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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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News Northern Ireland political party blocks passage of same-sex marriage law
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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News Amnesty urges war crime investigation into Yemen hospital airstrike
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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News Federal judge dismisses challenge to NSA surveillance
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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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ordered dissolution of Standard Oil

On May 15, 1911, the US Supreme Court found Standard Oil in violation of the Sherman Act and ordered its dissolution.

Read Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S.

Austrian State Treaty signed

On May 15, 1955, the Allied Powers of World War II and representatives of Austria signed the Österreichischer Staatsvertrag (Austrian State Treaty), which re-established Austria as an independent nation for the first time since it was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. The treaty explicitly forbade any future attempts to unify with Germany.

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