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News Philippines takes South China Sea dispute to UN tribunal
Philippines takes South China Sea dispute to UN tribunal
Peter Snyder
January 22, 2013 11:19:32 am

The Philippines on Tuesday notified China that it is seeking international arbitration to declare Chinese claims to the majority of the South China Sea illegal and invalid. Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario stated in...

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News Romania court approves extradition of ex-defense official to US
Romania court approves extradition of ex-defense official to US
Peter Snyder
January 15, 2013 11:42:39 am

The Bucharest Appeals Court on Tuesday ruled that a former Romanian defense ministry official can be extradited to the US on charges of trying to illegally export military equipment to Iran. Intelligence officials from Romania...

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News Europe rights court rules in religious freedom cases
Europe rights court rules in religious freedom cases
Peter Snyder
January 15, 2013 11:15:30 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday in four landmark cases concerning the balance between religious freedom and equity laws protecting individuals from discrimination. In one case, the ECHR ruled in favor of...

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News UN voices concern over Myanmar refugee crisis
UN voices concern over Myanmar refugee crisis
Peter Snyder
January 14, 2013 01:33:03 pm

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported Friday that more than 2,000 have fled growing violence in the northern Myanmar state of Rakhine and Bangladesh aboard boats operated by smugglers in the Bay of Bengal. The...

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News UN calls on Tunisia to ensure women’s rights in new constitution
UN calls on Tunisia to ensure women’s rights in new constitution
Peter Snyder
January 14, 2013 11:57:44 am

The UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice on Monday called on the government of Tunisia to adopt stronger constitutional measures to combat gender inequality and discrimination,...

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News AI to Egypt: release journalist facing military trial
AI to Egypt: release journalist facing military trial
Peter Snyder
January 8, 2013 11:12:28 am

Amnesty International (AI) called Monday for Egypt to release an Egyptian journalist facing a military trial in the country. Mohamed Sabry, a journalist and blogger, was arrested Friday by the country's military in the city...

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News Scotland to extradite Basque separatist to France
Scotland to extradite Basque separatist to France
Peter Snyder
January 7, 2013 03:19:37 pm

A Scottish court on Monday granted a request to extradite an alleged member of the Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) to France. Benat Atorrasagasti Ordonez, who had relocated to Scotland in...

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News Hungary top court declares new electoral law unconstitutional
Hungary top court declares new electoral law unconstitutional
Peter Snyder
January 4, 2013 04:33:13 pm

The Constitutional Court of Hungary on Friday struck down an electoral law requiring voters to register to vote at least two weeks before elections in 2014. The new rules had been proposed by the conservative...

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News US military judge restricts unclassified material in 9/11 trial
US military judge restricts unclassified material in 9/11 trial
Peter Snyder
January 4, 2013 02:39:47 pm

The chief US military judge overseeing the trial of the accused 9/11 conspirators, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed , has ruled that lawyers cannot make public any material involved in the trial, including unclassified documents. The decision by Judge...

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Federal judge denies Samsung request to keep sales data sealed
Peter Snyder
January 2, 2013 01:28:24 pm

A judge for the US District Court of Northern California on Monday denied a request by Samsung Electronics to keep sales data for some its products sealed in its long-running patent dispute with Apple . Samsung...

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US apologizes to Japanese-Americans for detention during WWII

US President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law on August 10, 1988, apologizing on behalf of the United States to Japanese-Americans who were interned in camps during WWII and providing $20,000 in compensation for each survivor. The law also provided $12,000 in compensation for each living displaced Aleutian Islander who was relocated to a camp in Alaska during the US's Aleutian Islands campaign.

President Reagan authorized compensation for Japanese-Americans interned during World War II

On August 10, 1988, US President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that provided payments of $20,000 to Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps by the US government during World War II. Learn more about the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which also included a formal apology by Congress for what it called a "grave injustice."

National Security Act Amendment reorganizes U.S. military

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