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News France parliament defeats controversial internet piracy legislation
France parliament defeats controversial internet piracy legislation
Andrew Gilmore
April 9, 2009 02:52:00 pm

The French National Assembly on Thursday defeated a controversial internet piracy bill that would have cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material. Under the bill, which won...

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News Canada court rules RCMP have right to unionize
Canada court rules RCMP have right to unionize
Andrew Gilmore
April 8, 2009 07:47:00 am

Justice Ian MacDonnell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) , Canada's federal police force and the country's largest law enforcement entity, can...

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News DC council votes to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere
DC council votes to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere
Andrew Gilmore
April 8, 2009 06:56:00 am

The Council of the District of Columbia voted Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside of Washington, DC. The bill, proposed by DC Councilman Phil Mendelson , was approved by a 12-0 vote....

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News US immigration judge revokes accused Nazi guard deportation stay
US immigration judge revokes accused Nazi guard deportation stay
Andrew Gilmore
April 7, 2009 07:53:00 am

A US immigration judge on Monday revoked a stay of deportation issued Friday for accused Nazi prison camp guard John Demjanjuk . The stay had been ordered Friday after Demjanjuk filed a motion...

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News Uighur Guantanamo detainees seek Supreme Court review of detention
Uighur Guantanamo detainees seek Supreme Court review of detention
Andrew Gilmore
April 7, 2009 07:07:00 am

A group of 17 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court Monday, asking...

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News Pfizer reaches settlement with Nigeria state in drug testing lawsuit
Pfizer reaches settlement with Nigeria state in drug testing lawsuit
Andrew Gilmore
April 3, 2009 03:09:00 pm

Drug maker Pfizer reached a settlement Friday with the Nigerian state of Kano in a lawsuit over allegedly illegal clinical trials the company conducted in Nigeria in 1996. The national government and the state of Kano filed...

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News France to accept one Guantanamo detainee
France to accept one Guantanamo detainee
Andrew Gilmore
April 3, 2009 02:06:00 pm

French President Nicholas Sarkozy said Friday that his country would accept one Guantanamo Bay detainee in a symbolic effort to aid the closure of the detention center. Sarkozy made the announcement...

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House passes bill to give FDA tobacco regulating authority
Andrew Gilmore
April 2, 2009 04:47:00 pm

The US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would give the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the market for tobacco products. The bill, entitled...

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News Federal judge lets Afghanistan detainees <i>habeas</i> challenges proceed
Federal judge lets Afghanistan detainees habeas challenges proceed
Andrew Gilmore
April 2, 2009 04:08:00 pm

Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that three detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan can proceed with...

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Pakistan high court suspends decision barring ex-PM Sharif from elected office
Andrew Gilmore
April 1, 2009 07:53:00 am

The Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended its February decision Tuesday barring former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother from holding elected office, pending the high court's final...

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Phillip III of Spain expels Muslim converts to Christianity

Phillip III of Spain began the expulsion of the country's "Morisco" (Muslims who converted to Christianity and their descendants) population on April 9, 1609, based on the Crown's fears that the Morisco population retained Muslim beliefs. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos would be expelled from the country from 1609-1614. The expulsions took place just over 100 years after Spain's Jewish population was expelled in 1492. Learn more about the expulsion of the Moriscos.

Senate approves purchase of Alaska

On April 9, 1867, the U.S. Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska and thereby approve the purchase of the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Initially, the purchase was made to keep Alaska away from the British. It was politically unpopular with many Americans who denounced it is "Seward's Folly", after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, who had lobbied for the purchase. Seward was later vindicated by the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Purchase from the U.S. State Department.

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.

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