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News UN Security Council calls for ‘sustainable solutions’ for millions in Darfur
UN Security Council calls for ‘sustainable solutions’ for millions in Darfur
Erin McCarthy Holliday
February 2, 2018 07:54:11 am

The UN Security Council said in a statement Wednesday that they are in support of reviewing and adjusting priorities in its Darfur Peacekeeping Operation, underlining the need for sustainable solutions for more than 2.7 million people...

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News Pennsylvania Senate President refuses to turn over redistricting data to state Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Senate President refuses to turn over redistricting data to state Supreme Court
Andrew Morgan
February 1, 2018 05:26:56 pm

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati on Wednesday refused to produce legislative district data to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court . On Monday, the Supreme Court had ordered the parties in League of...

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News HRW: Libya armed groups preventing thousands of families from returning to Benghazi
HRW: Libya armed groups preventing thousands of families from returning to Benghazi
Lawrenz Fares
February 1, 2018 05:01:57 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday that numerous armed groups, some linked to the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), are preventing thousands of internally displaced individuals from returning home. The LNA-affiliated groups are reportedly preventing...

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News Turkish court orders rearrest of Amnesty chairman
Turkish court orders rearrest of Amnesty chairman
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
February 1, 2018 02:02:44 pm

An Istanbul court on Thursday ordered the rearrest of Taner Kılıç, the chairman of the Turkish Chapter of Amnesty International , hours after he was released . Kılıç's rearrest follows an Istanbul trial court's decision on Wednesday to...

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News US extends temporary protective status for Syrians
US extends temporary protective status for Syrians
Sean Rohtla
February 1, 2018 01:39:24 pm

The US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday extended Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for certain Syrian immigrants. The TPS status is extended for 18 months and affects 7,000 Syrians in the US who benefit from that designation....

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News Federal appeals court rules Louisiana death row inmates not entitled to air conditioning
Federal appeals court rules Louisiana death row inmates not entitled to air conditioning
Christopher Anderson
February 1, 2018 01:14:54 pm

The US Court Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a lower court's ruling that temperatures in Louisiana's death-row prison cells be kept below 88 degrees Fahrenheit. In an opinion by the Chief Judge, the court explained...

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News Poland Senate approves controversial Holocaust speech law
Poland Senate approves controversial Holocaust speech law
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
February 1, 2018 12:50:45 pm

Poland's Senate approved a legislation Thursday criminalizing speeches against the national government that suggest the country was responsible for the Holocaust. The legislation, titled "Act on the Institute of National Remembrance -...

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News Washington Senate approves bill requiring insurers to provide contraception and elective abortions
Washington Senate approves bill requiring insurers to provide contraception and elective abortions
Autumn Callan
February 1, 2018 12:32:38 pm

The Washington Senate on Wednesday voted 26-22 to pass SB 6212 , which would require insurance providers that cover maternity care to also cover elective abortions and contraception. The bill, the Reproductive Parity Act (RPA), which was...

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News British lawyers call for Saudi Arabia’s removal from UN Human Rights Council
British lawyers call for Saudi Arabia’s removal from UN Human Rights Council
Lindsay Offutt
February 1, 2018 08:26:16 am

Two British lawyers released a report on Wednesday detailing Saudi Arabia's recent human rights violations and demanding the country's membership in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) be suspended for violating international law. Authors Rodney Dixon...

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News Federal appeals court adopts causation standard under Securities Exchange Act
Federal appeals court adopts causation standard under Securities Exchange Act
Lindsay Offutt
February 1, 2018 07:31:24 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday adopted a "probable cause" test in assessing losses resultant of fraud under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 . Defendants First Solar, Inc., were...

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India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster

On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court. Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.

Seventeenth Amendment ratified

On April 8, 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the US Constitution, providing for the election of senators by popular vote rather than selection by state legislatures, was ratified. Learn more about the Seventeenth Amendment.

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