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News Pakistan court orders case against CIA member for drone deaths
Pakistan court orders case against CIA member for drone deaths
Alexandra Farone
April 7, 2015 11:07:13 am

Pakistan's Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued an order to register a report against former CIA station chief Jonathan Banks for his involvement in a 2009 US drone attack that killed two tribesmen. The court's order...

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News Amnesty: Gambia must not execute 3 sentenced to death for attempted coup
Amnesty: Gambia must not execute 3 sentenced to death for attempted coup
Alexandra Farone
April 2, 2015 11:22:42 am

A military court in Gambia secretly sentenced three soldiers to death on Monday for an attempted coup d'état, Amnesty International (AI) reported Wednesday. Three other soldiers were sentenced to life in prison. All media was...

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News Israel high court rejects extension of barrier in West Bank valley
Israel high court rejects extension of barrier in West Bank valley
Alexandra Farone
April 2, 2015 11:08:52 am

The Supreme Court of Israel blocked a controversial government proposal on Thursday to extend the West Bank separation barrier through the historic Cremisan valley. Israel has been building the barrier to prevent Palestinian attacks in...

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News Supreme Court orders lower court to reconsider Virginia redistricting plan
Supreme Court orders lower court to reconsider Virginia redistricting plan
Alexandra Farone
March 31, 2015 11:22:24 am

The US Supreme Court ordered the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to review its decision that state lawmakers gerrymandered African-American voters into one congressional district. In October a...

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News Tokyo district recognizes same-sex partnerships
Tokyo district recognizes same-sex partnerships
Alexandra Farone
March 31, 2015 10:51:24 am

A Tokyo district assembly became the first municipality in Japan to recognize same-sex partnerships on Tuesday. The measure, passed by Tokyo's Shibuya ward , will become effective April 1, when Shibuya will begin issuing partnership papers...

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News South Sudan lawmakers vote to extend president’s tenure
South Sudan lawmakers vote to extend president’s tenure
Alexandra Farone
March 26, 2015 11:55:48 am

South Sudan's National Legislative Assembly voted Tuesday to extend the term of President Salva Kiir by three years. This move follows the cancellation of elections that were to be held...

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News Sierra Leone war crimes court rejects Charles Taylor’s request for transfer to Rwanda prison
Sierra Leone war crimes court rejects Charles Taylor’s request for transfer to Rwanda prison
Alexandra Farone
March 26, 2015 11:22:58 am

The Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone on Wednesday denied the request of former Liberian president Charles Taylor to serve his 50-year sentence for war crimes in Rwanda instead of the UK....

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News Amnesty: Venezuela allowing more abuses by failing to investigate 2014 protests
Amnesty: Venezuela allowing more abuses by failing to investigate 2014 protests
Alexandra Farone
March 24, 2015 11:33:49 am

Venezuela effectively allows more violence and abuses through its failure to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of the injuries and tortures during 2014 protests, Amnesty International (AI) announced in a report released Tuesday. During...

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News Federal judge dismisses lawsuit to protect US secrets on Iran
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit to protect US secrets on Iran
Alexandra Farone
March 24, 2015 10:42:05 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit against an anti-Iran advocacy group on Monday, claiming the case could raise national security risks by revealing state...

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News UN: Islamic State may have committed genocide, war crimes
UN: Islamic State may have committed genocide, war crimes
Alexandra Farone
March 19, 2015 11:04:24 am

The actions of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq may amount to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights reported Thursday. The report...

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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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