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UN General Assembly votes to give Palestine enhanced status
November 30, 2012This upgrades Palestine's status from mere "observer" and, without making it a full voting member of the U.N., explicitly recognizes it as a state.
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Today in labor history: NAACP appeals to UN on denial of voting rights
October 23, 2012On this day in 1947 the NAACP at the initiative of W.E.B. Du Bois presented an "Appeal to the World" to the United Nations, charging systematic discrimination against African Americans. The Appeal noted that "three-fourths of...
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Syria at a tipping point
May 30, 2012108 civilians were reportedly killed in Houla, a group of Syrian villages. The dead included 49 children and 34 women.
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Routine teen-aged HIV test proposed by doctors
November 28, 2011The Center for Disease Control has called for universal testing of all patients between the ages of 16 and 64. However, the U.S. Public Health Service has not endorsed the proposal.
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UNESCO grants Palestine membership: Bethlehem, Dead Sea could gain world heritage status
November 1, 2011Palestine became UNESCO's 195th member on Monday.
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