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News Ukraine prosecutors close criminal investigation acting prime minister
Ukraine prosecutors close criminal investigation acting prime minister
Alexandria Samuel
January 28, 2005 12:07:00 pm

Ukraine prosecutors announced Friday that the criminal investigation into President Viktor Yushchenko's nominee for prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her family will be closed. The investigations began in May 2004 following allegations that Tymoshenko attempted to bribe...

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News Former Pinochet secret police chiefs arrested
Former Pinochet secret police chiefs arrested
Alexandria Samuel
January 28, 2005 11:44:00 am

Four former leaders of Chile's secret police during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet were arrested in Chile Friday. Marcelo Moren Brito, Miguel Krassnoff, Fernando Laureani and Gerardo Godoy were taken into custody to serve 5-12 year...

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News Union leaders sue to block civil service rule changes
Union leaders sue to block civil service rule changes
Alexandria Samuel
January 28, 2005 11:21:00 am

Four federal employee union groups have filed suit in federal district court to block the implementation of controversial new personnel regulations at the Department of Homeland Security that may eventually be extended government-wide. The groups contend the new system...

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News UPDATE ~ Iranian council backtracks on allowing women to run for presidency
UPDATE ~ Iranian council backtracks on allowing women to run for presidency
Alexandria Samuel
January 22, 2005 02:39:00 pm

Updating a report from earlier today in JURIST's Paper Chase, the official IRNA news agency is reporting that Gholamhossein Elham, a spokesperson for Iran's Guardian Council, has rejected reports that quoted him saying women could...

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News EU to end US import penalty sanctions
EU to end US import penalty sanctions
Alexandria Samuel
January 21, 2005 12:43:00 pm

The European Union announced Friday its unanimous approval of a measure to end penalty sanctions imposed on $4 billion worth of US exports. The European Council recommended the sanctions end on February 1 and approved a program...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Ohio voting lawsuit dropped
BREAKING NEWS ~ Ohio voting lawsuit dropped
Alexandria Samuel
January 11, 2005 01:56:00 pm

AP is reporting that voters challenging the presidential election results in the Ohio Supreme Court have asked to drop their lawsuit, saying the issue is now moot after last week's certification of the electoral vote and the upcoming inauguration....

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News Milosevic trial resumes after holiday hiatus
Milosevic trial resumes after holiday hiatus
Alexandria Samuel
January 11, 2005 01:55:00 pm

The trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic resumed Tuesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague with testimony by a French nurse who worked in Croatia during the Bosnian...

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News Moussaoui attorneys petition Supreme Court
Moussaoui attorneys petition Supreme Court
Alexandria Samuel
January 11, 2005 01:08:00 pm

Attorneys for Zacarias Moussaoui {JURIST Newsmaker] have filed a petition to the US Supreme Court seeking to overturn a lower court ruling that reinstated the US government's right to seek the death penalty against Moussaoui for his alleged involvement...

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News EU considers changes to IT patent process
EU considers changes to IT patent process
Alexandria Samuel
January 11, 2005 01:05:00 pm

Sixty-one members of the European Parliament have presented a plan to eliminate the European Union's current legislative process related to IT patents. The proposed changes reflect the debate over current European law that prohibits...

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News US judge to hear Yukos bankruptcy dismissal case
US judge to hear Yukos bankruptcy dismissal case
Alexandria Samuel
January 6, 2005 03:59:00 pm

A US bankruptcy judge in Texas Thursday set February 16 as the start date for two days of oral arguments on the dismissal of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing made in December by Russian oil firm Yukos in a...

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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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