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News Latvia voters reject referendum to add Russian as official language
Latvia voters reject referendum to add Russian as official language
Jamie Reese
February 20, 2012 01:06:07 pm

Latvian voters on Saturday rejected Russian as a second official state language in Latvia . Preliminary results from the national referendum show that 74.8 percent of voters rejected adding the Russian language with only 24.88 percent...

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News Chief Guantanamo judge protects confidentiality of attorney-client mail
Chief Guantanamo judge protects confidentiality of attorney-client mail
Andrea Bottorff
February 20, 2012 11:26:20 am

A chief US military tribunal judge has ruled that the content of attorney-client mail inspected at the Guantanamo Bay prison is confidential and may not be released. Judge James Pohl made the decision earlier this month in the case...

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News Israel Supreme Court to hear prisoner hunger strike case
Israel Supreme Court to hear prisoner hunger strike case
Sarah Posner
February 20, 2012 10:21:28 am

The Israeli Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear the hunger strike case of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, despite a military judge rejecting his appeal in early February. Since his December arrest in the West Bank,...

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News Myanmar monk faces new criminal charges after government amnesty
Myanmar monk faces new criminal charges after government amnesty
Andrea Bottorff
February 20, 2012 10:02:32 am

Myanmar police on Sunday charged a rebel Buddhist monk for occupying a government-closed monastery, only a month after he was given amnesty and released from prison . Shin Gambira, who was among 130 political prisoners freed last month...

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News UK court rules for Sony in Pirate Bay copyright infringement case
UK court rules for Sony in Pirate Bay copyright infringement case
Sarah Posner
February 20, 2012 09:44:20 am

A judge for the UK High Court ruled Monday for the British unit of Sony Corporation and eight other record labels on their copyright infringement claim against the Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay . Judge...

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News US Supreme Court blocks enforcement of Montana campaign spending law
US Supreme Court blocks enforcement of Montana campaign spending law
Jaimie Cremeans
February 19, 2012 03:23:01 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday blocked enforcement of a Montana Supreme Court ruling, which upheld a state law limiting the amount of money corporations can spend on campaigns, until it can consider...

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News US Congressmen petition FTC to investigate Google privacy practices
US Congressmen petition FTC to investigate Google privacy practices
Jaimie Cremeans
February 19, 2012 01:22:28 pm

US Representatives Edward Markey and Joe Barton, members of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus , and Cliff Stearns, of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations , sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...

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News DOJ indicates denying same-sex couples military benefits is unconstitutional
DOJ indicates denying same-sex couples military benefits is unconstitutional
Matthew Pomy
February 19, 2012 10:33:08 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter Friday to Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) stating that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided that denying same-sex couples military and...

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News New Jersey governor vetoes same-sex marriage bill
New Jersey governor vetoes same-sex marriage bill
Michael Haggerson
February 18, 2012 03:20:20 pm

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie conditionally vetoed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and called for a voter referendum to decide the issue, rather than the state legislature [official...

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News India court confirms charges against Mumbai terror suspects
India court confirms charges against Mumbai terror suspects
Michael Haggerson
February 18, 2012 02:41:41 pm

A New Delhi court on Saturday confirmed the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) charges against US citizen David Headley and eight others, including Canadian citizen Tahawwur Rana, for their roles in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack [BBC...

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On November 4, 1646, the Massachusetts General Court approved a law requiring all members of the colony to recognize the Bible as the Word of God, under penalty of death.  

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On November 4, 1995, Yigal Amir shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amir was tried and given a life sentence for the murder. Learn more about the trial of Yigal Amir from the New York Times.

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