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News South Carolina removes Confederate flag from state house
South Carolina removes Confederate flag from state house
Colleen Mallick
July 10, 2015 02:55:41 pm

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed into law a bill on Thursday to remove the Confederate flag from the state's legislature. The South Carolina Senate approved the bill Tuesday...

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News Court rules NSA may temporarily resume metadata collection
Court rules NSA may temporarily resume metadata collection
Colleen Mallick
July 1, 2015 11:19:27 am

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled Monday that the National Security Agency(NSA) may temporarily resume its program of systematically collecting Americans' phone data in bulk. The program lapsed on June 1 after the...

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News France authorities charge beheading suspect with murder and terrorism
France authorities charge beheading suspect with murder and terrorism
Colleen Mallick
July 1, 2015 02:22:23 am

France's chief prosecutor said on Tuesday that the man who allegedly beheaded his boss, pinned the severed head on a fence post and tried to blow up an industrial plant will be charged with terrorism and murder. The announcement...

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News US House passes compromise trade bill
US House passes compromise trade bill
Colleen Mallick
June 26, 2015 12:28:31 pm

The US House of Representatives voted 286-138 to approve a trade law that provides assistance to workers who lose their jobs to international trade and renews President Barack Obama's authority to negotiate trade deals on...

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News California mandates school vaccinations
California mandates school vaccinations
Colleen Mallick
June 26, 2015 10:33:39 am

The California State Assembly on Thursday passed legislation requiring schoolchildren to be vaccinated unless there is a medical reason not to do so. The measure ends exemptions among parents opposed to vaccination due to personal or...

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News Supreme Court rules prosecutors must prove dealers knew synthetic drugs were illegal
Supreme Court rules prosecutors must prove dealers knew synthetic drugs were illegal
Colleen Mallick
June 19, 2015 09:41:39 am

The US Supreme Court ruled in McFadden v. United States on Thursday that in a synthetic drug case, the government must prove that the defendant understood that he was dealing a substance regulated...

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News Supreme Court upholds capital murder conviction despite minority exclusion from jury
Supreme Court upholds capital murder conviction despite minority exclusion from jury
Colleen Mallick
June 19, 2015 09:17:33 am

The US Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the death sentence of a California man convicted of murder 25 years ago, despite evidence that seven of the prosecution’s peremptory challenges to jurors in the case were...

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News HRW: Rights groups call on Kenya to end harassment of NGOs
HRW: Rights groups call on Kenya to end harassment of NGOs
Colleen Mallick
June 12, 2015 01:21:49 pm

Humans Rights Watch (HRW) , along with Amnesty International, Civil Society Organizations Reference Group and National Civil Society Congress called on authorities in Kenya on Thursday to stop the harassment and intimidation of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the...

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News UN rights chief, EU urge Pakistan death penalty moratorium
UN rights chief, EU urge Pakistan death penalty moratorium
Colleen Mallick
June 12, 2015 12:41:30 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein and a spokesperson for the EU on Thursday demanded that the government of Pakistan reinstate its death penalty moratorium. The EU also called on the Pakistani government...

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UN SG sets up independent review of CAR sex abuse allegations
Colleen Mallick
June 5, 2015 10:49:22 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday that in light of allegations of sexual abuse in the Central African Republic (CAR) by foreign troops not under UN control, an External Independent Review will be set up to examine...

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European Community established

On January 1, 1958, the European Community (EC), the predecessor to the European Union (EU), was created when the Treaty of Rome officially went into effect. This represented the culmination of efforts since the end of World War II to closely tie the nations of Europe as a way of preventing future wars. The original members were France, West Germany, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The EC has since expanded to become the EU, encompassing most of Europe in the fifty years since its creation. Learn more about the early development of the EC from 1945 through 1959.

Emancipation Proclamation final version issued

On January 1, 1863, US President Abraham Lincoln issued the final version of the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in states in rebellion against the Union. Lincoln had issued a previous version in September 1862, warning of the January action. Learn more about the Emancipation Proclamation.

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