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News Russia prosecutor wants UK extradition of tycoon for plotting coup against Putin
Russia prosecutor wants UK extradition of tycoon for plotting coup against Putin
Angela A. Onikepe
March 3, 2006 03:58:00 am

Russia's Prosecutor General has requested that the British government extradite business tycoon Boris Berezovsky on charges of plotting a coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin . In an interview...

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Sikh ceremonial dagger ruling [Canada SC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 2, 2006 10:43:00 pm

Balvir Singh Multani and Balvir Singh Multani, in his capacity as tutor to his minor son Gurbaj Singh Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and Attorney General of Quebec, Supreme Court of Canada, March 2, 2006 [unanimously overturning a Quebec school...

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News Guantanamo detainee continues tribunal boycott, protests ‘enemy’ defense lawyer
Guantanamo detainee continues tribunal boycott, protests ‘enemy’ defense lawyer
Cathy J. Potter
March 2, 2006 07:32:00 pm

Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul , a Guantanamo detainee from Yemen charged with conspiring to commit murder, to attack civilians and civilian objects, and terrorism, boycotted his military commission hearing again Thursday,...

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News Georgia Senate passes ‘shoot first’ bill
Georgia Senate passes ‘shoot first’ bill
Cathy J. Potter
March 2, 2006 06:10:00 pm

The Georgia Senate passed a bill Thursday that would allow Georgians to use deadly force when they feel threatened in public areas. Bill 396 extends Georgia's current law by extending the...

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News Lobbying reform bill goes to full Senate absent ethics office provision
Lobbying reform bill goes to full Senate absent ethics office provision
Joshua Pantesco
March 2, 2006 03:58:00 pm

The US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 12-1 Thursday to send a lobbying oversight bill to the full Senate, but the bill was stripped of a provision establishing an independent office with oversight over...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate approves Patriot Act renewal
BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate approves Patriot Act renewal
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2006 03:33:00 pm

The US Senate has approved a long-term renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act by a vote of 89-10 . The vote was expected after the Senate approved amendments...

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News Senate divided on immigration reform bills
Senate divided on immigration reform bills
Joshua Pantesco
March 2, 2006 03:25:00 pm

Members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday began hammering out an immigration reform bill in the face of several competing proposals that have bitterly divided lawmakers. Committee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter's Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of...

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News Libya releases 130 political prisoners, including Muslim Brotherhood members
Libya releases 130 political prisoners, including Muslim Brotherhood members
James M Yoch Jr
March 2, 2006 02:44:00 pm

Libya freed 130 political prisoners on Thursday, among them 85 members of the Islamist opposition group Muslim Brotherhood , some of whom have been held since 1998. In 2002, the now-abolished People's Court sentenced the...

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News Mississippi House committee approves abortion ban
Mississippi House committee approves abortion ban
James M Yoch Jr
March 2, 2006 02:16:00 pm

The Mississippi House Public Health Committee has approved a bill that would prohibit most abortions in the state, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has said that he plans to sign the legislation if both houses of...

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News Italy parliament says Soviets plotted Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
Italy parliament says Soviets plotted Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
James M Yoch Jr
March 2, 2006 01:49:00 pm

An Italian parliamentary commission has concluded that the Soviet Union backed the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehmet Ali Agca , in a report released on Thursday. The commission argues that the...

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19th Amendment adopted

On August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was adopted, granting women full suffrage. The Amendment states that "[t]he right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." Learn more about the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment from the National Archives.

Declaration of the Rights of Man adopted

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