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News Egyptian authorities detain Al Jazeera journalists
Egyptian authorities detain Al Jazeera journalists
Laura Klein Mullen
December 30, 2013 10:02:31 am

Egyptian authorities on Sunday detained four journalists working for the Al Jazeera English news channel. The journalists have been accused of broadcasting illegally, spreading false information and information aimed at inciting the public, and meeting with members...

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French Constitutional Council approves income tax on wealthy
Laura Klein Mullen
December 30, 2013 10:01:39 am

The French Constitutional Council on Sunday approved a controversial tax of up to 75 percent on companies paying salaries over 1 million euros ($1.375 million USD). The super tax had been a campaign...

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South Sudan government agrees to conditional truce
Laura Klein Mullen
December 27, 2013 06:06:02 pm

The government of South Sudan on Friday offered to immediately cease fighting with the rebels, but warned that its forces would not hesitate to defend themselves in the event of an attack. Violence began after ethnic Dinka,...

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News Federal judge rules NSA data collection legal and useful
Federal judge rules NSA data collection legal and useful
Laura Klein Mullen
December 27, 2013 05:42:43 pm

A federal judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Friday that the National Security Agency's (NSA) PRISM program, which includes massive collection of...

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News Congress passes budget deal to scale back spending cuts
Congress passes budget deal to scale back spending cuts
Laura Klein Mullen
December 19, 2013 12:52:40 pm

The US Senate passed a spending bill and presented the legislation to President Obama on Wednesday, scaling back the across-the-board spending cuts that went into place earlier this year. The bill also passed the US...

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Inquiry reveals UK officers may be complicit in torture of terror suspects
Laura Klein Mullen
December 19, 2013 12:51:59 pm

The British National Security and Intelligence Committee revealed in a report on Thursday that an investigation has found evidence that Britain has been complicit in the torture and rendition of terror suspects. The investigation was run by...

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US prosecutors charge 49 Russian diplomats with health care fraud
Laura Klein Mullen
December 5, 2013 02:33:37 pm

US prosecutors unsealed on Thursday charges it has filed against 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their family members for allegedly conspiring to commit health care fraud . The complaint, which was...

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News Zimbabwe judge acquits prominent human rights lawyer
Zimbabwe judge acquits prominent human rights lawyer
Laura Klein Mullen
November 26, 2013 09:45:37 am

A Zimbabwean magistrate on Tuesday acquitted human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa on charges of obstructing justice and being unruly to police officers. Mtetwa was arrested in March , and was determined to be a flight risk....

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News Imprisoned Ukraine opposition leader pledges hunger strike in support of protesters
Imprisoned Ukraine opposition leader pledges hunger strike in support of protesters
Laura Klein Mullen
November 26, 2013 09:44:38 am

Ukraine's imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko announced on Monday that she would go on a hunger strike to show her support for the demonstrators who have been protesting Ukraine's decision...

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ACLU files lawsuit challenging Kansas voter registration system
Laura Klein Mullen
November 21, 2013 02:34:53 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU on Thursday filed a lawsuit in Shawnee County District Court , challenging Kansas' two-tiered voter registration system. The US Supreme Court has ruled that laws requiring...

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28 countries unite against Axis Powers

On January 2, 1942, twenty-eight countries formally agreed not to make peace with the Axis Powers separately. At the time, all twenty-eight were fighting against the Axis as Allies in World War II. The agreement was part of the Declaration by the United Nations, signed the previous day. In December of 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to this group of allies as the "United Nations."

US government agents arrested thousands in Palmer raids

On January 2, 1920, over 500 government agents acting on the direction of US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer carried out a massive counter-terror operation in 33 US cities, arresting between six and ten thousand aliens suspected of Communism, radicalism and anarchism. The "Palmer Raids" and the detentions and deportation proceedings that followed them were denounced by a number of prominent lawyers and judges who later established the American Civil Liberties Union. Read an excerpt from Attorney General Palmer's 1920 article, The Case Against the 'Reds' and learn more about the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare of 1919-20.

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