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Palestine leader warns President-Elect Trump against moving embassy to Jerusalem
Mark Casper
January 15, 2017 02:51:16 pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in a recent letter, warned President-Elect Trump against moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Specifically, Abbas said the move would have a "disastrous impact on the peace process, on the two-state solution...

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News Philippines President threatens martial law to combat drug problem
Philippines President threatens martial law to combat drug problem
Mark Casper
January 15, 2017 02:25:09 pm

The Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he plans to declare martial law if the country's drug problem becomes "very virulent." Duterte, who recently called reports that he intended to institute martial law "nonsense," has made a...

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News Japan Takata company pleads guilty, agrees to pay $1 billion fine for airbag defects
Japan Takata company pleads guilty, agrees to pay $1 billion fine for airbag defects
Mark Casper
January 14, 2017 02:46:43 pm

Japanese company Takata Corp. on Friday agreed to plead guilty to criminal wrongdoing charges and pay $1 billion as a result of a US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into airbag defects which caused the death...

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House of Representatives votes to begin repeal of Obamacare
Mark Casper
January 14, 2017 02:12:37 pm

The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to begin the process of repealing the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) . The decision to dismantle the ACA, commonly referred to as Obamacare, by a vote of...

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Obama approves legislation restructuring US international broadcasting
Mark Casper
December 25, 2016 07:10:11 pm

US President Barack Obama on Sunday approved legislation which would provide for a single chief executive to oversee non-military, international media. The law , which some claim may harm journalistic independence, will restructure the Broadcasting Board...

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European Court of Justice rules against government electronic surveillance
Mark Casper
December 22, 2016 09:32:13 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that "eneral and indiscriminate retention" of e-mails and other electronic communications by governments is illegal, in a decision that many believe could create an opportunity for challenges to the...

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Death penalty losing traction in US: report
Mark Casper
December 22, 2016 08:00:15 am

The use of capital punishment in the US is at a 20-year low, according to a eport by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) Wednesday. Specifically, the report found that while 31 states currently allow the...

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Egypt top court upholds law restricting protests
Mark Casper
December 4, 2016 02:33:42 pm

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Saturday upheld a law that effectively bans protests. The law requires individuals seeking to protest to inform the interior ministry, at least three days prior, of any public gathering with more than 10...

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Jill Stein to bring Pennsylvania recount petition to federal court
Mark Casper
December 4, 2016 01:41:29 pm

Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein said Sunday that she and her campaign intend to "escalate" her recount efforts in Pennsylvania by bringing a lawsuit in federal court. Stein had filed suit in the state court, but the...

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South Korea opposition parties introduce motion to impeach president
Mark Casper
December 3, 2016 03:00:00 pm

South Korea's three opposition parties on Saturday introduced a joint impeachment motion against embattled President Park Geun-hye. The motion , which will be voted on this upcoming Friday, comes just days after Park offered to resign if parliament could...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

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