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News UN SG criticizes new US immigration policies
UN SG criticizes new US immigration policies
Jonathan Niznansky
February 2, 2017 10:24:34 am

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday that the new US order on Syrian refugees "should be removed sooner rather than later." Drawing a comparison to the US history on the "forefront of refugee protection," Guterres said...

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News UK parliament votes to empower May to trigger Brexit
UK parliament votes to empower May to trigger Brexit
Jonathan Niznansky
February 2, 2017 09:32:32 am

The UK House of Commons on Wednesday approved HC Bill 132 , which empowers Prime Minister Theresa May to notify the EU of the UK's intent to withdraw. Known as the "European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill," the...

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News US Muslim civil rights group challenges immigration order
US Muslim civil rights group challenges immigration order
Jonathan Niznansky
January 31, 2017 07:37:08 am

The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Monday challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration's executive order restricting immigration from several...

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News Federal appeals court rules government can withhold some files in Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac case
Federal appeals court rules government can withhold some files in Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac case
Jonathan Niznansky
January 31, 2017 06:58:40 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Monday that the federal government, which took control of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) ,...

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News Trump signs order blocking US funding to foreign NGOs that provide or promote abortions
Trump signs order blocking US funding to foreign NGOs that provide or promote abortions
Jonathan Niznansky
January 24, 2017 09:48:31 am

US President Donald Trump on Monday reinstated a Reagan-era policy known as the Mexico City Policy that prevents foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from receiving US funding if they provide abortions or promote policies that...

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News Trump signs order withdrawing from Trans-Pacific Partnership
Trump signs order withdrawing from Trans-Pacific Partnership
Jonathan Niznansky
January 24, 2017 08:57:00 am

US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Monday withdrawing the US from the Tran-Pacific Partnership (TPP) . The TPP, signed nearly a year ago, was a trade pact between the US and 11 Pacific...

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News Europe rights court: Lithuania prisoner wrongly denied Internet access
Europe rights court: Lithuania prisoner wrongly denied Internet access
Jonathan Niznansky
January 18, 2017 09:11:30 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that a Lithuanian prisoner was improperly denied Internet access in violation of his rights. Citing Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights , which states...

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News UN agency: more than 100 journalists killed in line of work last year
UN agency: more than 100 journalists killed in line of work last year
Jonathan Niznansky
January 18, 2017 08:00:36 am

The UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported Monday that more than 100 journalists were killed in the line of duty in 2016. While the number is lower than the 115 killed in 2015, it...

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News Former UN SG Ban Ki-moon’s brother and nephew charged with bribery
Former UN SG Ban Ki-moon’s brother and nephew charged with bribery
Jonathan Niznansky
January 11, 2017 09:23:02 am

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's brother, Ban Ki Sang, and nephew, Joo Hyun Bahn, were indicted Tuesday by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York on bribery charges in an elaborate international case....

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News Volkswagen reaches $4.3 billion settlement in criminal and civil cases
Volkswagen reaches $4.3 billion settlement in criminal and civil cases
Jonathan Niznansky
January 11, 2017 08:41:46 am

German automaker Volkswagen (VW) confirmed] Tuesday that it had reached a $4.3 billion dollar settlement in the US in which it will plead guilty to criminal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act and obstructed...

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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

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On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.

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