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Federal appeals court dismisses Guantanamo detainee lawsuit

June 11, 2014 02:41:04 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former Guantanamo detainee against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld . According to the original...

February 18, 2011 09:29:17 AM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Carolina on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by convicted terrorist Jose Padilla , ruling that he has no right to sue...

March 15, 2007 09:18:00 AM

The Berkeley, California city council voted Tuesday to support the criminal complaint filed in Germany against former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...

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'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' ruling [US DC]

April 24, 2006 10:03:00 PM

Thomas Cook et al. v. Donald H. Rumsfeld et al., United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Judge George A. O'Toole Jr., April 24, 2006 [dismissing a suit filed in 2004 by twelve members of the US armed...

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Supreme Court said busing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations.

Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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