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News Danish soldiers convicted of abusing Iraqis but not sentenced
Danish soldiers convicted of abusing Iraqis but not sentenced
David Shucosky
January 12, 2006 12:06:00 pm

A court in Copenhagen Thursday found five Danish soldiers guilty on two of four counts of abuse against Iraqi prisoners, but refused to sentence the soldiers due to "extenuating circumstances". The judge noted that unclear procedural rules...

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Federal judge sends Portland sex abuse suits to court
David Shucosky
January 12, 2006 11:32:00 am

A federal bankruptcy judge ruled on Wednesday that several civil lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon alleging sexual abuse by priests should go to trial. The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy in 2004...

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News DOJ threatens New York with lawsuit for failing to modernize voting process
DOJ threatens New York with lawsuit for failing to modernize voting process
David Shucosky
January 12, 2006 11:01:00 am

The US Department of Justice has indicated it may file a lawsuit against New York state for failing to modernize its voting procedures in accordance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002 . The state Board...

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News Cambodia, UN to set up offices for Khmer Rouge trials
Cambodia, UN to set up offices for Khmer Rouge trials
David Shucosky
December 9, 2005 11:33:00 am

Cambodia and the United Nations moved closer to beginning genocide trials for Khmer Rouge leaders with an announcement Friday that the UN-backed tribunal will begin setting up offices next month. A list of Cambodian and international candidates to serve...

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News CIA rendition plaintiff maybe targeted on German information
CIA rendition plaintiff maybe targeted on German information
David Shucosky
December 9, 2005 11:16:00 am

Khaled el-Masri , a German man at the heart of an ACLU lawsuit against the CIA alleging wrongful imprisonment , may have been targeted as a result of information Germany shared with the US, according to a...

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Six arrested for ecoterrorism arsons
David Shucosky
December 9, 2005 10:47:00 am

The US Department of Justice announced six arrests on Thursday in connection with a series of ecoterrorism attacks in the Pacific Northwest from 1998 to 2001. Four arsons and the destruction of a transmission tower...

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News MA governor says no hospital exemptions from emergency contraception law
MA governor says no hospital exemptions from emergency contraception law
David Shucosky
December 9, 2005 10:34:00 am

Reversing a ruling made by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health , Governor Mitt Romney said Thursday that even private hospitals must provide emergency contraception pills to rape victims. The DPH had said that...

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News Senate battles looms over extension of Patriot Act
Senate battles looms over extension of Patriot Act
David Shucosky
December 9, 2005 10:09:00 am

Republicans in Congress will look to give final approval to an extension of the Patriot Act powers next week, but criticism from both parties may lead to a filibuster or even defeat of the measure in...

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News Saddam lawyers demand to know identity, record of trial judges
Saddam lawyers demand to know identity, record of trial judges
David Shucosky
December 2, 2005 11:39:00 am

Lawyers for Saddam Hussein said they would appeal to a higher Iraqi court if the Iraqi Special Tribunal refuses to divulge the names and backgrounds of four anonymous judges in charge of the trial....

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Belarus approves legislation to stem protests
David Shucosky
December 2, 2005 11:02:00 am

The Belarussian parliament on Friday voted 97-4 to approve a law imposing harsh penalties for anyone convicted of inciting demonstrations or spreading harmful information. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko wants the laws to stop anti-government protest movements like...

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March from Selma begins

On March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. began his third march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest racial discrimination in the Jim Crow South. By March 25, over 25,000 people lead by Dr. King reached Montgomery, Alabama. Specifically, the march called attention to suppression of African-American voting rights and a police assault on a civil rights demonstration three weeks prior.

Five months later, in August 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act. Read a history of the march from Selma to Montgomery and a history of the Voting Rights Act.

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [UNESCO factsheet].
On March 21, 1804, the Code Civil des Francais, the reformed French civil law often referred to in French as the Code Napoleon, and in English as the Napoleonic Code, went into effect in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and French colonies.

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