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News Brazil top court reduces sentences of former Workers Party leaders
Brazil top court reduces sentences of former Workers Party leaders
Amy Mathieu
February 28, 2014 01:53:34 pm

The Brazil Supreme Court overturned racketeering convictions of several former leaders of the Workers Party on Thursday by a 6-5 vote, which will result in lessened prison sentences. The convictions of corruption and...

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News Ninth Circuit upholds school’s ban on US flag t-shirts
Ninth Circuit upholds school’s ban on US flag t-shirts
William Helbling
February 28, 2014 01:48:57 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a California public school's request for students to remove their American flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo was not a violation of their...

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News UN human rights chief calls for end to violence in Venezuela
UN human rights chief calls for end to violence in Venezuela
Dominic Yobbi
February 28, 2014 01:37:12 pm

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday condemned the recent political violence in Venezuela, and urged all parties involved to move towards meaningful dialogue in hopes of resolving the situation. In an official...

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News California AG asks federal court to reverse decision striking down gun control laws
California AG asks federal court to reverse decision striking down gun control laws
Amy Mathieu
February 28, 2014 01:17:04 pm

California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a petition on Thursday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit urging the court to reverse its decision that struck down a...

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News Germany court dismisses patent claim against Apple
Germany court dismisses patent claim against Apple
Julie Deisher-Edwards
February 28, 2014 12:58:55 pm

The Mannheim Regional Court on Friday dismissed a complaint by patent assertion entity IPCom against Apple . The suit alleged USD $2.1 billion in damages against Apple for infringement of European patent...

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News Germany court rules former Auschwitz guard unfit for trial
Germany court rules former Auschwitz guard unfit for trial
Matthew Pomy
February 28, 2014 10:20:01 am

A German district court in Ellwangen ruled Friday that accused former Auschwitz guard, Hans Lipschis, is unfit to stand trial. The ruling was based on Lipschis' early stages of incipient dementia, making him unable to comprehend the criminal trial....

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News Russia court places Putin opponent under house arrest
Russia court places Putin opponent under house arrest
Matthew Pomy
February 28, 2014 09:31:02 am

Moscow's Basmanny District Court on Friday sentenced Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to two months of house arrest. Navalny is also banned from using communication devices or the Internet. Navalny has been...

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News US State Department releases 2013 annual rights reports
US State Department releases 2013 annual rights reports
Kimberly Bennett
February 28, 2014 09:29:18 am

The US Department of State (DOS) on Thursday released its annual country reports on human rights. In the preface to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry [official...

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News Federal judge orders Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages
Federal judge orders Kentucky to recognize same-sex marriages
Kimberly Bennett
February 28, 2014 08:34:34 am

A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday issued a final order requiring state officials to recognize same-sex marriages. Following his February 12 ruling , US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Judge John Heyburn also...

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News Federal appeals court orders Google to remove controversial anti-Islamic video
Federal appeals court orders Google to remove controversial anti-Islamic video
Ann Schober
February 27, 2014 03:22:06 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ordered Google to remove from its YouTube video-sharing website an anti-Islamic film that incited massive anti-American protest in the Muslim world in...

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Massacre of hundreds of Jews ends in Lisbon, Portugal

An anti-Jewish pogrom known as the "Lisbon Massacre" came to an end on April 21, 1506. The killings started as the result of a "New Christian," who was forcibly converted from Judaism as a result of King Manuel I's 1497 Edict of Forced Conversion, questioning a purported miracle at the Church of Saint Dominic. At least 1,000 New Christians were killed as a result of the ensuing riots, spurred on by two friars.  Today a memorial to the massacre victims stands outside of the church. Learn more about the Lisbon Massacre.

Henry VIII becomes King of England

On April 21, 1509, King Henry VII died, leaving his son, Henry VIII, King of England. Henry VIII eventually seceded his nation from the Roman Catholic Church, becoming the first major European nation to do so. Henry then made himself head of the Church of England and dissolved Catholic monasteries throughout the country.

Learn more about Henry VIII.

Maryland Toleration Act established freedom of worship for all Christians

On April 21, 1649, the Maryland Assembly passed the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians. The key section of the act read: And whereas the inforceing of the conscience in matters of Religion hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous Consequence in those commonwealthes where it hath been practised, And for the more quiett and peaceable governement of this Province, and the better to preserve mutuall Love and amity amongst the Inhabitants thereof, Be it Therefore also by the Lord Proprietary with the advise and consent of this Assembly Ordeyned and enacted (except as in this present Act is before Declared and sett forth) that noe person or persons whatsoever within this Province, or the Islands, Ports, Harbors, Creekes, or havens thereunto belonging professing to beleive in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth bee any waies troubled, Molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion nor in the free exercise thereof within this Province or the Islands thereunto belonging nor any way compelled to the beleife or exercise of any other Religion against his or her consent, soe as they be not unfaithfull to the Lord Proprietary, or molest or conspire against the civill Governement established or to bee established in this Province under him or his heires. Learn more about the Maryland Toleration Act.

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