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Colombia congress approves new peace accord with rebel group
Erik Slobe
December 1, 2016 09:09:38 am

Colombia's Congress approved a peace accord Wednesday with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The Senate and House of Representatives both voted in support of the agreement, although many voting members walked out ...

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Supreme Court declines to review Stanford’s Ponzi scheme conviction
Erik Slobe
November 28, 2016 01:45:55 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in the case of Allen Stanford, a former financier convicted in 2012 of defrauding investors. Last October the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official...

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News Amnesty: Bahrain rights reforms remain inadequate
Amnesty: Bahrain rights reforms remain inadequate
Erik Slobe
November 21, 2016 02:10:49 pm

Two organizations Bahrain established in 2011 to protect human rights, the Ombudsman of the Ministry of the Interior and the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), have not adequately protected its citizens from allegations of torture, Amnesty International (AI) reported...

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Federal government issues new regulations governing natural gas waste
Erik Slobe
November 17, 2016 09:13:03 am

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) enacted new regulations on Tuesday requiring a reduction in the amount of natural gas wasted through release to the atmosphere through venting, flaring and leaks during oil and natural gas production...

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Supreme Court declines review of Kansas science education case
Erik Slobe
November 14, 2016 02:02:06 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in a case brought by Citizens for Objective Public Education (COPE) against science education policies adopted by the Kansas State Board of Education ....

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ICC to significantly expand investigations in Libya
Erik Slobe
November 10, 2016 01:04:30 pm

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) informed the UN Security Council on Wednesday that the ICC wants to significantly expand investigations in Libya in 2017. The ICC began work in Libya in 2011...

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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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