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News UN passes resolution condemning executions based on LGBT status
UN passes resolution condemning executions based on LGBT status
Benjamin Minegar
November 22, 2012 12:44:12 pm

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday passed a resolution condmening extrajudicial, summary, and arbitrary executions on the basis of "gender identity" for the first time. In a vote of 108 to 1,...

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News DOJ files antitrust suit against eBay
DOJ files antitrust suit against eBay
Benjamin Minegar
November 19, 2012 10:27:27 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against online auction company eBay alleging violations of...

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News Pakistan high court retracts PM’s contempt charge
Pakistan high court retracts PM’s contempt charge
Benjamin Minegar
November 14, 2012 02:05:40 pm

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday retracted a contempt of court charge filed against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf after approving notification of his compliance with a June directive that ordered the revival of corruption charges...

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News EU authorities urge Google to clarify privacy policy
EU authorities urge Google to clarify privacy policy
Benjamin Minegar
October 16, 2012 11:27:07 am

European regulators led by the French National Commission on Computing and Freedom (CNIL) on Tuesday urged Google to clarify its updated privacy policy . Google's new unified policy, which...

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News Apple appeals Tokyo court ruling for Samsung
Apple appeals Tokyo court ruling for Samsung
Benjamin Minegar
October 15, 2012 10:35:36 am

Apple on Monday appealed a Tokyo District Court ruling which dismissed Apple's claim that Samsung had infringed on Apple's patents. The appeal comes after Judge Tamotsu Shoji ruled in...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

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