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News Britain condemns Kerry’s Israel remarks
Britain condemns Kerry’s Israel remarks
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December 30, 2016 03:11:30 pm

A spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday condemned remarks made by US Secretary of State John Kerry on the current Israeli government. In a speech given on Thursday, Kerry...

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UK Supreme Court hears Brexit referendum not legally binding
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December 7, 2016 01:39:35 pm

The UK Supreme Court heard an argument on Wednesday that the referendum vote to leave the EU is not legally binding. The appeal of last month's ruling argued that only Parliament has the...

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News US concludes Syria airstrikes not in violation of international law
US concludes Syria airstrikes not in violation of international law
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November 30, 2016 01:13:55 pm

US Central Command concluded on Wednesday that airstrikes carried out by the US-led coalition near Dayr az Zawr, Syria, in September did not violate international law. According to Russian sources , the strike killed...

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UK mass surveillance bill becomes law
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November 29, 2016 01:08:12 pm

The UK's Investigatory Powers Bill was given royal assent and became law on Tuesday. The bill gives the UK's intelligence agency a wide variety of tools to monitor the online activity of all UK citizens. The bill...

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UN extends condolences after Fidel Castro’s death
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November 26, 2016 04:27:27 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave his condolences to the Cuban people and the family of the nation’s former President Fidel Castro, who passed away late Friday night. Ban spoke on the last...

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November 22, 2016 01:04:58 pm

US President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that he would issue a notification of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on his first day in office. Trump called the TPP a "potential disaster for our...

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DC lawmakers approve ‘Death with Dignity’ bill
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November 16, 2016 01:15:08 pm

In an 11-2 vote on Tuesday the District of Columbia Council approved a "Death with Dignity" bill that would allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives with a physician's help. Under...

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November 15, 2016 01:25:46 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Detroit citizens seeking to stop the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) [official...

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Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Washington voters approve minimum wage increases
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November 10, 2016 08:06:05 am

Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington all approved minimum wage increase initiatives Tuesday, while South Dakota rejected a measure to lower the minimum wage. In Arizona, Proposition 206, which proposed raising minimum wage from the current...

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Senators ask FTC to review EpiPen manufacturer
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November 8, 2016 12:50:44 pm

Two members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Monday asking them to review Mylan NV , the manufacturer of the EpiPen allergy shot....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First US life insurance company incorporated

On January 11, 1759, America's first life insurance company was incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers was established by Presbyterians to support the families of their ministers. In 1988, the company's name was changed to the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund. The company later became Covenant Life Insurance Company before being acquired by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in 2002. Read a history of the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund from the Pennsylvania Historical Society.

Treaty ended Anglo-American claims, courts in China

On January 11, 1943, the United States and Great Britain relinquished by treaty their extraterritorial claims in China. This abandonment effectively ended the jurisdiction of the extraterritorial United States Court for China (established 1906) and the British Supreme Court in China. Read more about the United States Court for China, which one scholar has called "probably the strangest federal tribunal ever constituted by Congress," in a short online history of the US Ninth Circuit.

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