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News Benin court postpones presidential elections for second time
Benin court postpones presidential elections for second time
Maureen Cosgrove
March 5, 2011 01:53:44 pm

The Constitutional Court of Benin on Friday approved a second postponement of presidential elections following complaints that over one million people were not registered to vote. The court delayed the date of the...

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News House Speaker Boehner launches DOMA defense group
House Speaker Boehner launches DOMA defense group
Drew Singer
March 5, 2011 11:53:04 am

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Friday announced that he is launching a legal advisory group to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . "The constitutionality of this law should be...

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News New indictment filed against accused Arizona shooter
New indictment filed against accused Arizona shooter
Drew Singer
March 5, 2011 11:19:21 am

Federal prosecutors on Friday filed a 49-count indictment against Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect in the recent Tucson, Arizona shooting. The new indictment carries more severe charges than the original indictment filed in...

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News France burqa ban to take effect April 11
France burqa ban to take effect April 11
John Paul Putney
March 4, 2011 04:20:19 pm

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon confirmed in the Official Journal Thursday that the controversial law banning the burqa and other face coverings in...

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News Canada court sentences ‘Toronto 18’ member to life without parole
Canada court sentences ‘Toronto 18’ member to life without parole
Drew Singer
March 4, 2011 01:33:48 pm

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Friday sentenced Shareef Abdelhaleem, a member of the Toronto 18 terrorist group, to life in prison without parole. Justice Fletcher Dawson said that Abdelhaleem...

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News Sierra Leone war crimes court to hear defense closing arguments
Sierra Leone war crimes court to hear defense closing arguments
LaToya Sawyer
March 4, 2011 12:47:31 pm

The appeals chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) ruled Thursday that the trial can accept the final brief of former Liberian president Charles Taylor and that his...

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News South Dakota legislature passes bill requiring 72-hour waiting period for abortions
South Dakota legislature passes bill requiring 72-hour waiting period for abortions
Brian Jackson
March 4, 2011 12:05:35 pm

The South Dakota State Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would require women to wait 72 hours after consulting with a doctor to have an abortion. In addition to the waiting period, HB 1217 ...

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News Austria police arrest former Bosnian general on war crimes charges
Austria police arrest former Bosnian general on war crimes charges
Andrea Bottorff
March 4, 2011 10:10:30 am

Austrian authorities announced Friday they have arrested former Bosnian general Jovan Divjak under a 2008 international warrant issued by Serbian officials that accuses Divjak of war crimes. Divjak was arrested Thursday night at Vienna International Airport while traveling from...

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Federal judge stays earlier injunction against health care reform act
Carrie Schimizzi
March 4, 2011 08:46:58 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Thursday granted the Obama administration's petition to stay his previous order declaring the health care reform law [HR 3590;...

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News Turkish authorities arrest more journalists over alleged coup plot ties
Turkish authorities arrest more journalists over alleged coup plot ties
Daniel Makosky
March 3, 2011 02:16:22 pm

Turkish authorities on Thursday jailed an estimated 10 individuals, including several journalists, allegedly involved with aiding the Ergenekon coup plot , amid continued foreign concerns for the treatment of journalists within the country. The arrests...

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Russia ends serfdom with Emancipation Manifesto

On February 19, 1861, Tsar Alexander II promulgated the Emancipation Manifesto, which abolished serfdom in Russia after over two hundred years. Read the Emancipation Manifesto.

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