Arctic 30 Members Welcome Russian Amnesty, But Refuse to Apologize For Trying to Stop Oil Drilling; Indigenous Groups Win Right to Seize Chevron’s Canadian Assets over $18 Billion in Amazon Pollution; Obama Commutes 8 “Unfair” Crack Cocaine Sentences as the ACLU Calls For More Reforms to Drug Law; Live from Prison: Jason Hernandez Thanks Obama for Commuting His Drug Sentence, Hopes “More to Come.”
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December 20, 2013
Obama Commutes Sentences in 8 Crack Cocaine Cases
Fresh Violence Erupts in CAR After Visit by U.S. Diplomat
34,000 Flee to U.N. Bases in South Sudan; Obama Sends U.S. Troops
Egypt: 6 Arrested in Raid on Activist Group
Ugandan Parliament Passes Anti-Gay Bill; India Asks Court to Review Ban on Gay Sex
New Mexico Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
Pennsylvania Pastor Defrocked After Officiating Son’s Same-Sex Wedding
Senate Passes Sweeping Defense Bill
BP Engineer Convicted of Deleting Messages to Obstruct Spill Probe
Thousands March Against Free Trade, Austerity on 1st Day of EU Summit
Obama Admin Deported 369,000 in 2013