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News Russia vetoes UN Security Council investigation into Syria chemical weapons attacks
Russia vetoes UN Security Council investigation into Syria chemical weapons attacks
Akira Tomlinson
October 25, 2017 10:27:27 am

Russia on Tuesday vetoed the UN Security Council's resolution to extend the UN Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) investigation into the Syria chemical-weapons attack. In February Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...

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News Supreme Court dismisses remaining travel ban challenge
Supreme Court dismisses remaining travel ban challenge
Lawrenz Fares
October 25, 2017 09:39:43 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of Hawaii v. Trump , the last remaining challenge of the now expired March 6 travel ban . In the brief order, the...

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News Trump signs executive order resuming refugee admission with heightened vetting procedures
Trump signs executive order resuming refugee admission with heightened vetting procedures
Lawrenz Fares
October 25, 2017 08:51:12 am

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday resuming the admissions of refugees into the US but introducing heightened vetting procedures. The order states that the prior executive order barring refugee admissions from a...

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News China Communist Party adds section to party constitution
China Communist Party adds section to party constitution
Rachel Gerber
October 24, 2017 01:56:10 pm

The Communist Party of China amended their constitution Tuesday to add a section titled "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era." The party's "absolute" leadership over the military, the fight against corruption, Xi's...

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News Quebec Ministry of Justice releases guidelines on face-covering ban
Quebec Ministry of Justice releases guidelines on face-covering ban
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
October 24, 2017 01:32:53 pm

Quebec Minister of Justice and Attorney General Stéphanie Vallée on Tuesday released guidelines for the implementation of Bill 62 , legislation requiring those who wear face veils to remove them when using public...

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News Microsoft drops suit against US Department of Justice
Microsoft drops suit against US Department of Justice
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
October 24, 2017 11:27:56 am

Microsoft announced plans to drop its lawsuit against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday after the DOJ issued new guidelines in an effort to curb its practice of using secrecy orders to silence companies...

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News HRW urges new France president to address Egypt’s continued human rights violations
HRW urges new France president to address Egypt’s continued human rights violations
Lindsay Offutt
October 24, 2017 08:23:07 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to raise human rights abuse s during a meeting with Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi in Paris on Tuesday. Tuesday's meeting will be Macron's first meeting...

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News Retrial ordered in Apple, Samsung patent dispute
Retrial ordered in Apple, Samsung patent dispute
Jennifer Suder
October 23, 2017 01:56:46 pm

A US district court judge in San Jose, California, on Sunday ordered a retrial to determine how much Samsung owes Apple for infringing three iPhone 3Gs patents: "black rectangular front face of a phone with rounded corners," "the rectangular...

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UN mission in Congo condemns arrests of opposition members
Jonathon Churchin
October 23, 2017 12:59:03 pm

The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on Monday denounced the arrest of 30 opposition party members as part of a crackdown by President Joseph Kabila's government. The...

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News ACLU asks court to reconsider teen immigrant abortion case
ACLU asks court to reconsider teen immigrant abortion case
Jennifer Suder
October 23, 2017 12:40:22 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday to reconsider the denial of an abortion for a pregnant 17-year-old, identified as Jane...

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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.

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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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