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Israel can improve war crimes investigations: commission report

February 7, 2013 12:41:31 PM

A civilian committee tasked with investigating Israel's 2010 flotilla raid on several Turkish ships headed for the blockaded Gaza Strip concluded on Wednesday that investigations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)...

November 6, 2012 11:48:22 AM

A Turkish court on Tuesday opened a trial in absentia for former Israeli military commanders accused of killing nine Turkish citizens aboard a ship attempting to pass through the Gaza blockade in 2010. The Turkish judge began the proceedings...

June 14, 2012 09:20:01 AM

Israel's Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss released a report on Wednesday that criticized the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu handled the May 2010 flotilla incident . In the 153-page report,...

October 21, 2011 08:07:06 AM

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights for the West Bank and Gaza Strip , Richard Falk called Thursday, called for better guidelines on the treatment of Palestinian youth arrested by the Israeli...

September 3, 2011 05:08:25 PM

Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday that Turkey will take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the legality of Israel's Gaza Strip blockade. Davutoglu delivered a press...

September 2, 2011 02:23:33 PM

The UN on Friday criticized Israel for using excessive force during a May 2010 flotilla incident , in which Israeli forces raided several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip . In a...

June 26, 2011 09:22:21 PM

Israel issued a warning to the international media on Sunday, threatening deportation and a 10-year ban from the country for any foreign journalist caught on board an aid flotilla headed for the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Government Press Office...

February 11, 2011 04:03:22 PM

A Turkish government inquiry into the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla faulted Israeli soldiers Friday for violating international law. The panel's final report indicates at least two activists were killed before commandos boarded ...

January 23, 2011 03:01:01 PM

A civilian committee assigned to investigate the May 31 Israeli raid on several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip on concluded that Israel did not violate international law . The Turkel Commission [official...

November 30, 2010 04:19:53 PM

Six months after Israel announced that it was easing the blockade of the Gaza Strip , there is little sign of economic improvement for the struggling territory, according to a report published Tuesday by 25 human rights groups...

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Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States.

Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.