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News Rights groups urge Sudan government to end abuse of protesters
Rights groups urge Sudan government to end abuse of protesters
Rebecca DiLeonardo
July 11, 2012 11:14:31 am

Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) came together on Wednesday to urge the Sudanese government to end the detention and abuse of protesters in Sudan. In a press release, the two groups estimated...

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Russia parliament adopts controversial Internet regulation bill
Rebecca DiLeonardo
July 11, 2012 10:41:39 am

The Russian State Duma on Wednesday approved the third reading of a controversial Internet regulation bill. The bill, which gives the Russian government the ability to completely block access to certain...

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News Maryland board of elections approves same-sex marriage repeal for ballot
Maryland board of elections approves same-sex marriage repeal for ballot
Rebecca DiLeonardo
July 11, 2012 09:50:44 am

The Maryland Board of Elections on Tuesday officially certified a referendum petition seeking to challenge the state's new same-sex marriage law in the upcoming election. In a letter, the Board of...

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News Former Saddam Hussein official released from prison
Former Saddam Hussein official released from prison
Rebecca DiLeonardo
July 10, 2012 03:18:54 pm

Former Interior Minister of Iraq Mahmoud Thiab al-Ahmed, who served under former dictator Saddam Hussein , was released from prison on Tuesday after serving an eight-year sentence for his part in draining the marshes in Southern Iraq....

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News Egypt high court suspends presidential decree to reconvene parliament
Egypt high court suspends presidential decree to reconvene parliament
Rebecca DiLeonardo
July 10, 2012 02:25:29 pm

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt on Tuesday suspended the decree of President Mohammed Morsi calling the dissolved Egyptian parliament back into session. The decision of the court will prevent the decree from taking effect [Ahram Online...

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Federal appeals court blocks NYC statute requiring anti-smoking signs
Rebecca DiLeonardo
July 10, 2012 01:47:51 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday struck down a New York City Department of Health regulation requiring stores to display graphic anti-tobacco ads where tobacco products...

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Wikipedia shuts down Russian site to protest controversial Internet regulation bill
Rebecca DiLeonardo
July 10, 2012 12:23:05 pm

The online encyclopedia Wikipedia on Tuesday closed its Russian version of the site in protest of a controversial Internet regulation bill to be considered by the State Duma ...

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News Medicaid official rejects Indiana law denying funds to abortion providers
Medicaid official rejects Indiana law denying funds to abortion providers
Rebecca DiLeonardo
July 10, 2012 10:38:17 am

A federal hearing officer has recommended that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Chicago uphold its initial decision rejecting an Indiana state law that denies Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood of...

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News ICC sentences former Congo militia leader to 14 years
ICC sentences former Congo militia leader to 14 years
Rebecca DiLeonardo
July 10, 2012 09:22:56 am

The International Criminal Court sentenced convicted Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo to 14 years in prison on Tuesday for his role...

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UN commission: laws restricting global AIDS assistance
Rebecca DiLeonardo
July 9, 2012 03:39:11 pm

Laws in all countries of the world are limiting assistance and options available to individuals infected with HIV/AIDS, a UN commission reported on Monday. The Global Commission on HIV and the Law [official...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed Immigration and Nationality Act into law, ending country quotas

On October 3, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, standing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, signed into law the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. The Act ordered the elimination of the national origins quota system established in 1882 in favor of a worldwide quota blind to national origin. Immigration was redistributed by pooling unused quotas and making them available on a first-come, first-served basis to oversubscribed nations. Learn more about the 1965 Act and its aftermath.

Germany reunified

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