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News Zambia elects new president
Zambia elects new president
Emelina Perez
January 25, 2015 11:35:23 am

Zambia's new president, Defense and Justice Minister Edgar Lungu, was sworn on Sunday after he was declared the winner of the presidential poll Saturday night. Lungu was a candidate for the Patriotic Front , the ruling...

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News Federal judge rules Alabama marriage laws unconstitutional
Federal judge rules Alabama marriage laws unconstitutional
Emelina Perez
January 25, 2015 10:47:47 am

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on Friday struck down the Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment and the Alabama Marriage Protection Act , ruling them unconstitutional. Applying strict scrutiny, Judge...

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News US government admits former Guantanamo detainee wrongfully convicted: lawyer
US government admits former Guantanamo detainee wrongfully convicted: lawyer
Emelina Perez
January 23, 2015 03:35:09 pm

A lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks says the US government admitted his conviction was incorrect and did not dispute Hicks' innocence. The US Court of Military Commission Review has not yet...

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News UK court upholds regulation on legal aid for domestic violence
UK court upholds regulation on legal aid for domestic violence
Emelina Perez
January 23, 2015 02:45:53 pm

The UK High Court of Justice on Thursday rejected a claim that procedural regulations, known as CLA(P) Regulation 33, unlawfully restrict domestic violence victims' access to legal aid. Under the regulations, domestic violence victims seeking to obtain legal...

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News France court upholds ban on anti-Islamist rally
France court upholds ban on anti-Islamist rally
Emelina Perez
January 18, 2015 12:08:08 pm

The Paris Administrative Tribunal on Saturday upheld a police chief's ban on an "Islamists out of France" rally planned for Sunday. The demonstration, which was organized by two groups: Secular Riposte and Resistance Republicaine, was banned because...

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News US releases Qatari man held as ‘enemy combatant’
US releases Qatari man held as ‘enemy combatant’
Emelina Perez
January 18, 2015 10:35:32 am

A Qatari man arrested shortly after the 9/11 attacks and labeled an "enemy combatant" was released and returned to his home nation on Saturday. Ali bin Kahlah al-Marri was held by US authorities for six years and later pleaded...

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News Apple, Google reach $415 million settlement in tech company hiring case
Apple, Google reach $415 million settlement in tech company hiring case
Emelina Perez
January 16, 2015 02:25:14 pm

Four tech companies, including Apple and Google reached a $415 million settlement Thursday in a class action lawsuit claiming the companies unlawfully agreed to reduce employee compensation and mobility. The lawsuit was filed against Apple,...

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News UN: 2015 must be the time for global action
UN: 2015 must be the time for global action
Emelina Perez
January 11, 2015 01:39:30 pm

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon , briefing the General Assembly on Thursday, presented his report which proposes a new development agenda and called 2015 a "time for global action." The Secretary General said this year...

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News Connecticut Supreme Court rules 17-year-old cannot refuse chemotherapy
Connecticut Supreme Court rules 17-year-old cannot refuse chemotherapy
Emelina Perez
January 9, 2015 03:08:21 pm

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 17-year-old is not mature enough to reject chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma. The teen, Cassandra, and her mother refused chemotherapy after two initial treatments because they believe chemotherapy...

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News Supreme Court to develop electronic filing system as soon as 2016
Supreme Court to develop electronic filing system as soon as 2016
Emelina Perez
January 2, 2015 01:41:41 pm

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts announced in the 2014 Year-End Report Wednesday that the Supreme Court is developing an electronic filing system, expected to be operational in 2016. This will make documents available...

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Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery

On September 3, 1838, abolitionist and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore by posing as a free sailor and boarding a train bound for Philadelphia. Read Douglass' 1881 tract My Escape from Slavery.

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