...

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UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in Baghdad
William Theisen
February 24, 2017 12:19:24 pm

The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned the February 16 terrorist attack in Baghdad that left at least 55 people dead. A terrorist group linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack, which...

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