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News Charges to be raised against Jewish extremists suspected of deadly arson
Charges to be raised against Jewish extremists suspected of deadly arson
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
December 26, 2015 01:31:32 pm

Months after a deadly July arson attack that left an 18-month old Palestinian and his parents dead, the Israeli government is making moves to prosecute the Jewish extremists suspected to have...

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News Bangladesh and Russia sign $12.65 billion nuclear power deal
Bangladesh and Russia sign $12.65 billion nuclear power deal
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
December 26, 2015 12:35:59 pm

Bangladesh and Russia signed a $12.65 billion nuclear power deal on Friday. The state-run Atomic Energy Commission collaborated with the Russian Government and Rosatom to cement the deal. Kamrul Islam Bhyian, spokesman for...

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News Dutch court: Nigeria farmers can sue Shell in Netherlands
Dutch court: Nigeria farmers can sue Shell in Netherlands
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
December 18, 2015 03:44:47 pm

The Hague Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the Royal Dutch Shell can be sued in a Dutch court for their involvement in oil leaks in Nigeria. The ruling stems from a suit...

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News Google facing privacy violation complaint
Google facing privacy violation complaint
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
December 2, 2015 12:25:08 pm

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a personal privacy violation complaint on Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Google . The complaint outlines that the default "sync" setting of Chromebooks [product...

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News Amnesty: El Salvador abortion law breeding ‘atmosphere of fear’
Amnesty: El Salvador abortion law breeding ‘atmosphere of fear’
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 30, 2015 12:18:19 pm

El Salvador's complete ban on abortion negatively affects not only women and girls, but also their families, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Monday. The report indicates that...

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News Colombia president pardons 30 FARC soldiers
Colombia president pardons 30 FARC soldiers
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 23, 2015 01:22:22 pm

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday pardoned 30 former guerrilla soldiers in jail for non-violent crimes. Yesid Alvarado Reyes , Colombian Minister of Justice and Law, explained that...

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News Bangladesh top court upholds opposition leaders’ death sentence
Bangladesh top court upholds opposition leaders’ death sentence
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 18, 2015 12:54:19 pm

The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of two opposition leaders who were convicted of war crimes for their involvement in the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, second in...

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News UN: Islamic State brutality increasing in Central Libya
UN: Islamic State brutality increasing in Central Libya
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 16, 2015 12:38:56 pm

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a 37-page report on Monday calling on those with ground-level control to declare that recent acts by the Islamic State (IS) and other militants will not be tolerated and "to...

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News Obama administration backs amendment to add sexual orientation, gender identity to Civil Rights Act
Obama administration backs amendment to add sexual orientation, gender identity to Civil Rights Act
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 11, 2015 01:29:38 pm

A White House spokesperson on Tuesday expressed President Barack Obama's support for legislationy that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity through an amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The legislation had...

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HRW: 400,000 Syria refugee children not in school
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 10, 2015 09:48:09 am

More than 400,000 Syrian refugee children living in Turkey are not receiving an education, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sunday in a 62-page report . The report and accompanying press release note that, although the Turkish...

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First international arbitration court founded

On February 6, 1900, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) was founded with the ratification of the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Set at The Hague in the Netherlands, the PCA was the first international tribunal established to settle disputes between nations. The PCA was later revised by the subsequent 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Today, the PCA is housed at the Peace Palace in The Hague and is comprised of 109 member countries.

20th Amendment to the US Constitution ratified

On February 6, 1933, the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified by the requisite majority of states, moving the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January in an effort to shorten the problematic "lame duck" period.

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