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UN human rights chief calls for end to violence in Venezuela
Dominic Yobbi
February 28, 2014 01:37:12 pm

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday condemned the recent political violence in Venezuela, and urged all parties involved to move towards meaningful dialogue in hopes of resolving the situation. In an official...

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Apple files appeal in e-book price-fixing case
Dominic Yobbi
February 26, 2014 10:59:29 am

Apple filed a brief Wednesday with the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit asking the court to either overturn a ruling from last year that Apple violated anti-trust laws or grant...

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Belgium Parliament votes to extend euthanasia law to terminally ill minors
Dominic Yobbi
February 14, 2014 01:58:14 pm

The lower house of Belgian Parliament gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that would extend the country's euthanasia law to certain cases of terminally ill minors. The legislation , approved by a vote...

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Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.

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On February 15, 1906, the British Labour Party was organized. By the 1920's, Labour had surpassed the Liberal Party to become the primary opposition to the Conservative Party in Great Britain. Today, the government is controlled by Labour, headed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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