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News UK launches action plan to promote transgender equality
UK launches action plan to promote transgender equality
Michael Haggerson
December 8, 2011 03:28:53 pm

The UK Home Office Government Equalities Office on Thursday announced the UK's first ever government action plan promoting transgender equality . The plan stated that there was a 14 percent rise in transgender-related hate...

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News Malawi to review controversial anti-homosexuality law
Malawi to review controversial anti-homosexuality law
Michael Haggerson
December 8, 2011 02:49:52 pm

Malawian Justice Minister Ephraim Chiume said Thursday that President Bingu wa Mutharika has ordered the Malawi Law Commission to review several controversial laws, including a law banning homosexual acts. Chiume stated that the review was in response...

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News HRW report: lesbians and transgender men face discrimination in South Africa
HRW report: lesbians and transgender men face discrimination in South Africa
Michael Haggerson
December 6, 2011 03:26:08 pm

Lesbians and transgender men in South Africa face discrimination and fear violence on a daily basis from both private individuals and government officials, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Monday. The report argues...

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News International election fraud monitor concerned about Russia election process
International election fraud monitor concerned about Russia election process
Michael Haggerson
December 6, 2011 02:01:10 pm

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) issued preliminary findings on Sunday stating that the Russian election was "characterized by frequent procedural violations and instances of apparent manipulation." The report noted...

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News Canada citizen removed from UN terrorist list
Canada citizen removed from UN terrorist list
Michael Haggerson
December 2, 2011 01:56:00 pm

Sudanese-born Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik was removed from the UN Security Council Al Qaeda Sanctions List (1267 List) on Thursday. Abdelrazik was added to the list while being held in Sudan...

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News UN rights chief: more than 4,000 dead in Syria conflict
UN rights chief: more than 4,000 dead in Syria conflict
Michael Haggerson
December 1, 2011 03:03:18 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay stated on Thursday that the death toll in Syria during the eight-month uprising has surpassed 4,000 . Pillay recommended that the UN Security Council...

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News Egypt military council apologizes for deaths of protesters
Egypt military council apologizes for deaths of protesters
Michael Haggerson
November 24, 2011 03:14:39 pm

Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on Thursday called for an end to violence against protesters and reiterated that demonstrations were a protected right, as long as they were done peacefully. The SCAF also assured...

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News British Columbia Supreme Court upholds anti-polygamy law
British Columbia Supreme Court upholds anti-polygamy law
Michael Haggerson
November 24, 2011 02:06:54 pm

The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled on Wednesday that a law banning polygamy was constitutional. The law was under challenge by two bishops of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of...

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News Prosecutors appeal decision to release Khmer Rouge leader
Prosecutors appeal decision to release Khmer Rouge leader
Michael Haggerson
November 18, 2011 01:42:18 pm

Prosecutors in the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) filed an immediate appeal on Friday of the court's decision to release Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith [ECCC...

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California high court rules Proposition 8 sponsors may defend it in court
Michael Haggerson
November 17, 2011 03:20:10 pm

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sponsors of Proposition 8 and other ballot initiatives can defend them in court when the state refuses to do so....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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