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News DOJ charges Russian officers for hacking e-mail accounts
DOJ charges Russian officers for hacking e-mail accounts
Justin Cosgrove
March 15, 2017 04:12:14 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictments of four Russian individuals in connection with hacking e-mail accounts on Wednesday. The DOJ indicted two members of the Russian intelligence agency FSB as well as two...

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News Poland court seeks extradition of US man suspected of Nazi involvement
Poland court seeks extradition of US man suspected of Nazi involvement
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
March 15, 2017 02:52:24 pm

The Lublin District Court on Tuesday accepted the prosecutor's request for arrest from the Institute of National Remembrance for Michael Karkoc, a US citizen who is suspected of commanding a German-led Ukrainian military unit during the...

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News UN report: Ukraine escalation of hostilities diminishing lives of civilians
UN report: Ukraine escalation of hostilities diminishing lives of civilians
Akira Tomlinson
March 15, 2017 02:24:14 pm

The escalation of hostilities in Eastern Ukraine between January and February has had a devastating impact on the lives of civilians, according to a UN report released Wednesday. The unrest has reportedly caused several deaths and numerous injuries,...

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News HRW calls for independent investigation into Uganda killings
HRW calls for independent investigation into Uganda killings
Autumn Callan
March 15, 2017 02:05:49 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Wednesday for an independent investigation into the violent deaths of more than 155 people, including children, that occurred in the Kasese region of Uganda in November. The killings were reportedly committed...

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News Arizona Supreme Court upholds state minimum wage law
Arizona Supreme Court upholds state minimum wage law
Akira Tomlinson
March 15, 2017 01:31:39 pm

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously rejected a challenge to a voter approved minimum wage law. The court had agreed to consider the constitutionality of Proposition 206 last month. The institution of this law raises...

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News Federal judge denies emergency injunction against Dakota Access Pipeline
Federal judge denies emergency injunction against Dakota Access Pipeline
Autumn Callan
March 15, 2017 12:17:35 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied a request by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for an emergency injunction to stop oil from flowing through the...

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News France presidential candidate charged with misuse of public funds
France presidential candidate charged with misuse of public funds
Emelina Perez
March 15, 2017 11:51:49 am

French presidential candidate and former prime minister François Fillon was charged on Tuesday with misuse of public funds after being questioned about whether his relatives, who were on the public payroll as parliamentary aides, actually performed...

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News Brazil prosecutor requests 83 new investigations into Petrobras scandal
Brazil prosecutor requests 83 new investigations into Petrobras scandal
Emelina Perez
March 15, 2017 11:25:53 am

Brazil's top prosecutor has asked the country's Supreme Court to open 83 more investigations into politicians in connection to the Petrobras scandal . The list of names has sent to the court not been released . However,...

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News Federal appeals court rejects tribal land access lawsuit
Federal appeals court rejects tribal land access lawsuit
Justin Cosgrove
March 15, 2017 10:57:14 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a lawsuit by members of a California Native American tribe over land access on Tuesday. The court ruled that the federal Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA)...

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UN rights expert urges accountability in South Sudan
Justin Cosgrove
March 15, 2017 09:39:45 am

The Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said Tuesday that there is a need to establish courts and bring prosecutions against those who have committed rights abuses. Yasmin Sooka stated ...

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London Naval Treaty signed

On April 22, 1930, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, and Japan signed the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament (London Naval Treaty), which limited the production of warships and limited submarine warfare. Leading up to World War II, Japan and Italy withdrew from the treaty, leaving only the US, UK, and France to sign the Second London Naval Treaty.

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