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News HRW: Morocco authorities obstructing independent rights organization
HRW: Morocco authorities obstructing independent rights organization
Lawrenz Fares
February 20, 2017 12:51:51 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday that Moroccan authorities have been on a two-year campaign to obstruct Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) , the country's largest independent human rights organization. According to HRW,...

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Federal appeals court suspends immigration order proceedings
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February 17, 2017 12:12:51 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday issued a stay of proceedings concerning President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. Representatives from the Department of Justice...

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News Washington Supreme Court rules florist broke anti-discrimination laws
Washington Supreme Court rules florist broke anti-discrimination laws
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February 17, 2017 11:33:31 am

The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a florist that refused to sell flowers to a same-sex couple for their wedding violated the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) . The WLAD bars "unfair practices of...

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HRW: Pakistan forcefully removing Afghan refugees
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February 13, 2017 01:21:31 pm

Pakistani authorities have driven nearly 600,000 Afghan refugees back into Afghanistan since July 2016, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Monday. HRW claims that among those being forced out of the country are 365,000...

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DuPont and Chemours Co settle lawsuits relating to chemical leaks
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February 13, 2017 12:52:14 pm

DuPont and Chemours Co settled approximately 3,550 personal injury claims for $671 million on Monday. The claims arose after a leak of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) , a chemical used to make Teflon with known...

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New Hampshire lawmakers approve permitless conceal carry bill
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February 10, 2017 12:28:27 pm

The New Hampshire House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would repeal the law prohibiting state citizens from carrying concealed firearms without a permit. Though similar bills have passed through...

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Romania justice minister resigns after corruption decree
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February 10, 2017 11:57:42 am

Romanian Justice Minister Florin Iordache, the man who originally introduced the corruption decree that sparked large protests , resigned on Thursday in the wake of protests calling for the government to resign. During his press...

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HRW: Saudi Arabia intensifies actions against human rights advocates
Lawrenz Fares
February 6, 2017 01:13:08 pm

Saudi Arabia has intensified its arrests and convictions of human rights advocates and dissenting writers in 2017, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Monday. In January a Saudi court sentenced two human rights activists to long...

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News Romania minister to publish details of controversial new bill
Romania minister to publish details of controversial new bill
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February 6, 2017 12:34:00 pm

Romania's Justice Minister Florin Iordache, the man who originally introduced the corruption decree that sparked large protests , announced on Monday morning that he would soon publish details of an alternative bill to update the criminal...

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South Dakota lawmakers repeal voter-approved anti-corruption law
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February 3, 2017 12:35:08 pm

South Dakota lawmakers on Thursday repealed an anti-corruption measure that was approved by voter referendum in November. According to Yes22 , the organization which helped mobilize voter support for the referendum, IM 22 aimed to...

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President Lincoln signs Naitonal Banking Act into law

On February 26, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the National Banking Act into law, creating the American banking charter system. The Act furthermore created the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) within the Treasury Department. The law was further intended to help raise money for the Civil War by pressing banks to buy federal as opposed to state bonds. The law was not as successful as intended in this regard and was soon replaced by the National Banking Act of 1864. Read the history of the OCC from the US Department of the Treasury.

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