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News France lifts ban on gay blood donors
France lifts ban on gay blood donors
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 4, 2015 12:42:14 pm

The French government on Wednesday lifted the prohibition on blood donations by gay men. French Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Women's Rights Marisol Touraine , announced that...

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Northern Ireland political party blocks passage of same-sex marriage law
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
November 3, 2015 07:40:02 am

The Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on Monday filed a petition of concern , effectively blocking the region's fifth attempt at legalizing same-sex marriage. The matter came to a vote Monday morning in the Northern...

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Amnesty urges war crime investigation into Yemen hospital airstrike
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
October 28, 2015 01:18:12 pm

Amnesty International (AI) has called Tuesday for an independent investigation into possible war crimes surrounding the destruction of a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Yemen. According to local sources, the Saudi-Arabia led...

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Federal judge dismisses challenge to NSA surveillance
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
October 27, 2015 07:30:08 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other human rights organizations...

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On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland.

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