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News South Korea regulator fines Apple for collecting iPhone user location information
South Korea regulator fines Apple for collecting iPhone user location information
Zach Zagger
August 3, 2011 02:14:05 pm

South Korean regulators on Wednesday fined Apple USD $2,855 for collecting location information from its iPhone and iPad users. It is the first time Apple has been punished for collecting location information from users of...

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News Ninth Circuit upholds universitiy policy against student group religious discrimination
Ninth Circuit upholds universitiy policy against student group religious discrimination
Zach Zagger
August 3, 2011 11:47:22 am

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that San Diego State University (SDSU) can deny funding and status as a student organization to two Christian groups that require members be of the same religion. A panel for the...

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News US AG Holder invokes state secrets privilege in mosque surveillance lawsuit
US AG Holder invokes state secrets privilege in mosque surveillance lawsuit
Zach Zagger
August 3, 2011 09:44:25 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the state secrets privilege Monday to block evidence in a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over its investigation into Muslim mosques. The Department of...

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News Vietnam appeals court upholds 7-year sentence for prominent rights lawyer
Vietnam appeals court upholds 7-year sentence for prominent rights lawyer
Zach Zagger
August 3, 2011 09:05:46 am

A Vietnamese appeals court on Tuesday upheld the seven-year sentence of prominent rights lawyer and dissident Cu Huy Ha Vu, convicted in April of carrying out anti-state propaganda. The court dismissed the appeal despite Vu's...

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News Nigeria official calls for special corruption court
Nigeria official calls for special corruption court
Zach Zagger
August 2, 2011 03:52:51 pm

The Nigeria Ebonyi State Commissioner of Justice and the Attorney General, Ben Igwenyi, called Monday for the establishment of a special court to hear corruption cases. He argues that corruption cases in the regular courts take too long to...

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News HRW: Sri Lanka report on civil war ‘whitewashes’ military atrocities
HRW: Sri Lanka report on civil war ‘whitewashes’ military atrocities
Zach Zagger
August 2, 2011 01:58:48 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday criticized a report released by the Sri Lankan government for not taking responsibility for alleged violations of the laws of war. The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense released...

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News Immigrant rights group challenges public referendum to overturn Maryland DREAM Act
Immigrant rights group challenges public referendum to overturn Maryland DREAM Act
Zach Zagger
August 2, 2011 11:19:47 am

The Casa de Maryland immigrant rights group filed a challenge Monday to a public referendum over a Maryland law providing in-state tuition to undocumented college students. The group filed the challenge in the Maryland Circuit Court...

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News Indiana appeals order blocking Planned Parenthood defunding law
Indiana appeals order blocking Planned Parenthood defunding law
Zach Zagger
August 2, 2011 10:05:08 am

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed an appeal Monday to lift a judge's decision to block parts of a controversial state law denying that medicaid funds go to Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN)...

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News US top military official says troops need immunity for continued presence in Iraq
US top military official says troops need immunity for continued presence in Iraq
Zach Zagger
August 2, 2011 08:47:16 am

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff , Admiral Mike Mullen , said Tuesday that US troops must be granted immunity in order to remain in Iraq beyond the end-of-the-year deadline. It is up to the...

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Belarus lawmakers move to ban silent protests
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August 1, 2011 03:05:14 pm

Members of the Belarus Parliament have introduced a bill that would ban so-called "silent protests," including those involving large groups of people basically doing nothing. The law seems aimed at stopping numerous silent protests across Belarus with...

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No lynchings reported in US for first time

On December 30, 1952, the Tuskegee Institute reported that 1952 was the first year of no lynchings of African Americans in the United States in the 71 years it had kept records. Learn more about lynching and listen to Billie Holiday's jazz recording of the 1938 protest song Strange Fruit.

USSR established

On December 30, 1922, representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucus approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). During World War II, the USSR would also annex Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova. Learn more about the history of the USSR from the BBC.

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