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O'Meara v. The Washington State Board Against Discrimination (1961)
No. 35436. En Banc. Supreme Court September 29, 1961
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Kenya: Manufacturers Hard Hit as Earnings Drop
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On January 15, 2009 Roland Wallace Burris was sworn in as the U.S. Senator from Illinois.  Burriss appointment made him the third African American U.S. Senator from the state and the sixth black U.S. Senator in the history of the United States.  The appointment, however, was marred by controversy
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Mali
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The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has sided with the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) in a long-standing dispute with the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) over a change in the bank’s vacation leave policy, over which the union has expressed strong
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