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News UK House of Lords vote sets roadblock for Brexit
UK House of Lords vote sets roadblock for Brexit
David Zwier
April 19, 2018 12:47:39 pm

The House of Lords passed Wednesday two amendments that hinder the UK's effort to leave the EU known as Brexit. The amendments address the EU (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 and require ministers to explore...

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News UN rights committee: Bolivia violated human rights by barring two mayoral candidates from elections
UN rights committee: Bolivia violated human rights by barring two mayoral candidates from elections
David Zwier
April 18, 2018 01:40:32 pm

The UN Human Rights Committee issued two decisions Wednesday finding, in the cases of former MPs Rebeca Delgado Burgoa and Eduardo Maldonado Iporre , that Bolivia violated their human rights by denying access...

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News Navajo Nation sues opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies
Navajo Nation sues opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies
David Zwier
April 12, 2018 01:37:38 pm

The Navajo Nation filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of New Mexico seeking damages from 11 major opioid drug manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies. The claim asserts that...

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News District Court: Colorado presidential electors bound by state law to echo popular vote
District Court: Colorado presidential electors bound by state law to echo popular vote
David Zwier
April 11, 2018 01:36:30 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colorado on Wednesday ruled that Colorado may bind its presidential electors to cast their votes for the winner of the state's popular vote. Senior Judge...

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News Former Catalan chief of police charged with sedition
Former Catalan chief of police charged with sedition
David Zwier
April 5, 2018 01:49:33 pm

Judge Carmen Lamela of Spain's National Court on Wednesday charged the former Catalan chief of police, Josep Lluís Trapero, with sedition for his role in the 2017 independence...

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UN experts urge France to improve water and sanitation in migrant camps
David Zwier
April 4, 2018 11:49:45 am

UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged France to provide adequate emergency shelter, access to drinking water and sanitation facilities, to thousands of migrants living in camps on the northern French coast. "Migrants, regardless of their status," the...

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News UN human rights committee to Poland parliament: reject anti-abortion bill
UN human rights committee to Poland parliament: reject anti-abortion bill
David Zwier
March 22, 2018 01:17:57 pm

A committee of independent experts under the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday urged the Polish parliament to reject a proposed bill that would further restrict abortion rights in Poland. The bill would ban abortion in...

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News Supreme Court stays Missouri execution over dissent of four justices
Supreme Court stays Missouri execution over dissent of four justices
David Zwier
March 21, 2018 01:00:34 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a stay to Russell Bucklew who was scheduled to be executed that evening. The brief order stayed the execution pending a writ of certiorari to the court because of...

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News Japan court orders Fukushima operator to pay voluntary evacuees
Japan court orders Fukushima operator to pay voluntary evacuees
David Zwier
March 16, 2018 07:18:52 am

The Kyoto District Court ruled Thursday that the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) , which operated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, was liable to voluntary evacuees in the sum of USD $1 million for failing to take adequate...

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PA Attorney General sues Uber over data breach
David Zwier
March 6, 2018 01:17:35 pm

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday filed a lawsuit against Uber for violating the state's Breach of Personal Information Notification Act . "Uber violated Pennsylvania law by failing to put our residents on...

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Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in

On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. Learn more about the Watergate scandal.

South Africa repeals racial classification law

On June 17, 1991, South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act. Since its passage in 1950, the Act had required every South African to be racially classified at birth. These classifications, in turn, would determined the child's social and political rights for the rest of his or her life in South Africa. Learn more about the History of Apartheid in South Africa from Standford University.

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