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News UN General Assembly approves global arms treaty
UN General Assembly approves global arms treaty
Laura Klein Mullen
April 3, 2013 09:31:35 am

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday approved the first global arms treaty a week after Syria, North Korea, and Iran blocked it. The treaty, which regulates trade of conventional weapons, passed ...

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News HRW calls on Sri Lanka government to investigate war crimes
HRW calls on Sri Lanka government to investigate war crimes
Laura Klein Mullen
March 28, 2013 01:24:36 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Thursday called on the government of Sri Lanka to begin its investigation into war crimes by examining the role of its own Deputy Minister of Resettlement. HRW alleged that Deputy Minister...

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News North Dakota governor signs restrictive abortion laws
North Dakota governor signs restrictive abortion laws
Laura Klein Mullen
March 27, 2013 09:16:21 am

North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple on Tuesday signed three laws, HB 1305, HB 1456 and SB 2305 , which impose the nation's most severe restrictions on abortion. These new laws, respectively, ban abortion ...

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News Australia judge rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ban
Australia judge rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ban
Laura Klein Mullen
February 22, 2013 08:40:36 am

An Australian judge ruled Thursday that the nation's ban on same-sex marriage does not amount to gender discrimination, dismissing a challenge to the law. The ruling upholds the decision of the Australian Human Rights Commission...

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US House voted to impeach President Clinton

On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.

Read the Articles of Impeachment.

UK signs Hong Kong over to China

On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which ceded control of Hong Kong to the government of mainland China in 1997. The treaty also ensured that Hong Kong would retain its capitalist and democratic systems for at least 50 years after the transfer of power.

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