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News Italy lower house approves bill protecting Berlusconi from prosecution
Italy lower house approves bill protecting Berlusconi from prosecution
Daniel Makosky
February 4, 2010 12:06:00 pm

The Italian Chamber of Deputies approved a bill Wednesday that would allow cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , to postpone criminal proceedings against them on the...

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News ICC prosecutor expects genocide charge against al-Bashir
ICC prosecutor expects genocide charge against al-Bashir
Daniel Makosky
January 29, 2010 09:19:00 am

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday that he believes the ICC's appeals chamber will add a genocide charge to the case against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC...

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News Obama chides Supreme Court again in State of the Union speech
Obama chides Supreme Court again in State of the Union speech
Daniel Makosky
January 28, 2010 12:21:00 pm

US President Barack Obama sharply criticized the Supreme Court's recent decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , which eased restrictions on political campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, in his State of the Union Address...

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News Hawaii Senate approves same-sex civil unions
Hawaii Senate approves same-sex civil unions
Daniel Makosky
January 23, 2010 12:15:00 pm

The Hawaii Senate voted 18-7 Friday in favor of legislation allowing same-sex civil unions . The act would confer upon homosexual and heterosexual couples rights and benefits equal to those afforded married couples...

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News Obama approves tax benefit for Haiti earthquake relief
Obama approves tax benefit for Haiti earthquake relief
Daniel Makosky
January 23, 2010 10:50:00 am

US President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill that will allow Americans to claim contributions made to Haitian earthquake relief efforts as a deduction on their 2009 federal income tax returns....

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News California Supreme Court rejects medical marijuana limits
California Supreme Court rejects medical marijuana limits
Daniel Makosky
January 22, 2010 09:46:00 am

The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned a 2003 law limiting the amount of marijuana that may be possessed under the state's Medical Marijuana Program (MMP) . The court ruled that Health...

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News Zimbabwe constitution project suspended indefinitely
Zimbabwe constitution project suspended indefinitely
Daniel Makosky
January 22, 2010 08:23:00 am

Zimbabwean state-run media on Thursday announced the suspension of governmental efforts to collect public opinions on a new constitution for the country. Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana, co-chairman of the committee charged with drafting the document, cited financial and...

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News France police arrest Rwandan genocide suspect
France police arrest Rwandan genocide suspect
Daniel Makosky
January 21, 2010 12:20:00 pm

French police on Wednesday arrested alleged war criminal Sosthene Munyemana in Bordeaux, acting on a Rwandan extradition warrant. Munyemana, a Rwandan doctor who has worked in a French hospital for eight years, is accused of war crimes ...

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News DOJ indicts 4 for 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Denmark plot
DOJ indicts 4 for 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Denmark plot
Daniel Makosky
January 15, 2010 09:05:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday that four men have been charged in connection with the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India and an attempted attack...

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News Ukraine court finds Soviet leaders responsible for 1930s Holodomor famine
Ukraine court finds Soviet leaders responsible for 1930s Holodomor famine
Daniel Makosky
January 15, 2010 06:39:00 am

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Thursday the conviction of seven former Soviet officials, including Joseph Stalin , on genocide charges stemming from the 1932-1933 Holodomor famine . The court of...

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Israel parliament meets for the first time

On February 14, 1949, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, convened for the first time, and Joseph Shprinzak was elected as its first Speaker. Read a history of the First Knesset from the Knesset archives.

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