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France court rules Google must comply with publication notice
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France's State Council , the country's top administrative court, ruled on Friday that Google must display press release] on its French page that it has been fined by the local data-protection watchdog for how...

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UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights , Farida Shaheed announced Friday that she will launch a new study on how marketing and advertising affect cultural rights. Shaheed plans to focus her...

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that Iraqi security officials are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting them to torture, ill-treatment and threats of sexual abuse. HRW found that officials are coercing confessions and...

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped former mayor Michael Bloomberg's appeal on Friday to the judge-ordered reform of New York's stop-and-frisk program. Police Commissioner William Bratton supported [Huffington Post...

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HRW: Canada should investigate violence against indigenous women
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Canadian government on Friday to institute an independent national inquiry into violence against women in the country. HRW also urged the government to establish greater accountability for cases of...

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The Pakistan Supreme Court dismissed former military leader Pervez Musharraf's petition on Thursday to review its 2009 verdict declaring the 2007 imposed emergency as unconstitutional. The 14 justices, led by Chief...

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The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng warned on Thursday that urgent national and international action is necessary to stop the violence in Central African Republic (CAR) [JURIST news...

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Virginia Attorney Genera lMark Herring announced Thursday that his office will no longer defend legal challenges to the commonwealth's ban on same-sex marriage. Herring explained his position saying, "After thorough legal review, I have now...

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Dutch East India Company established

On March 20, 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands established the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The creation edict granted VOC a monopoly over Dutch colonial activities in Asia for twenty-one years. During that time, VOC became the world's first multinational company and the first to issue stock. Read a history of the VOC and view the world's oldest share of stock, as issued by the VOC.

First woman executed by electric chair

On March 20, 1899, Martha Place, convicted of the murder of her stepdaughter, became the first woman to die in the electric chair. The execution was carried out at New York's Auburn Prison.

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