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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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Twenty-sixth Amendment made US voting age 18

On June 30, 1971, the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, making the legal voting age 18.

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Congo gains independence, Congo crisis begins shortly thereafter

On June 30, 1960, the Congo gained independence from Belgium. Soon afterward, the Congolese military mutinied, touching off the Congo Crisis that would compel UN and Belgian intervention and concluded with the installation of Mobutu Sese Seko as dictator of the country, which was renamed Zaire.

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