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News Massachusetts to join lawsuit against revised travel ban
Massachusetts to join lawsuit against revised travel ban
Matthew Santiago
March 10, 2017 03:58:03 pm

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey declared on Thursday that Massachusetts will be joining fellow states in suing President Donald Trump to block his new travel ban executed on Monday. Trump's new executive order has removed Iraq...

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News UN reports recent human rights violations in southern Turkey
UN reports recent human rights violations in southern Turkey
Matthew Santiago
March 10, 2017 02:06:17 pm

The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) published a report on Friday describing a plethora of human rights violations committed by the Turkish government between July 2015 and December 2016. Satellite imagery analysis has revealed [OHCHR...

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News Bangladesh passes law allowing some child marriages
Bangladesh passes law allowing some child marriages
Matthew Santiago
February 28, 2017 02:21:01 pm

The Bangladesh Parliament on Monday passed revisions to the Child Marriage Restraint Act , allowing girls under the age of 18 to be married under "special circumstances." The revisions do not change the...

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News Turkish political party asks Europe rights court to investigate arrest of leaders
Turkish political party asks Europe rights court to investigate arrest of leaders
Matthew Santiago
February 21, 2017 12:25:56 pm

The People's Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey filed an application Monday asking the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to address the continuous and allegedly unlawful imprisonment of the party's co-chairs. Thirteen HDP politicians...

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News Israel court sentences soldier for executing Palestinian
Israel court sentences soldier for executing Palestinian
Matthew Santiago
February 21, 2017 11:29:36 am

A Tel Aviv military court on Tuesday issued an 18-month prison sentence to an Israeli soldier who stirred Middle Eastern tensions after executing a Palestinian last year. Contrary to military guidelines, Sgt. Elor Azaria, an army medic, shot [AP...

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News Federal appeals court rules for pro-marijuana student group denied trademarks
Federal appeals court rules for pro-marijuana student group denied trademarks
Matthew Santiago
February 15, 2017 09:21:54 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of a pro-marijuana student group that was barred from using university trademarks. Iowa State University (ISU) [official...

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News Montenegro parliament moves against members connected to coup
Montenegro parliament moves against members connected to coup
Matthew Santiago
February 15, 2017 08:46:40 am

The Parliament of Montenegro on Monday provisionally approved a motion requesting that immunity be lifted for two officials possibly involved in an attempted coup last October. The motion, raised by Chief Special Prosecutor Milivoje Katnic,...

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DOJ urges reinstatement of immigration order
Matthew Santiago
February 7, 2017 03:32:11 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appellate brief Monday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit calling for the reinstatement of President Donald Trump's controversial immigration order. Regarding...

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News Israel parliament retroactively legalizes West Bank settlements
Israel parliament retroactively legalizes West Bank settlements
Matthew Santiago
February 7, 2017 02:02:16 pm

Israel's Knesset on Monday voted 60-52 in favor of a bill that retroactively legalizes the thousands of Jewish settlement homes currently located in the Palestinian West Bank territory. The new legislation allows the government to...

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Pakistan places leader of 2008 Mumbai attacks under house arrest
Matthew Santiago
January 31, 2017 03:02:51 pm

Pakistani authorities on Monday placed militant leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed under house arrest for his connection to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the charity known as Jamaat-ud-Dawa . Saeed has been accused of orchestrating the...

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US Supreme Court heard Bush v. Gore

On December 11, 2000, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Bush v. Gore Presidential recount case.

Listen to the arguments and/or read the transcripts on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia website at Northwestern University.

UNICEF established

On December 11, 1946, the United Nations General Assembly established the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to aid child victims of World War II. UNICEF became a permanent UN agency in 1953.

Learn more about the mission of UNICEF and read the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child.

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