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News Department of Justice releases report on police body-worn cameras
Department of Justice releases report on police body-worn cameras
Dominic Yobbi
September 14, 2014 06:11:44 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday released a report detailing recommendations and warnings regarding the use of body-worn cameras by police. The report, authored by the DOJ's Community Oriented Policing Services office,...

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News UN rights experts urge peace as Ukraine death toll exceeds 3,000
UN rights experts urge peace as Ukraine death toll exceeds 3,000
Dominic Yobbi
September 9, 2014 09:19:09 am

A senior UN human rights official said on Monday that the death toll in Ukraine has risen above 3,000, and pleaded for peace to spare more bloodshed. Ivan Simonovic , the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human...

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News Federal appeals court hears arguments on same-sex marriage in Idaho, Nevada, Hawaii
Federal appeals court hears arguments on same-sex marriage in Idaho, Nevada, Hawaii
Dominic Yobbi
September 9, 2014 08:14:54 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday in three cases involving same-sex marriage in Idaho, Nevada and Hawaii . The three-judge panel consists of judges Stephen Reinhardt [official...

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News UN tribunal overturns ruling in favor of whistleblower
UN tribunal overturns ruling in favor of whistleblower
Dominic Yobbi
September 7, 2014 02:18:10 pm

The UN Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) last week overturned a decision in favor of a whistleblower involved with the UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. James Wasserstrom, a US diplomat currently serving as an anti-corruption officer at...

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News Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of seven men over same-sex marriage video
Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of seven men over same-sex marriage video
Dominic Yobbi
September 7, 2014 01:47:29 pm

Egypt's top prosecutor on Saturday ordered the arrest of seven men who appeared in a video of what is said to be the country's first same-sex marriage. The men have been accused of inciting debauchery and spreading a...

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News Zimbabwe drafting cyber laws to regulate social media
Zimbabwe drafting cyber laws to regulate social media
Dominic Yobbi
August 31, 2014 01:43:23 pm

The Zimbabwean government stated this week that it is in the process of developing new cyber laws to regulate social media. Caecilia Nyamutswa, legal director of the regulatory organization Potraz , communicated to an information and communication technology...

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News UAE president endorses tougher counter-terrorism laws
UAE president endorses tougher counter-terrorism laws
Dominic Yobbi
August 21, 2014 08:18:01 am

The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) endorsed a new law to better combat evolving terrorist threats, state media reported Wednesday. The law, a revision of the country's nearly 10-year-old counter-terrorism law, would...

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News Supreme Court blocks Virginia same-sex marriages
Supreme Court blocks Virginia same-sex marriages
Dominic Yobbi
August 21, 2014 07:17:58 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday put a hold on same-sex marriage in Virginia as it takes time to decide whether same-sex couples should be allowed to wed nationwide. The hold, which is the result...

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UN rights experts condemn sexual violence by Islamic State militants
Dominic Yobbi
August 14, 2014 09:01:39 am

Two senior UN officials on Wednesday strongly condemned sexual violence by Islamic State (IS) militants against minorities in areas under their control. Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura , and...

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Federal judge denies stay of Wisconsin voter ID ruling
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August 14, 2014 08:30:38 am

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by Wisconsin's Attorney General JB Van Hollen to stay the his April ruling against the state's voter identification law. The April ruling found that the Act 23...

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President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland.
Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

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