On May 11th in US History
Part IX
On May 11th in 2010 Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill targeting a school district's ethnic studies program, hours after a report by United Nations human rights experts condemned the measure.
On May 11th in 2010 In Richmond, Ca., city officials signed an agreement with Chevron Corp., which operates the Richmond refinery, to provide the city $114 million over the next 15 years.
On May 11th in 2010 Mohamed Ibrahim, an Egyptian-American university botany professor teaching in the United States, was arrested at Cairo airport after arriving on a direct flight from New York carrying two pistols, 250 bullets, two swords and 11 knives in his luggage.
On May 11th in 2010 In Pakistan US drone aircraft killed at least 24 suspected militants in two attacks in North Waziristan, a major al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary.
On May 11th in 2011 The United States signed a deal with the Marshall Islands to continue using the key missile testing range at Kwajalein Atoll through to 2066.
On May 11th in 2012 The Obama administration is committed to revoking the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, former US ambassador to Russia John Beyerle said during a seminar on US-Russian relations in Washington, DC. Beyerle stressed that canceling the amendment would benefit US-Russian relations for decades ahead. Beyerle’s opinion was echoed by former US Trade Representative Susan Schwab, who stated that the quicker the amendment was revoked, the better. The Jackson-Vanik amendment is a provision in US federal law which denies Russia most favored nation status in trade relations. It was implemented in the 1970s to pressure the Soviet Union over its restriction of Jewish emigration to Israel.
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