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News Missouri judge blocks law banning teachers from using social media with students
Missouri judge blocks law banning teachers from using social media with students
Aman Kakar
August 28, 2011 03:58:59 pm

Cole County Circuit Court of Missouri issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday enjoining the State of Missouri from implementing Missouri Revised Statutes § 162.069.4 , which prevents students and teachers from communicating...

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First Circuit upholds right to record public police action
Aman Kakar
August 28, 2011 02:55:30 pm

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Friday ruled that there is a clearly-established First Amendment right to film police officers performing their duties in a public space. The...

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News Whistleblower soldier pleads guilty in Afghan civilian death
Whistleblower soldier pleads guilty in Afghan civilian death
Aman Kakar
August 7, 2011 04:06:53 pm

Military judge Colonel David Conn sentenced Specialist Adam Winfield to three years in prison, demotion to private and a bad-conduct discharge on Friday for involuntary manslaughter in the death of an Afghan civilian. Winfield pleaded guilty to...

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News Federal appeals court strikes down Wisconsin ban on hormone therapy for inmates
Federal appeals court strikes down Wisconsin ban on hormone therapy for inmates
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August 7, 2011 02:53:07 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court's ruling invalidating the Inmate Sex Change Prevention Act , which prohibited the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) [official...

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Europe rights court rejects appeals against Switzerland minaret ban
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July 10, 2011 03:22:11 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected two appeals from Swiss Muslims challenging Switzerland's ban on construction of minarets. The court ruled that the appeals were inadmissible because the complaints failed...

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Thailand opposition lawyers challenge election
Aman Kakar
July 10, 2011 12:14:48 pm

Lawyers associated with Thailand's outgoing ruling Democrat Party filed papers with the Election Commission on Friday challenging the Puea Thai party's election victory. The filings seek to dissolve the Puea Thai party on grounds that the...

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Federal judge enjoins Indiana immigration law
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June 25, 2011 03:00:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court Southern District of Indiana on Friday issued a preliminary injunction against two provisions of a controversial Indiana immigration law . The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)...

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New York governor signs same-sex marriage legislation
Aman Kakar
June 25, 2011 12:00:00 pm

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) on Friday signed legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry in the state. The New York State Senate had passed the Marriage Equality Act 33-29 earlier that day...

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UN SG expresses concern over escalation of violence in Syria
Aman Kakar
June 4, 2011 04:52:38 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday expressed concern regarding the escalation of violence in Syria and called for end to the repression by security and military forces. Ban cited 70 deaths in the last week,...

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US urges China to release Tiananmen Square protesters
Aman Kakar
June 4, 2011 03:12:10 pm

The US State Department (DOS) urged the Chinese government on Friday to release protesters arrested for the peaceful protests in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. Friday marked the twenty-second anniversary of the suppression...

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WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban

On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans. Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.

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