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News Ousted Pakistan judges now ‘free to move’ but still face restrictions
Ousted Pakistan judges now ‘free to move’ but still face restrictions
Alexis Unkovic
November 20, 2007 03:37:00 pm

Judges dismissed from the Supreme Court of Pakistan and held under virtual house arrest in the wake of President Pervez Musharraf's November 3 declaration of emergency rule are now "free to move" and leave their...

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News US Supreme Court agrees to hear DC handgun ban and California labor cases
US Supreme Court agrees to hear DC handgun ban and California labor cases
Alexis Unkovic
November 20, 2007 02:10:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in two cases and postponed jurisdiction in a third case. In District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) , the Supreme...

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News Bush slams unfair Senate review of judicial nominees
Bush slams unfair Senate review of judicial nominees
Alexis Unkovic
November 15, 2007 09:44:00 pm

US President George W. Bush on Thursday criticized the Senate's judicial confirmation process as overzealous and said the legislature's constitutional mandate to "advise and consent" can be turned into a method by which to "search and destroy" a nominee's...

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News Russia opposition party files lawsuit to block Putin parliamentary candidacy
Russia opposition party files lawsuit to block Putin parliamentary candidacy
Alexis Unkovic
November 15, 2007 05:31:00 pm

An official with Russia's Union of Right Forces (SPS) told a news conference Thursday that the opposition political party had filed a lawsuit with the country's Supreme Court requesting that Russian...

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News China court sentences dissident lawyer to five years in prison
China court sentences dissident lawyer to five years in prison
Alexis Unkovic
November 15, 2007 03:49:00 pm

The Tianhe District Court in China convicted lawyer and dissident writer Yang Maodong of conducting "illegal business activity" and sentenced him to serve five years in prison and pay more than $5,000 in fines,...

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News US Supreme Court stays execution of Florida death row inmate
US Supreme Court stays execution of Florida death row inmate
Alexis Unkovic
November 15, 2007 03:10:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of Florida death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab "pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari." Schwab...

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News Former Canada prosecutor tapped to head UN Hariri investigation
Former Canada prosecutor tapped to head UN Hariri investigation
Alexis Unkovic
November 13, 2007 02:49:00 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has nominated former Canadian Deputy Attorney General Daniel Bellemare to serve as the commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) , a UN spokesperson said...

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News Two leading Myanmar dissidents taken into custody: opposition groups
Two leading Myanmar dissidents taken into custody: opposition groups
Alexis Unkovic
November 13, 2007 02:01:00 pm

Officials in Myanmar arrested prominent labor rights activist Suu Suu Nway Tuesday, according to a representative for the National League for Democracy-Liberated Area Myanmar in Thailand. An official speaking on condition of anonymity told...

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News Yahoo! settles lawsuit brought by China journalists for abetting torture
Yahoo! settles lawsuit brought by China journalists for abetting torture
Alexis Unkovic
November 13, 2007 01:14:00 pm

Yahoo! Inc. agreed Tuesday to settle a lawsuit filed in US federal court alleging that the Internet giant aided and abetted human rights violations committed by the Chinese government by providing Chinese officials...

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News Myanmar allows pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi to meet with party members
Myanmar allows pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi to meet with party members
Alexis Unkovic
November 8, 2007 05:47:00 pm

The military junta in Myanmar Thursday agreed to allow opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with fellow members of her political party Friday for the first time in three years. The announcement...

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President Reagan fired 11,000 striking air traffic controllers

On August 5, 1981, under orders from President Reagan, the federal government began firing air traffic controllers who had gone on strike two days previous for better pay, hours and working conditions. Learn more about the PATCO air traffic control strike. Listen to an excerpt of an August 3, 1981 speech by President Reagan (courtesy of the History Channel) emphasizing that the controllers had taken an oath not to strike against the government and threatening to terminate their jobs if they did not report for duty in 48 hours.

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On August 5, 1960, Burkina Faso gained independence from France. Read the constitution of Burkina Faso.

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