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News Cambodia children facing violence: report
Cambodia children facing violence: report
Taylor Gillan
October 22, 2014 04:36:42 pm

The Cambodian government on Wednesday released the findings of a survey showing the magnitude of violence against children throughout the country. Cambodia's Violence Against Children Survey, the first survey of its kind in East Asia and the Pacific...

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News UN rights experts: clear connection exists between torture and corruption
UN rights experts: clear connection exists between torture and corruption
Taylor Gillan
October 22, 2014 03:46:57 pm

A UN human rights expert on Wednesday urged UN member states to make a greater effort to tackle domestic corruption, stating that a clear link exists between torture and corrupt practices. The chairperson of the UN Subcommittee on...

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News Bolivia court confirms third term for Morales
Bolivia court confirms third term for Morales
Taylor Gillan
October 20, 2014 04:53:05 pm

The Bolivian top electoral court on Sunday confirmed the reelection of President Evo Morales , making this the politician's third consecutive term. The president, who will serve in office until January 2020 , received...

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News Amnesty: Atrocities in eastern Ukraine must be investigated
Amnesty: Atrocities in eastern Ukraine must be investigated
Taylor Gillan
October 20, 2014 01:30:03 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday released a report documenting extra-judicial killings by both pro-Russian separatists and pro-Kyiv forces in eastern Ukraine, though the advocacy group cautions that the actual number of atrocities is not on...

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News Federal appeals court reinstates Texas voter ID law
Federal appeals court reinstates Texas voter ID law
Taylor Gillan
October 15, 2014 11:44:22 am

A US federal appeals court on Tuesday said that Texas may enforce its voter ID law despite a lower judge's ruling that the law is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of thUS Court of Appeals for...

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Supreme Court blocks Texas abortion law
Taylor Gillan
October 15, 2014 11:14:17 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday placed a hold on a Texas law that would have forced several abortion clinics to close. The bill requires any physician performing an abortion to have active admitting privileges...

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HRW urges Bangladesh not to lower marriage age
Taylor Gillan
October 13, 2014 03:13:53 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged the Bangladeshi government not to revise its law to lower the minimum age for marriage, calling for it to set the minimum age for marriage at 18 instead....

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News China court sentences 12 to death for Xinjiang attacks
China court sentences 12 to death for Xinjiang attacks
Taylor Gillan
October 13, 2014 02:20:18 pm

A Chinese court on Monday sentenced 12 people to death and gave 15 others suspended death sentences for their involvement in attacks on a police station and government offices in south Xinjiang in July. Nine...

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News Cambodia enacts regulation to protect entertainment workers
Cambodia enacts regulation to protect entertainment workers
Taylor Gillan
October 8, 2014 04:04:37 pm

Cambodia on Wednesday enacted a regulation that will extend the same rights and protections to nightlife workers that the country's laws currently grant to other workers. The regulation, entitled "Working Conditions, Occupational Safety and Health Rules of Entertainment Service,...

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Kenya president calls for ICC case to be dropped
Taylor Gillan
October 8, 2014 02:50:01 pm

Lawyers for Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday asked that the International Criminal Court (ICC) drop the case against the leader for crimes against humanity and acquit him, arguing that the...

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Ford pardoned Nixon for Watergate

On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford, in a televised address to the American people, pardoned ex-President Richard Nixon for any offenses committed in association with the Watergate break-in.

Read the full text of Ford's address, or listen to him read the pardon (via Watergate.info).

Treaty of San Francisco signed, officially ending WWII in the Pacific

On September 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco was signed between 49 nations and Japan, ending World War II in the Pacific region. In addition to dismantling the Japanese Empire, the accord also provided for compensation to be paid by Japan to prisoners of war and civilians who were victimized by Japan during the War. Communist China did not participate in the San Francisco negotiations and thus signed the separate Treaty of Tapei with Japan.

Ford pardoned Nixon

On Sepetmber 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned predecessor Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. Read President Ford's remarks explaining the pardon.

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