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News Google rejects EU antitrust claim, refuses to change search results
Google rejects EU antitrust claim, refuses to change search results
Alexandra Farone
August 28, 2015 11:14:17 am

Google filed a response Thursday to the European Commission (EC) , rejecting EU antitrust charges that Google structures its search results to favor its own services over those of rivals. The EU's investigation of Google over...

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News UN rights experts: Guatemala must stop delaying dictator’s genocide trial
UN rights experts: Guatemala must stop delaying dictator’s genocide trial
Alexandra Farone
August 28, 2015 10:05:02 am

Guatemalan judicial authorities must prevent further "obstruction of justice" in the ongoing genocide trial against the former dictator and the former chief of intelliegence, according to a statement by two experts from the UN Office of the...

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News China arrests 12 in Tianjin explosion
China arrests 12 in Tianjin explosion
Alexandra Farone
August 27, 2015 12:43:22 pm

Chinese authorities arrested twelve individuals Thursday for illegally storing dangerous materials that led to the Tianjin warehouse explosions, which killed at least 139 people. Those arrested include Yu Xuewei, chairman of Tianjin International Ruihai Logistics Co. Ltd.,...

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News Appeals court orders Kentucky clerk to issue same-sex marriage licenses
Appeals court orders Kentucky clerk to issue same-sex marriage licenses
Alexandra Farone
August 27, 2015 12:23:55 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday ordered Kimberly Davis, the Rowan County Clerk of Courts in Kentucky, to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis is currently appealing...

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News AI: killings of civilians in Yemen conflict may be war crimes
AI: killings of civilians in Yemen conflict may be war crimes
Alexandra Farone
August 18, 2015 12:03:17 pm

The fighting in Yemen between Huthi militias and anti-Huthi armed groups has indiscriminately killed and wounded civilians with unlawful airstrikes in civilian neighborhoods, according to a report issued Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI)...

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News Federal government approves off-shore Arctic drilling
Federal government approves off-shore Arctic drilling
Alexandra Farone
August 18, 2015 11:02:32 am

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced on Monday that it has approved a permit for Royal Dutch Shell to drill off the coast of Alaska in the Arctic Ocean. Shell was...

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News Mississippi activists challenge state’s same-sex adoption ban
Mississippi activists challenge state’s same-sex adoption ban
Alexandra Farone
August 13, 2015 11:58:41 am

Mississippi civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the policy of the Mississippi Department of Human Services that bans adoption by married same-sex couples. The Campaign for Southern Equality, Family Equality Council [advocacy...

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News India sues Nestlé over popular noodle brand recall
India sues Nestlé over popular noodle brand recall
Alexandra Farone
August 13, 2015 11:25:00 am

The Indian government filed a lawsuit late Tuesday against Nestlé India with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) for unfair trade practices and misleading advertisements. The government seeks 6,400 million rupees ($98.6...

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News Baltimore, federal police agencies announce program to reduce violent crime
Baltimore, federal police agencies announce program to reduce violent crime
Alexandra Farone
August 4, 2015 03:12:29 pm

Interim Baltimore City Police Commissioner Kevin Davis on Monday met with officials from five federal law enforcement agencies to begin a program to address the recent increase of homicides in the city. The so-called B-FED partnership [Baltimore...

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News Pakistan man hanged despite international criticism
Pakistan man hanged despite international criticism
Alexandra Farone
August 4, 2015 12:06:53 pm

Shafqat Hussain, a man convicted of kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old child in 2004, was hanged on Tuesday in Karachi, Pakistan. This case has attracted ongoing international attention, as his execution was postponed four times for...

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South Africa born

On May 31, 1910, the Union of South Africa was created. Exactly fifty-one years later in 1961, the Republic of South Africa was born. Learn more about the history of South Africa from the country's government.

Tulsa race riot began

On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race riot was touched off after a black elevator operator was alleged to have attacked a white woman in an elevator in downtown Tulsa. Armed whites attacked, burned and looted the local black business community of Greenwood in violence that killed more than 300 people and destroyed more than 1200 homes. Learn more about the Tulsa race riot. A special commission set up by the Oklahoma legislature decades afterward submitted this report [PDF] on the riot in 2001.

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