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News Obama defends release of CIA interrogation memos
Obama defends release of CIA interrogation memos
Eszter Bardi
April 21, 2009 08:10:00 am

US President Barack Obama on Monday defended  his recent decision to release memos describing interrogation methods employed by CIA  officials in questioning Guantanamo Bay detainees. He made the remarks to CIA officials who had expressed...

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News Rights group calls on Hamas to end internal violence against Israel supporters
Rights group calls on Hamas to end internal violence against Israel supporters
Eszter Bardi
April 20, 2009 08:11:00 am

Palestinian Hamas authorities should end the systematic detention, torture, and execution of supporters of Israel and the rival Fatah party , according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...

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News Minnesota court declares Franken winner of US Senate race
Minnesota court declares Franken winner of US Senate race
Eszter Bardi
April 14, 2009 07:21:00 am

A three-judge panel for the Minnesota State Court for the Second District on Monday declared  Al Franken the winner of the state's 2008 US Senate race over opponent Norm Coleman . Both candidates had brought claims...

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News Obama administration eases Cuba travel restrictions
Obama administration eases Cuba travel restrictions
Eszter Bardi
April 13, 2009 03:36:00 pm

US President Barack Obama has ordered the lifting of travel restrictions and restrictions on money transfers between Cuban-Americans and their families in Cuba. Obama also ordered that US telecommunications companies be allowed to work within Cuba...

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News Rights group urges Uganda to end torture and illegal arrests
Rights group urges Uganda to end torture and illegal arrests
Eszter Bardi
April 10, 2009 12:24:00 pm

Advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Uganda to end what it said was the use of torture and unlawful arrest  by the country's Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force (JATT). According to HRW, JATT...

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News House Judiciary chair renews call for probe into Bush ‘war on terror’ policies
House Judiciary chair renews call for probe into Bush ‘war on terror’ policies
Eszter Bardi
April 6, 2009 08:17:00 am

US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) has released a final version of a report reiterating his allegations that the Bush administration engaged in numerous abuses during the "war on terror"...

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News Ex-Khmer Rouge leader ‘Duch’ apologizes for war crimes in Cambodia genocide court
Ex-Khmer Rouge leader ‘Duch’ apologizes for war crimes in Cambodia genocide court
Eszter Bardi
March 31, 2009 08:05:00 am

Former Khmer Rogue  leader Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," on Tuesday formally accepted responsibility and apologized for the torture and murder of an estimated 12,000 Cambodians at the prison he ran for the regime. Kaing...

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News DC Circuit dismisses suit against US for 1998 executive order to bomb Sudan
DC Circuit dismisses suit against US for 1998 executive order to bomb Sudan
Eszter Bardi
March 30, 2009 07:53:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday upheld the dismissal of a $50 million lawsuit against the US for the 1998 executive order authorizing a missile strike against a Sudan pharmaceutical...

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News Vermont Senate approves same-sex marriage bill
Vermont Senate approves same-sex marriage bill
Eszter Bardi
March 24, 2009 08:10:00 am

The Vermont State Senate voted 26-4 Monday to approve same-sex marriage in the state. This was the second of three readings of the proposed bill , entitled “An Act...

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News Federal Circuit upholds US patent rules changing application process
Federal Circuit upholds US patent rules changing application process
Eszter Bardi
March 23, 2009 08:03:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday upheld as procedural three rules promulgated by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that significantly alter the patent application process, overturning...

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France abolishes slavery

On February 4, 1794, the legislature of France abolished slavery throughout the territories of the French Republic. The practice was then reinstituted by Napoleon in 1804, before being banned permanently in 1814 after Bonaparte was exiled to Elba. As of 2001, slavery is defined as a "crime against humanity" by French law.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks born

On February 4, 1913, late civil rights activist Rosa Parks - who became famous in 1956 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and go to the back of a Montgomery Alabama bus - was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Learn more about Rosa Parks.

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