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Speaker calls on Trump to consult Congress following Syria air strikes
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April 7, 2017 02:29:26 pm

US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on Friday called for President Donald Trump to consult Congress on potential further action following a military strike on Syria. While Ryan says that it...

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April 7, 2017 07:00:59 am

The City of Osaka, Japan on Wednesday became the first city in the country to recognize same-sex couples as foster parents. The city government officially certified two men as foster parents of a teenage boy who has been...

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Journalists allegedly targeted for drone strikes sue US government
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March 31, 2017 03:30:54 pm

Human rights group Reprieve has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for District of Columbia against the US government for allegedly placing them on a "kill list" to be targeted for...

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March 30, 2017 03:54:51 pm

The Supreme Court of Venezuela on Wednesday essentially dissolved the opposition-controlled National Assembly, assuming all legislative powers. The court ruled that because the legislature had defied previous court rulings, all of its decisions...

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March 24, 2017 03:19:44 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday awarded symbolic reparations for the victims of a deadly 2003 attack by forces under the control of Germain Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ICC Trial...

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March 23, 2017 03:53:32 pm

The US Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) on Thursday released a report finding that a significant portion of federal law enforcement resources were directed to immigration-related offenses. The analysis showed that half of all federal...

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Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

OPEC founded

On September 14 1960, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq. OPEC was created to promote higher crude oil prices for its members through the restriction of global supply.

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about the history of OPEC from Le Monde.

Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

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