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News Oklahoma lawmakers approve bills restricting abortions
Oklahoma lawmakers approve bills restricting abortions
Ann Riley
April 20, 2010 11:39:00 am

The Oklahoma State Senate voted to approve five anti-abortion bills on Monday, sending three to Governor Brad Henry for his approval and returning two to the Oklahoma State House of Representatives . The first...

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News UN rights chief urges Gulf countries to respect human rights
UN rights chief urges Gulf countries to respect human rights
Ann Riley
April 19, 2010 10:38:00 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday encouraged the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states to address continuing rights issues , including women's rights, treatment of migrant...

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News Dutch PM proposes international nuclear tribunal
Dutch PM proposes international nuclear tribunal
Ann Riley
April 13, 2010 10:40:00 am

Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende on Monday proposed the establishment of an international tribunal in the Netherlands to try countries suspected of supplying nuclear materials to terrorists. The tribunal would be set in The Hague, already home...

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News Obama pick for DOJ legal counsel withdraws nomination
Obama pick for DOJ legal counsel withdraws nomination
Ann Riley
April 12, 2010 10:33:00 am

US President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) withdrew her candidacy on Friday. Dawn Johnsen , nominated as the OLC's Assistant Attorney General in January 2009, has...

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News Equatorial Guinea court sentences 7 Nigerians for palace attack
Equatorial Guinea court sentences 7 Nigerians for palace attack
Ann Riley
April 6, 2010 11:52:00 am

An Equatorial Guinea court on Monday sentenced seven Nigerians to 12 years in prison for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace. Court president Antonio Pascual Ojo Ebobo found the Nigerians guilty of terrorism and said they...

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News More than 100 Haitians arrested for illegally entering US after earthquake
More than 100 Haitians arrested for illegally entering US after earthquake
Ann Riley
April 5, 2010 10:40:00 am

The US Customs and Border Protection has arrested 115 Haitians who have crossed the border illegally since the January 12 earthquake , according to Sunday reports. Mark Henry, operations officer for the Border...

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News Pakistan high court orders government to reopen corruption cases
Pakistan high court orders government to reopen corruption cases
Ann Riley
March 30, 2010 02:12:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday threatened to imprison the head of the country's corruption agency for failing to meet a 24-hour deadline to reopen several corruption cases. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry [official profile; JURIST...

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News Illinois judge upholds abortion parental notification law
Illinois judge upholds abortion parental notification law
Ann Riley
March 30, 2010 10:31:00 am

An Illinois Cook County Circuit Court judge ruled Monday that the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 is constitutional. While lifting the temporary restraining order on the law's enforcement, Judge Daniel Riley approved...

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News Niger junta arrests ex-ministers for subversive activities
Niger junta arrests ex-ministers for subversive activities
Ann Riley
March 29, 2010 11:36:00 am

Nigerien police arrested a dozen former ministers and officials loyal to ousted president Mamadou Tandja late Sunday. The close aides to Tandja, including former finance minister Lamine Zeine, former justice minister Garba Lompo, and former minister of...

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Europe court rules Google not violating trademark law
Ann Riley
March 23, 2010 10:37:00 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that Google did not violate trademark law by selling advertising linked to trademarked names. The court reasoned that Google...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots. The riots, the worst in US history to that point, killed as many as 100 people and had to be quelled by troops, some of whom had recently fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn more about the Draft Riots.

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