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News US Senators introduce bill to restore full contraception coverage for employees
US Senators introduce bill to restore full contraception coverage for employees
Bradley McAllister
July 11, 2014 11:58:30 am

US Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Mark Udall (D-CO) on Wednesday introduced a bill that would require for-profit businesses to supply full contraceptive coverage guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act, notwithstanding conflicting...

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News UN rights chief deeply concerned over arrests of Saudi Arabia activists
UN rights chief deeply concerned over arrests of Saudi Arabia activists
Bradley McAllister
July 11, 2014 10:38:19 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navy Pillay on Thursday expressed deep concern over the harsh sentences and detention of peaceful human rights advocates in Saudi Arabia in recent months. In particular, Pillay expressed concern...

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News AI names alleged perpetrators of violence in Central African Republic
AI names alleged perpetrators of violence in Central African Republic
Dominic Yobbi
July 11, 2014 09:29:14 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released a report identifying various government, militia and rebel leaders of the Central African Republican (CAR) that the organization believes to be responsible for serious violent offenses that have forced...

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News EU court rules German language requirements for Turkish immigrants unlawful
EU court rules German language requirements for Turkish immigrants unlawful
Dominic Yobbi
July 11, 2014 08:31:45 am

The EU's highest court, the Court of Justice , on Thursday ruled that Germany cannot require spouses of Turkish nationals living in Germany to show basic knowledge of the German language as a requirement when applying...

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News UN: ground combat now leading cause of conflict-related civilian casualties in Afghanistan
UN: ground combat now leading cause of conflict-related civilian casualties in Afghanistan
Nicholas Tomsho
July 10, 2014 11:45:31 am

Ground combat engagements have surpassed improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as the most common cause of conflict-related civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported Wednesday. The report states that...

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News Mexico lawmakers approve telecom reforms
Mexico lawmakers approve telecom reforms
Nicholas Tomsho
July 10, 2014 10:11:06 am

The Camara de Diputados , the lower house of Mexico's Congress, voted on Wednesday to approve strict reforms limiting dominant telecommunications and television companies. After 20 hours of debate, lawmakers passed the...

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News Colorado same-sex marriage ban struck down
Colorado same-sex marriage ban struck down
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 10, 2014 09:50:49 am

A judge for Colorado's Adams County District Court on Wednesday struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional but immediately stayed his ruling. Judge C Scott Crabtree ruled that Amendment 43 of Colorado's state...

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News US government sued for failing to appoint counsel to children facing deportation
US government sued for failing to appoint counsel to children facing deportation
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 10, 2014 08:41:12 am

The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Immigration Council and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project , in conjunction with Public Counsel and K&L Gates LLP filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court...

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News Prison reform group sues Pennsylvania officials over isolation inmate’s suicide
Prison reform group sues Pennsylvania officials over isolation inmate’s suicide
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 10, 2014 07:55:04 am

The Abolitionist Law Center (ALC) filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against several officials in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) , alleging...

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News Canada appeals court rules Khadr must be transferred from federal prison
Canada appeals court rules Khadr must be transferred from federal prison
Peter Snyder
July 9, 2014 10:03:46 am

The Alberta Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in favor of former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr , ordering that he be transferred from a federal penitentiary to a provincial correctional facility. Khadr,...

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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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