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President Trump's Decision to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 06 December 2017 06 December 2017
Washington, DC - Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson: "President Trump‘s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital aligns U.S. presence with the reality that Jerusalem is home to Israel’s legislature, Supreme Court, President’s office, and Prime Minister‘s office.
FTC Wins Summary Judgment Against Fraudulent Gold, Silver Investment Scheme
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 06 December 2017 06 December 2017
Washington, DC - At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal judge has banned the operators of a fraudulent investment scheme from selling investments and ordered them to pay more than $6.5 million for return to consumers.
Human Rights Council Special Session on Burma
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- Published: 05 December 2017 05 December 2017
Washington, DC - Earlier today in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council held a special session on Burma. The United States was an early supporter of this special session and a co-sponsor of the resulting resolution on the Situation of Human Rights for Rohingya Muslims and other Minorities in Myanmar. At the special session, Ambassador Kelley Eckels Currie, the U.S. Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council, and Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Busby of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor reiterated Secretary Tillerson’s call for all actors to play a constructive role in resolving the human rights situation in Burma and holding perpetrators of human rights violations accountable.
Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 06 December 2017 06 December 2017
Washington, DC - Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem:
Mexico Earthquakes: Red Cross still delivering aid to families in need
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- Published: 05 December 2017 05 December 2017
Washington, DC - Communities in Mexico are still grappling with the impact of two powerful earthquakes that struck just weeks apart in September. The quakes—a magnitude 8.2 in the southern state of Chiapas and a magnitude 7.1 that occurred 100 miles outside Mexico City—caused widespread damage, deaths and injuries.