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  2. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act - Wikipedia

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    The exceptions define both the types of actions as to which immunity does not attach and the territorial nexus required for adjudication in U.S. courts. The Act creates a form of long-arm statute establishing jurisdiction over claims that meet the criteria. The exceptions are listed at 28 U.S.C. §§ 1605, 1605A, and 1607.

  3. January 6 United States Capitol attack - Wikipedia

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    This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (October 2024) January 6 United States Capitol attack Part of attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election and domestic terrorism in the United States Crowd outside the ...

  4. List of executive actions by Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Code of Fair Competition, Silverware Manufacturing Industry December 23, 1933 539 6532 Code of Fair Competition for the Photo-Engraving Industry December 23, 1933 540 6533 Code of Fair Competition for Electrotyping and Stereotyping Industry December 23, 1933 541 6534 Code of Fair Competition for the Paper Distributing Trade December 23, 1933 542

  5. Social Security (United States) - Wikipedia

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    A limited form of the Social Security program began, during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term, as a measure to implement "social insurance" during the Great Depression of the 1930s. [18] The Act was an attempt to limit unforeseen and unprepared-for dangers in modern life, including old age, disability, poverty, unemployment, and the ...

  6. Typhoon Haiyan - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines faced a humanitarian crisis days after the typhoon hit much of the Visayas with 1.8 million homeless and more than 6,000,000 displaced. [160] In Tacloban alone, ninety percent of the structures are either destroyed or damaged while other cities, such as Ormoc , are reporting similar damage. [ 161 ]

  7. Japanese war crimes - Wikipedia

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    The Tokyo Charter defines war crimes as "violations of the laws or customs of war," [22] which involves acts using prohibited weapons, violating battlefield norms while engaging in combat with the enemy combatants, or against protected persons, [23] including enemy civilians and citizens and property of neutral states as in the case of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

  8. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    The highest number of Facebook users as of April 2023 are from India and the United States, followed by Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines. [146] Region-wise, the highest number of users in 2018 are from Asia-Pacific (947 million) followed by Europe (381 million) and US-Canada (242 million). The rest of the world has 750 million users.