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News UN rights chief urges action following Pakistan ‘honor killing’
UN rights chief urges action following Pakistan ‘honor killing’
Dominic Yobbi
May 29, 2014 06:39:44 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday condemned the killing of a 25-year-old pregnant woman who was stoned to death in a so-called "honor killing." Farzana Iqbal was killed by her family...

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News Federal appeals court blocks Idaho same-sex marriage ruling
Federal appeals court blocks Idaho same-sex marriage ruling
Dominic Yobbi
May 22, 2014 09:24:05 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday granted Idaho's request for a stay pending appeal of a recent decision by a federal judge to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage....

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ICC rules it may prosecute Gaddafi’s son
Dominic Yobbi
May 22, 2014 08:21:36 am

The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Wednesday that the case against Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may proceed in the ICC and that Libyan authorities must immediately surrender Saif al-Islam to The...

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Texas execution halted over intellectual disability claim
Dominic Yobbi
May 15, 2014 09:33:20 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday granted a stay of execution for a Texas inmate just hours before he was to be put to death in order to review his...

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Amnesty launches global anti-torture campaign
Dominic Yobbi
May 15, 2014 08:28:48 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday launched a global anti-torture campaign, as it released a report summarizing the results of a global survey analyzing attitudes towards torture in 141 countries. The report found that 44 percent...

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Dominic Yobbi
May 2, 2014 03:56:47 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced a settlement with eBay in a lawsuit accusing the company of making deals with Intuit not to recruit each others' employees. The deal between the two...

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UN rights chief warns South Sudan on verge of catastrophe
Dominic Yobbi
May 1, 2014 03:50:22 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday stated that the power struggle between Sudanese president Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar is pushing the nation towards "catastrophe." While visiting South Sudan...

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ICC summons witnesses in trial of Kenya VP Ruto
Dominic Yobbi
April 18, 2014 02:30:22 pm

The International Criminal Court on Thursday granted the prosecution's request to subpoena eight Kenyan witnesses in the trial of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto . The witnesses are no...

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UN rights expert urges Israel to prevent settlement of West Bank building
Dominic Yobbi
April 16, 2014 10:01:08 am

An independent UN human rights expert on Tuesday urged Israel to prevent settlers from taking over a building in the West Bank city of Hebron. The Al-Rajabi House is a four-story building capable of housing...

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Crimean lawmakers approve new pro-Russian constitution
Dominic Yobbi
April 11, 2014 01:43:03 pm

The State Council of the Republic of Crimea on Friday voted unanimously in favor of adopting a new constitution that will make Crimea part of the Russian Federation. The constitution, consisting of 10 chapters...

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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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On April 24, 1800, US President John Adams approved $5,000 to fund the establishment of the US Library of Congress. Learn more about the history of the US Library of Congress.

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