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News Kurdistan votes ‘yes’ in independence referendum
Kurdistan votes ‘yes’ in independence referendum
Erik Slobe
September 27, 2017 04:07:23 pm

The Independent High Elections and Referendum Commission (IHERC) of Kurdistan announced the results of Monday's independence referendum vote Wednesday. In total, 92 percent of the voters voted "Yes" to secede from Iraq and create an independent Kurdistan. About...

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News Pakistan Finance Minister indicted by Islamabad Accountability Court
Pakistan Finance Minister indicted by Islamabad Accountability Court
Jennifer Suder
September 27, 2017 03:23:32 pm

Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was indicted on Wednesday on graft charges after investigators found his assets did not match his reported income. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) , Pakistan's highest anti-corruption organization, filed the case against Dar for...

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News EPA announces launch of Smart Sectors program to reduce unnecessary regulations
EPA announces launch of Smart Sectors program to reduce unnecessary regulations
Erik Slobe
September 27, 2017 03:16:03 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday announced the creation of the Smart Sectors program to "re-examine how the EPA engages with industry in order to reduce unnecessary regulatory burden, create certainty and predictability, and...

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News China cyber watchdog group imposes fines over censorship
China cyber watchdog group imposes fines over censorship
Lawrenz Fares
September 27, 2017 11:10:08 am

China's Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has imposed fines on some of the country's top technology firms for failing to censor online content in accordance with China's censorship laws. Among the companies are...

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News Federal appeals court overturns former New York senator’s corruption conviction
Federal appeals court overturns former New York senator’s corruption conviction
Lawrenz Fares
September 27, 2017 09:52:42 am

The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the 2015 corruption conviction of former New York state Senator Dean Skelos and his son Adam Skelos on Tuesday. Dean...

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News Sessions says DOJ will increase efforts to protect free speech on campuses
Sessions says DOJ will increase efforts to protect free speech on campuses
William Theisen
September 27, 2017 08:45:56 am

During a speech at the Georgetown University Law Center on Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice will become more involved in the "national recommitment to free speech on campus." Citing recent incidents...

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News DHS adds social media to immigration review policy
DHS adds social media to immigration review policy
Miracle Jones
September 26, 2017 09:39:16 pm

The Federal Register posted a notice on Monday detailing an updated rule that will allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to track social media accounts of immigrants. The social media accounts will be collected as part of the...

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News Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive
Miracle Jones
September 26, 2017 05:56:47 pm

Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on Tuesday announced by decree that the country will grant women driver's licenses beginning next June. The order was broadcast though Saudi Arabia's state television channel and...

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News Environmental group asks court to recognize Colorado River as a person
Environmental group asks court to recognize Colorado River as a person
Elizabeth Lowman
September 26, 2017 01:21:56 pm

Deep Green Resistance , a direct action environmental group, filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking the US District Court for the District of Colorado to grant personhood status to the Colorado River. If personhood status is...

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News UN: illegal settlements in East Jerusalem threatening hopes for peace
UN: illegal settlements in East Jerusalem threatening hopes for peace
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
September 26, 2017 12:19:44 pm

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov warned on Monday that continued illegal settlements in East Jerusalem are threatening the hopes for a two-state solution in the area and undermining Palestinian belief...

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Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the US in perpetuity

On February 23, 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" as part of the Cuban-American Treaty. The United States subsequently used the lease to establish a Naval Base at Guantanamo. With the US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, a military prison was built at Guantanamo to house prisoners of war and terrorism suspects captured by American forces, becoming the subject of much controversy over its detentions without trial.

NAACP founder W.E.B. DuBois born

W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was born on February 23, 1868. Review the W.E.B. DuBois Papers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and released FBI files on DuBois kept because of his affiliation with "communist front groups."

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