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Venezuela will not hold a new election despite Chavez critical health
Sarah Posner
December 24, 2012 10:48:18 am

Venezuelan official stated on Saturday that the country will not be holding a new election, even if President Hugo Chavez is unable to take office on January 10 because of his cancer. Although there...

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NRA CEO dismisses renewal of ban on assault weapons
Sarah Posner
December 24, 2012 09:57:18 am

The National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre dismissed calls for a renewed ban on assault weapons on Sunday. LaPierre said that an assault weapons ban was a "phony piece of legislation" . After...

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News Egyptian opposition to appeal constitutional referendum
Egyptian opposition to appeal constitutional referendum
Peter Snyder
December 23, 2012 02:00:16 pm

The Egyptian opposition on Sunday said it will appeal the referendum that appears to have voted in a new constitution backed by ruling Islamic parties. The opposition has alleged the vote was marred by fraud and...

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News Philippines president signs law criminalizing enforced disappearances
Philippines president signs law criminalizing enforced disappearances
Peter Snyder
December 23, 2012 12:58:05 pm

Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Friday signed legislation that criminalizes enforced disappearances. According to the Presidential Communications Operations Office , the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012 criminalizes the "arrest, detention, abduction or...

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News Italy court overturns conviction of Google executives for privacy violation
Italy court overturns conviction of Google executives for privacy violation
Sarah Posner
December 23, 2012 10:32:54 am

An Italian appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of three Google executives for violating Italian privacy laws by posting a video on Google of a handicapped child being bullied. Google was "delighted" to see...

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Federal judge blocks Missouri birth control coverage law
Sarah Posner
December 23, 2012 09:38:34 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Friday blocked a Missouri law which prohibits mandatory insurance coverage of birth control for any employers with ethical or religious objections, finding that...

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Federal judge approves final class settlement order in BP oil spill case
Keith Herting
December 22, 2012 12:55:03 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday gave final approval to a settlement between British Petroleum (BP) and those who experienced economic and property loss...

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News Federal appeals court blocks California sexual orientation therapy law
Federal appeals court blocks California sexual orientation therapy law
Keith Herting
December 22, 2012 12:07:06 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted an injunction on Friday to temporarily block enforcement of a California law banning mental health providers from engaging in sexual orientation...

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News Regional rights court strikes down Costa Rica in vitro fertilization ban
Regional rights court strikes down Costa Rica in vitro fertilization ban
Samuel Franklin
December 22, 2012 11:38:01 am

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Costa Rica's ban on in vitro fertilization (IVF) violates the rights to privacy, liberty, personal integrity and...

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Federal judge dismisses filibuster lawsuit
Samuel Franklin
December 22, 2012 10:09:31 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Senate filibusters are an unconstitutional denial of majority rule. The lawsuit was brought by a non-profit...

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President Carter signed bill restoring US citizenship of Jefferson Davis

On October 17, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill retroactively restoring the US citizenship of Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, US Senator from Mississippi and US Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.

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