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News Tajiks admit to killing Russian TV reporter: officials
Tajiks admit to killing Russian TV reporter: officials
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 31, 2008 08:33:00 pm

Two Tajikistani men have admitted to killing Russian journalist Ilyas Shurpayev , Tajikistani Interior Ministry officials said Monday. Shurpayev, a correspondent for Russia's state-run Channel One , was found dead in his Moscow...

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News DOJ pressing bribery case against congressman despite high court setback
DOJ pressing bribery case against congressman despite high court setback
David Frueh
March 31, 2008 07:15:00 pm

A US Department of Justice spokesman said Monday that the department would continue to press its bribery case against Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) despite the US Supreme Court's refusal to review an appeals court...

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News New climate change treaty negotiations begin in Bangkok
New climate change treaty negotiations begin in Bangkok
Andrew Gilmore
March 31, 2008 06:49:00 pm

Negotiations on a new international treaty to combat global warming began Monday in Bangkok. The week-long negotiations, part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) , are intended...

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News Greece justice ministry to study impact of legalizing same-sex marriage
Greece justice ministry to study impact of legalizing same-sex marriage
Andrew Gilmore
March 31, 2008 06:12:00 pm

The Greek Ministry of Justice has agreed to establish a working group to analyze the potential impact of recognizing same-sex civil marriages in Greece, according to Monday media reports. The move comes after the Greek...

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News Norway terrorism trial begins under tightened anti-terror laws
Norway terrorism trial begins under tightened anti-terror laws
David Frueh
March 31, 2008 05:51:00 pm

Three Norwegian men indicted in September for shooting at an Oslo synagogue and planning attacks against US and Israeli embassies went on trial in Oslo Monday under strengthened anti-terrorism laws. This is the first time that suspects...

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News Fort Dix plot accomplice sentenced to 20 months in prison
Fort Dix plot accomplice sentenced to 20 months in prison
Alexis Unkovic
March 31, 2008 04:53:00 pm

New Jersey US District Judge Robert Kugler Monday sentenced Albanian Kosovar refugee Agron Abdullahu , one of the six men arrested in May for plotting an attack on New Jersey's Fort Dix , to...

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News Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Hicks gag order expires
Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Hicks gag order expires
Alexis Unkovic
March 31, 2008 04:16:00 pm

A gag order precluding former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks from speaking to the media expired on Sunday, but Hicks is reportedly "not interested at the moment" in speaking publicly about his detention. Hicks had agreed...

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News Guantanamo detainee charged in 1998 US African embassy attacks
Guantanamo detainee charged in 1998 US African embassy attacks
Alexis Unkovic
March 31, 2008 03:24:00 pm

The US Department of Defense Monday charged Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani with several terrorism-related counts under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 stemming from...

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News Chad president pardons ‘Darfur orphans’ airlift workers
Chad president pardons ‘Darfur orphans’ airlift workers
Alexis Unkovic
March 31, 2008 03:07:00 pm

Chadian President Idriss Deby Monday officially pardoned six French aid workers convicted in Chad in December of attempting to kidnap 103 African children. The six were handed over to...

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News EU Kosovo justice mission going forward without Spain
EU Kosovo justice mission going forward without Spain
Caitlin Price
March 31, 2008 02:53:00 pm

EULEX Kosovo head Yves de Kermabon said Monday that a 1,800-strong European Union police and justice mission in Kosovo will go forward even in Serbian-controlled areas, despite reservations from some EU member states. Spain's Foreign...

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International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism

November 9 is the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism [UNITED factsheet]. On November 9, 1924, American gay activist Henry Gerber and several associates formed the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The Society received a charter from the State of Illinois in December but was disbanded in July 1925 after a police raid which led to Gerber's arrest and trial (albeit not conviction). Pay a virtual visit to Henry Gerber House, now a registered Chicago landmark.

Supreme Court strikes down Massachusetts anti-draft law

On November 9, 1970, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 in Massachusetts v. Laird not to hear the case of the state's anti-draft law. Massachusetts had passed a law, which allowed its citizens to decline to fight in any undeclared war, even if the person was drafted. The law was passed in opposition to the draft and the war in Vietnam. The First Circuit found the war constitutional and thus struck down the law.

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