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News HRW urges new France president to address Egypt’s continued human rights violations
HRW urges new France president to address Egypt’s continued human rights violations
Lindsay Offutt
October 24, 2017 08:23:07 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to raise human rights abuse s during a meeting with Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi in Paris on Tuesday. Tuesday's meeting will be Macron's first meeting...

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News Federal lawsuit alleges Big Pharma firms funded Iraq terrorist organizations
Federal lawsuit alleges Big Pharma firms funded Iraq terrorist organizations
Lindsay Offutt
October 19, 2017 08:08:25 am

US veterans filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday against five big pharmaceutical firms for funding terrorist organizations in Iraq. The suit was brought by more than 100 US veterans and their families for injuries sustained in...

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News SEC files federal lawsuit against mining giant Rio Tinto
SEC files federal lawsuit against mining giant Rio Tinto
Lindsay Offutt
October 19, 2017 07:15:28 am

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against international mining group Rio Tinto and two of its chief executives alleging fraud and deception in violation of federal law. The...

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News Pennsylvania county files lawsuit against opioid manufacturers
Pennsylvania county files lawsuit against opioid manufacturers
Lindsay Offutt
October 17, 2017 09:56:39 am

Pennsylvania's Beaver County filed a lawsuit on Monday against opioid manufacturers. The lawsuit, filed in the Beaver County Court of Common Pleas , accuses manufacturers and doctors of deceptive acts, fraud, unjust enrichment, negligence, misrepresentation...

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News Chelsea bomber Ahmed Rahimi convicted in federal court
Chelsea bomber Ahmed Rahimi convicted in federal court
Lindsay Offutt
October 17, 2017 08:28:01 am

A jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York convicted Chelsea bomber Ahmed Khan Rahimi on Monday on indictments related to bombings and attempted bombings in New York City last September....

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News Germany ratifies convention preventing and combating violence against women
Germany ratifies convention preventing and combating violence against women
Lindsay Offutt
October 13, 2017 08:32:48 am

Germany formally ratified on Thursday the Council of Europe convention on preventing and comabting violence against women and domestic violence . The so-called "Istanbul Convention" criminalizes violence against women in all its forms. The 81 Articles in...

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News WSJ reporter Ayla Albayrak sentenced to 25 months in prison in Turkey
WSJ reporter Ayla Albayrak sentenced to 25 months in prison in Turkey
Lindsay Offutt
October 13, 2017 08:30:13 am

A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Ayla Albayrak in absentia to 25 months in prison for propaganda charges . The conviction underlying the sentence comes as a result of Albayrak's 2015 story...

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News California governor signs drug transparency bill
California governor signs drug transparency bill
Lindsay Offutt
October 10, 2017 08:15:26 am

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Monday aimed at making drug prices for both public and private health plans more transparent. Beginning October 1, 2018, the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development [official...

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News Supreme Court hears two oral arguments to begin the October 2017 term
Supreme Court hears two oral arguments to begin the October 2017 term
Lindsay Offutt
October 3, 2017 09:53:50 am

The Supreme Court began the October 2017 term with oral arguments in two cases, one concerning employment dispute arbitration and the other concerning criminal-removal in immigration proceedings. The first, Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis ,...

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News Federal judge rules Black Lives Matter cannot be sued for officer injuries
Federal judge rules Black Lives Matter cannot be sued for officer injuries
Lindsay Offutt
September 29, 2017 09:39:19 am

Chief Judge Brian Jackson of the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana , held Thursday that a police officer could not sue Black Lives Matter (BLM) for injuries sustained during a protest on July 9, 2016...

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Burma attains independence from UK

On January 4, 1948, Burma became independent of the United Kingdom, regaining national soverignty for the first time since 1885. Fourteen years later, in 1962, a military junta seized power and changed the country's name to Myanmar. Read the Burma Independence Documents, including the independence treaty between the UK and Burma, from the Burma Peace Foundation Archives.

Kent State shootings settlement reached

On January 4, 1979, the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement with victims and relatives of victims shot by National Guardsmen at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Under the settlement, plaintiffs received $675,000. Learn more about the Kent State settlement.

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