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News Poland official: US hindering investigation into secret CIA prison
Poland official: US hindering investigation into secret CIA prison
Dominic Yobbi
June 14, 2015 04:17:02 pm

The US is hindering Poland's investigation into a secret CIA prison there, a Polish prosecutor said Saturday. Piotr Kosmaty, spokesman for the Appeals Prosecutor's Office in Krakow that is doing the investigation, said that the US has...

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News Belgium court rules metadata retention law unconsitutional
Belgium court rules metadata retention law unconsitutional
Dominic Yobbi
June 12, 2015 08:30:30 am

The Constitutional Court of Belgium on Thursday ruled that a law requiring Internet service providers and telecommunications operators to retain customer metadata for possible future police investigations violates fundamental privacy rights and is...

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News North Carolina lawmakers vote same-sex marriage religious exemption bill into law
North Carolina lawmakers vote same-sex marriage religious exemption bill into law
Dominic Yobbi
June 12, 2015 07:57:55 am

The North Carolina House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law that would allow some court officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages based on their religious beliefs, overriding a veto by Governor...

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News AP: UN report finds sexual abuse by peacekeepers consistently goes unreported
AP: UN report finds sexual abuse by peacekeepers consistently goes unreported
Dominic Yobbi
June 11, 2015 09:40:03 am

According to an unreleased report obtained by the Associated Press , some members of a UN peacekeeping mission engaged in sexual exploitation with more than 200 Haitian women, telling them that they had to in order...

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News Greece to introduce bill giving same-sex couples civil union rights
Greece to introduce bill giving same-sex couples civil union rights
Dominic Yobbi
June 11, 2015 08:16:16 am

Greece's Ministry of Justice on Wednesday unveiled plans to introduce legislation giving civil union rights to same-sex couples. This marks the first time in the country's history that such legislation...

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Burundi opposition leader says presidential elections must be held by August
Dominic Yobbi
June 7, 2015 01:55:39 pm

Burundi opposition leader Agathon Rwasa on Saturday said that a presidential election must be held by August so that a newly elected government is in place by the time current president Pierre Nkurunziza's term ends...

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British ship embarks on rescue mission of over 500 migrants in Mediterranean
Dominic Yobbi
June 7, 2015 01:30:35 pm

A British warship sailing in the Mediterranean Sea launched a mission on Sunday to rescue over 500 migrants stranded at sea, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement. A Royal Navy helicopter has found four...

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News Arizona abortion law challenged
Arizona abortion law challenged
Dominic Yobbi
June 5, 2015 09:28:37 am

Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit on Thursday in federal court to block part of a new Arizona law that requires doctors to tell...

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News EU lawyer: unemployed migrants not entitled to social benefits
EU lawyer: unemployed migrants not entitled to social benefits
Dominic Yobbi
June 5, 2015 08:46:39 am

A top EU legal adviser stated on Thursday that unemployed EU migrants are not automatically entitled to social benefits during their first three months in a different EU country. The recommendation came from the advocate general of the...

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Muslim rights organization calls for investigation into fatal shooting in Boston
Dominic Yobbi
June 4, 2015 09:55:39 am

A Muslim rights organization called Wednesday for a thorough investigation into the fatal shooting of a Muslim man in Boston. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) made the request a day after 26-year-old Usaama Rahim was killed...

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French chemist Antoine Lavoisier guillotined

French revolutionaries guillotined chemist Antoine Lavoisier on May 8, 1794 over his investment in a private tax collecting company purchased 26 years prior. Learn more about the life of Antoine Lavoisier.

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