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News Colorado governor signs immigrant tuition bill
Colorado governor signs immigrant tuition bill
Sydney Normil
April 30, 2013 01:28:11 pm

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law on Monday allowing undocumented immigrant students to attend public universities at the same tuition rate as in-state residents. The Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy...

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News Bolivia court rules president can seek third term
Bolivia court rules president can seek third term
Sydney Normil
April 30, 2013 10:49:04 am

Bolivia's Constitutional Tribunal ruled Monday that President Evo Morales can run for a third election term despite the single re-election provision in the Bolivian Constitution . The constitution was amended ...

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News Federal judge dismisses Viacom copyright suit against YouTube
Federal judge dismisses Viacom copyright suit against YouTube
Sydney Normil
April 19, 2013 01:42:48 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday dissmissed a copyright infringement lawsuit by Viacom against Google's YouTube . Viacom, which owns Comedy Central, MTV and VH1,...

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News Senegal ex-president’s son charged with corruption
Senegal ex-president’s son charged with corruption
Sydney Normil
April 18, 2013 12:57:21 pm

Senegalese prosecutors have charged Karim Wade, the son of Senegal's former president Abdoulaye Wade , with corruption for allegedly embezzling USD $1.4 billion during his father's years in office. The corruption claim centers on Wade's acquisition of real...

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News DOJ releases ruling ordering deportation of former El Salvador general
DOJ releases ruling ordering deportation of former El Salvador general
Sydney Normil
April 12, 2013 01:11:08 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday released a revised ruling ordering the deportation of former El Salvador General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova. The DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review issued the...

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News Federal judge orders FDA to remove Plan B contraceptive age requirement
Federal judge orders FDA to remove Plan B contraceptive age requirement
Sydney Normil
April 5, 2013 12:57:24 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Friday ruled that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Plan B emergency contraception prescription requirement for...

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News HRW: Ivory Coast government continues impartial justice for post-election crimes
HRW: Ivory Coast government continues impartial justice for post-election crimes
Sydney Normil
April 4, 2013 12:35:22 pm

The Ivory Coast government continues impartial justice for 2010-2011 post-election crimes committed by supporters of President Alassane Ouattara , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Thursday. The report...

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News Georgia lawmakers expand immigration law
Georgia lawmakers expand immigration law
Sydney Normil
March 29, 2013 12:49:31 pm

The Georgia General Assembly on Thursday amended Senate Bill 160 , implementing stricter security and immigration compliance than the original 2011 version. The modifications impose tougher penalties and heighten identification requirements. First, the bill requires all...

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News Thai man sentenced for royal insult
Thai man sentenced for royal insult
Sydney Normil
March 28, 2013 12:33:43 pm

A Thai court on Thursday sentenced 37-year-old Akachai Hongkangwan to three years and four months in prison for violating Thailand's lese majeste law. The lese majeste law found in Article 112 of Thailand's Penal Code allows for anyone...

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News Egypt rights groups: Ministry of Interior responsible for abuses
Egypt rights groups: Ministry of Interior responsible for abuses
Sydney Normil
February 22, 2013 12:49:11 pm

Thirteen Egyptian human rights organizations on Wednesday alleged that Egypt's Ministry of Interior is responsible for police brutality and the deaths of protesters that have occurred since January 25. The report said...

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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 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

On October 3, 1990, the German Democratic Republic was absorbed by the Federal Republic of Germany, reunifying the country for the first time since the Second World War. Today, the event is marked annually by German Unity Day.
Read the Unification Treaty, signed in Berlin on August 31, 1990.

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