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News Federal appeals court blocks Indiana abortion funding bill
Federal appeals court blocks Indiana abortion funding bill
Matthew Pomy
October 24, 2012 09:52:25 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld an injunction on an Indiana law that would block Medicaid funding for abortion providers. The court found that the law,...

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News Russia lawmakers expand treason definition
Russia lawmakers expand treason definition
Maureen Cosgrove
October 24, 2012 09:19:29 am

The Russian State Duma passed a bill on Tuesday that expands the definition of high treason. Treason was previously defined as espionage or assistance to a foreign state that damages Russia's external security. The bill,...

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News Federal appeals court overturns stay of execution of mentally-ill Florida convict
Federal appeals court overturns stay of execution of mentally-ill Florida convict
Jerry Votava
October 23, 2012 03:39:10 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday vacated a stay of execution for convicted mass murderer John Errol Ferguson. The stay was issued last week by US District Court...

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News Accused USS Cole bomber boycotts pretrial hearing
Accused USS Cole bomber boycotts pretrial hearing
Jerry Votava
October 23, 2012 02:39:28 pm

Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri on Tuesday boycotted his pretrial hearing at the facility. Al-Nashiri is accused of bombing the USS Cole while it was in port in...

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News UN experts urge Colombia to reconsider constitutional reform of military criminal law
UN experts urge Colombia to reconsider constitutional reform of military criminal law
Cynthia Miley
October 23, 2012 02:16:08 pm

United Nations (UN) independent human rights experts on Monday urged Colombian authorities to reconsider proposed constitutional reforms affecting the military criminal law. Eleven experts, comprising the Special Procedures mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council [official...

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News Egypt prosecutor orders investigation into alleged presidential election fraud
Egypt prosecutor orders investigation into alleged presidential election fraud
Sung Un Kim
October 23, 2012 01:46:31 pm

Egyptian Prosecutor-General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud on Monday ordered an investigation into allegations of forgery during the recent presidential elections. The order came after former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafiq alleged that ballots were forged and votes were...

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News UN urges peaceful resolution of recent Guinea-Bissau military base attack
UN urges peaceful resolution of recent Guinea-Bissau military base attack
Sung Un Kim
October 23, 2012 01:11:21 pm

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday urged all parties in Guinea-Bissau to resolve their differences peacefully. The call came amid a recent attack on the country's army...

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News Wisconsin judge denies stay on public worker union law
Wisconsin judge denies stay on public worker union law
Sarah Posner
October 23, 2012 10:54:21 am

The Dane County Circuit Court on Monday denied Wisconsin Attorney General JB Van Hollen's request to delay invalidating certain provisions of a controversial law limiting the collective bargaining rights of...

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News 10 executed in Iran despite pleas by human rights groups: AI
10 executed in Iran despite pleas by human rights groups: AI
Sarah Posner
October 23, 2012 10:16:44 am

Iran hanged ten men on Monday despite requests from the United Nations (UN) and Amnesty International (AI) to stay the executions. According to the Iranian judiciary those who were killed were...

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News Bahrain upholds convictions against two teachers for organizing strike efforts
Bahrain upholds convictions against two teachers for organizing strike efforts
Julia Zebley
October 23, 2012 07:23:16 am

A Bahrain appeals court upheld verdicts against two teachers on Sunday for organizing a teachers' strike early last year to support anti-government protests . At their first hearing in front of a military tribunal, the pair were...

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Massachusetts instituted death penalty for heresy

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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