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News France prosecutors file terrorism charges against suspected Basque separatist leader
France prosecutors file terrorism charges against suspected Basque separatist leader
Sarah Paulsworth
March 5, 2010 11:56:00 am

French prosecutors on Friday filed preliminary terrorism charges against the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA , along with two other people who are believed to be senior members of the group. A...

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News Al-Bashir will ‘face justice’ before ICC: president judge
Al-Bashir will ‘face justice’ before ICC: president judge
Patrice Collins
March 5, 2010 10:08:00 am

The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will eventually face justice in The Hague. Speaking in London before the British House of...

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News Uighur Guantanamo detainees seek remand to district court for new trial
Uighur Guantanamo detainees seek remand to district court for new trial
Steve Dotterer
March 5, 2010 09:05:00 am

Lawyers for seven Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay filed a motion Thursday to remand proceedings from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to the US District Court...

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News UK PM defends legality of Iraq invasion
UK PM defends legality of Iraq invasion
Daniel Makosky
March 5, 2010 08:57:00 am

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown testified to the Iraq Inquiry on Friday that he remains convinced that the decision to participate in the 2003 Iraq invasion was the appropriate course of action. Brown discussed...

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News House committee adopts Armenian genocide resolution
House committee adopts Armenian genocide resolution
Matt Glenn
March 5, 2010 07:35:00 am

The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs voted 23-22 Tuesday to adopt a resolution that recognizes the Ottoman Empire's treatment of Armenians between 1915 and 1923 as genocide ....

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News Europe rights court hears case against Russia by bankrupt Yukos oil company
Europe rights court hears case against Russia by bankrupt Yukos oil company
Zach Zagger
March 5, 2010 07:31:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday heard an unlawful prosecution case brought by bankrupt oil company Yukos against the Russian government for allegedly illegally prosecuting the company for tax...

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News US cleric pleads guilty to lying to FBI about New York City subway bomb plot
US cleric pleads guilty to lying to FBI about New York City subway bomb plot
Matt Glenn
March 5, 2010 06:33:00 am

Imam Ahmad Afzali pleaded guilty Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York to charges of lying to FBI agents in connection with a plot to detonate explosives in the New York...

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News Germany court convicts four Islamists over terror plot
Germany court convicts four Islamists over terror plot
Sarah Miley
March 4, 2010 01:59:00 pm

A German court in Dusseldorf on Thursday convicted four Islamists of conspiracy to murder and belonging to a foreign terrorist group for plotting to destroy US facilities within Germany. The four men, members of the radical Islamic Jihad Union...

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News Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects broad abortion law
Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects broad abortion law
Haley Wojdowski
March 4, 2010 12:35:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma ruled Tuesday that a state law imposing broad restrictions on abortion violates the state constitution. The law required women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound within...

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News UN rights chief criticizes Iran, Sri Lanka abuses in annual report
UN rights chief criticizes Iran, Sri Lanka abuses in annual report
Daniel Makosky
March 4, 2010 12:14:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday criticized the state of human rights in Sri Lanka, Iran, and several other countries, while presenting her annual report to the 13th Session [official...

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Memphis Massacre of 1866 breaks out

The Memphis Massacre of 1866 broke out on May 1 of that year after Black Union veterans and police were involved in an altercation surrounding the arrest of a Black soldier. The ensuing skirmish spiralled out of control due to the racial tensions that followed the end of the US Civil War, lasting for two days and claiming the lives of 46 Black people and six whites.  The riot later cemented support for what would become the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Consitution, ensuring equal protection under the law. Learn more about the Memphis Massacre.  

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States. Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.

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