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News HRW: Venezuela should end censorship, media intimidation
HRW: Venezuela should end censorship, media intimidation
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 12, 2013 01:49:49 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday called on the Venezuela government to end its censorship and intimidation of media that challenge official reports regarding President Hugo Chavez . Chavez supporters are...

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News Veterans discharged under DADT to receive full separation pay
Veterans discharged under DADT to receive full separation pay
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 8, 2013 11:22:34 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday announced a settlement with the federal government to provide full separation payment to service members discharged under the controversial Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy....

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News Texas judge allows state to defund Planned Parenthood
Texas judge allows state to defund Planned Parenthood
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 1, 2013 03:13:35 pm

Visiting Judge Gary Harger ruled Monday that Texas may defund Planned Parenthood through its Affiliate Ban Rule . The rule denies funding to any organization participating in the state's Women's Health...

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News Egypt president signs new constitution into law
Egypt president signs new constitution into law
Julie Deisher-Edwards
December 26, 2012 12:08:14 pm

President Mohammed Morsi signed Egypt's new constitution into law late Tuesday, which was supported by over 63 percent of those who voted in the referendum. However, only 32.9% of Egypt's total of 52 million voters...

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News Georgia state judge enjoins post-20 week abortion ban
Georgia state judge enjoins post-20 week abortion ban
Julie Deisher-Edwards
December 26, 2012 10:36:00 am

A judge for the Superior Court of Fulton County granted a temporary injunction on a law banning doctors from providing abortions for women pregnant beyond 20 weeks. The law in question was Georgia House Bill 954,...

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News UK court refuses to hear drone strike case
UK court refuses to hear drone strike case
Julie Deisher-Edwards
December 21, 2012 03:51:42 pm

The High Court of England and Wales has refused to allow a legal challenge to the possible role of the UK's spy agencies in aiding CIA drone strikes in Pakistan. Noor Khan, the plaintiff, lives in Miranshah, North...

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News Russia lawmakers approve ban on US adoptions
Russia lawmakers approve ban on US adoptions
Julie Deisher-Edwards
December 21, 2012 02:42:14 pm

The Russian state Duma approved a bill on Friday banning Americans from adopting Russian children . The Duma later expanded the bill to include foreigners from all countries alleged to have violated Russians'...

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News Former Russia police officer found guilty for Politkovskaya murder
Former Russia police officer found guilty for Politkovskaya murder
Julie Deisher-Edwards
December 15, 2012 12:37:51 pm

Former Russian police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov was found guilty on Friday for his role in the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Pavlyuchenkov, who was a lieutenant colonel at the time of...

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News Supreme Court asked to review Nevada same-sex marriage ban
Supreme Court asked to review Nevada same-sex marriage ban
Julie Deisher-Edwards
December 6, 2012 10:49:16 am

The Coalition for the Protection of Marriage, a non-profit corporation in Nevada which opposes same-sex marriage, petitioned the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to grant a writ of certiorari to determine "whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection...

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News AI: gross human rights abuses committed during conflict in Yemen
AI: gross human rights abuses committed during conflict in Yemen
Julie Deisher-Edwards
December 4, 2012 12:47:49 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday identified a series of gross human rights abuses committed by al Qaeda affiliates and Yemen's government forces during the 2011–2012 conflict over control of the country's southern region of Abyan....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

British Mandate for Palestine goes into effect

The League of Nations Mandate for Palestine went into effect on September 29, 1923, granting the United Kingdom administrative control of Palestine. It also directed the UK to facilitate the creation of a Jewish state in the region pursuant to the 1917 Balfour Declaration. Learn more about the British Mandate for Palestine.

First Congressional invocation of War Powers Act

On September 29, 1983, Congress invoked the War Powers Act for the first time, authorizing President Ronald Reagan to keep US Marines in Lebanon for another 18 months.

Tweleve Europe Nations create CERN

On September 29, 1954, twelve European nations signed a convention, creating the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The laboratory was later constructed in Geneva, Switzerland. Learn more about the history of CERN.

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