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News Zimbabwe rights defenders facing harassment: report
Zimbabwe rights defenders facing harassment: report
Addison Morris
November 26, 2012 01:25:32 pm

Human rights defenders in Zimbabwe continue to be harassed, victimized and threatened, according to a report released Monday by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS) . The OBS, a joint program of...

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News Afghanistan government ends death penalty moratorium with 8 executions
Afghanistan government ends death penalty moratorium with 8 executions
Addison Morris
November 21, 2012 11:11:31 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the Afghan government to institute a moratorium on further executions after eight men were hanged, marking an end of Afghanistan's four-year virtual moratorium on the death penalty. Human...

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News ICJ rules for Colombia in dispute with Nicaragua over islands
ICJ rules for Colombia in dispute with Nicaragua over islands
Addison Morris
November 19, 2012 01:52:04 pm

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ended a long-running territorial and maritime dispute between Colombia and Nicaragua by ruling Monday that Colombia has sovereignty over a group of small islands in the western...

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News Uruguay lawmakers propose legislation for state-regulated marijuana
Uruguay lawmakers propose legislation for state-regulated marijuana
Addison Morris
November 16, 2012 01:33:25 pm

Lawmakers in Uruguay on Thursday formally proposed to Congress a framework for the regulation of the production, sale and consumption of marijuana in an attempt to reduce drug-related violence. While the use of cannabis...

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News HRW: Abused migrant women fear deportation from Belgium
HRW: Abused migrant women fear deportation from Belgium
Addison Morris
November 9, 2012 12:44:08 pm

Fear of deportation prevents many migrant women in Belgium from seeking necessary protection from domestic violence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Friday. The 57-page report, entitled "'The Law was Against Me':...

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News Canada high court rules against Pfizer on Viagra patent
Canada high court rules against Pfizer on Viagra patent
Addison Morris
November 8, 2012 12:31:59 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that the Viagra patent held by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. is no longer valid, opening the door for generic competition. The court ruled 7-0...

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No lynchings reported in US for first time

On December 30, 1952, the Tuskegee Institute reported that 1952 was the first year of no lynchings of African Americans in the United States in the 71 years it had kept records. Learn more about lynching and listen to Billie Holiday's jazz recording of the 1938 protest song Strange Fruit.

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On December 30, 1922, representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucus approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). During World War II, the USSR would also annex Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova. Learn more about the history of the USSR from the BBC.

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