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News Local officials report five Afghanistan civilians killed in NATO airstrike
Local officials report five Afghanistan civilians killed in NATO airstrike
Julie Deisher-Edwards
October 5, 2013 10:12:47 am

Provincial police in eastern Afghanistan reported that at least five civilians were killed Friday night in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) airstrike near Jalalabad. NATO spokesman Lt. Col. William Griffin confirmed that Afghan and...

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News UN rights expert calls on Sudan to charge or release detained protesters
UN rights expert calls on Sudan to charge or release detained protesters
Amy Mathieu
October 4, 2013 02:25:08 pm

A UN independent rights expert on Thursday expressed "deep concern" about the Sudanese government's detention of citizens and heavy media censorship. According to reports, at least 800 activists were arrested during a demonstration concerning the fuel subsidy...

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News Federal judge dismisses challenge to Arizona race-based abortion law
Federal judge dismisses challenge to Arizona race-based abortion law
Brent Nesbitt
October 4, 2013 01:45:04 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging an Arizona law punishing doctors for knowingly performing abortions based on the race or...

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News HRW calls on Libya to suspend death sentences of Gaddafi supporters
HRW calls on Libya to suspend death sentences of Gaddafi supporters
Emily Kinkead
October 4, 2013 01:36:31 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Libya Friday to suspend the death sentences of Ahmed Ibrahim and Walid Dabnoon, who were convicted of crimes related to the country's uprising in June...

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News Italy senate panel votes to expel Berlusconi from parliament
Italy senate panel votes to expel Berlusconi from parliament
Michael Roberts
October 4, 2013 01:28:20 pm

An Italian Senate panel on Friday voted in favor of expelling former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi from his seat in parliament. Berlusconi, who was was convicted of tax fraud in...

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News Federal appeals court overturns Texas voter registration ruling
Federal appeals court overturns Texas voter registration ruling
Bradley McAllister
October 4, 2013 01:25:37 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court ruling on Thursday, upholding five provisions of the modified Texas Election Code Section 13 covering volunteer deputy registrars (VDR's). Voting...

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News California to allow driver’s licenses for immigrants in country illegally
California to allow driver’s licenses for immigrants in country illegally
Josh Guckert
October 4, 2013 01:13:24 pm

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday allowing immigrants who are in the country illegally to obtain driver's licenses in California. The physical licenses will carry a distinction stating the license may be...

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News Russia ordered to pay damages for arrest of opposition figure Kasparov
Russia ordered to pay damages for arrest of opposition figure Kasparov
Nicholas Tomsho
October 4, 2013 12:45:23 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ordered Russia to compensate former chess master turned political activist, Garry Kasparov , for his unjustified arrest following a planned anti-government...

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News Federal judge strikes down New York law banning credit card surcharges
Federal judge strikes down New York law banning credit card surcharges
Lauren Laing
October 4, 2013 11:48:14 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday struck down a state law that criminalizes retailers for imposing surcharges on customers who pay by credit card. Under...

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News Spain court convicts 53 in corruption trial
Spain court convicts 53 in corruption trial
Kimberly Bennett
October 4, 2013 10:50:05 am

The Spanish Provincial Court of Malaga convicted 53 people on Friday for money laundering, bribery and fraud, while 42 people were acquitted. The convicted include town hall officials, lawyers and business representatives conducting business...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Bank of England granted political independence

On May 6, 1997, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown announced that the Bank of England would be granted political independence for the first time in the three-hundred year history of the Bank. This policy was statutized in the subsequent Bank of England Act of 1998 gave the Bank independent control of British monetary policy effective June 1, 1998. Read the Bank of England Act of 1998.

Chinese Exclusion Act barred Chinese laborers from US

On May 6, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act, barring Chinese laborers from entering the United States and prohibiting courts from bestowing US citizenship on Chinese. Connecticut Senator Joseph Hawley spoke out against the Act in these words: Let the proposed statue be read 100 years hence, dug out of the dust of ages and forgotten as it will be except for a line of sneer by some historian, and ask the young man not well read in the history of this country what was the reason for excluding these men and he would not be able to find it in the law. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and its successors were abolished in 1943 at the insistence of President Franklin Roosevelt.

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