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News Iraq closes borders to non-Iraqi Arabs in run-up to Dec. 15 elections
Iraq closes borders to non-Iraqi Arabs in run-up to Dec. 15 elections
David Shucosky
December 2, 2005 10:31:00 am

Iraqi officials announced on Friday that non-Iraqi Arabs will not be allowed to enter the country as a security measure leading up to the December 15 elections . No end date for the prohibition was set. The...

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News DOJ memo shows Texas redistricting plan initially rejected
DOJ memo shows Texas redistricting plan initially rejected
David Shucosky
December 2, 2005 10:05:00 am

A newly-disclosed memo reveals that US Department of Justice staff initially opposed a controversial 2003 Texas redistricting plan as violative of the Voting Rights Act , concluding that Texas "has not met its burden...

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News US defends treatment of suicidal Guantanamo detainee
US defends treatment of suicidal Guantanamo detainee
David Shucosky
November 18, 2005 11:50:00 am

Government lawyers have defended US treatment of a suicidal Guantanamo Bay detainee in court papers filed this week, claiming that he is receiving appropriate mental health care and otherwise being treated humanely. Jumah Dossari [Amnesty International...

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News First corruption arrest made in connection with Katrina cleanup
First corruption arrest made in connection with Katrina cleanup
David Shucosky
November 18, 2005 11:40:00 am

Federal prosecutors have charged an official of St. Tammany Parish with accepting kickbacks to arrange a debris-removal contract as part of the Hurricane Katrina cleanup. St. Tammany Parish Council member Joseph Impastato...

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News Former French UN ambassador admits taking oil-for-food bribes
Former French UN ambassador admits taking oil-for-food bribes
David Shucosky
November 18, 2005 10:12:00 am

Former French UN ambassador Jean-Bernard Merimee has admitted to a French judge that he accepted $156,000 in connection with the now-defunct UN Oil-for-Food program . Merimee received the money by way of oil...

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News Ugandan rebels appear in military court; US urges fair trial
Ugandan rebels appear in military court; US urges fair trial
David Shucosky
November 18, 2005 10:03:00 am

Kizza Besigye , the president of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change party, appeared in a military court in Uganda on Friday along with 18 others on charges of treason . Besigye is the...

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News Talabani assures rights for Christians under Iraq charter in meeting with Pope
Talabani assures rights for Christians under Iraq charter in meeting with Pope
David Shucosky
November 11, 2005 11:23:00 am

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican on Thursday, assuring him that new Iraqi constitution will respect the rights of Christians. The Vatican was...

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News Hate crime prosecutions up almost one-third in UK
Hate crime prosecutions up almost one-third in UK
David Shucosky
November 11, 2005 10:51:00 am

The Crown Prosecution Service released a report on Friday that shows prosecutions for hate crimes during April 2004 to March 2005 up 29 percent over the previous year . A record 4,660 people were...

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News PM says Australian anti-terror proposals won’t limit press freedoms
PM says Australian anti-terror proposals won’t limit press freedoms
David Shucosky
November 11, 2005 10:33:00 am

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has denied complaints that controversial new anti-terrorism proposals were "authoritarian" and would limit freedom of the press. Part of the plan includes allowing a 7-year prison sentence...

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News Robertson says PA town ousting intelligent design school board spurned God
Robertson says PA town ousting intelligent design school board spurned God
David Shucosky
November 11, 2005 10:09:00 am

Televangelist Pat Robertson told residents of Dover, Pennsylvania that they had "voted God out of your city" in local elections earlier this week by ousting eight school board members who had supported teaching intelligent design...

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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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