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News Major power company settles landmark acid rain pollution lawsuit
Major power company settles landmark acid rain pollution lawsuit
Jaime Jansen
October 9, 2007 07:07:00 am

American Electric Power (AEP) has settled a lawsuit for $4.6 billion with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , 12 environmental groups and eight northeastern states. The settlement is expected to be formally announced Tuesday, the same...

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News Spain judge jails 17 Basque political leaders
Spain judge jails 17 Basque political leaders
Jaime Jansen
October 8, 2007 08:26:00 am

Spanish anti-terror judge Baltasar Garzon ordered 17 leaders of the Batasuna party to remain in jail Sunday, after Spanish police arrested 23 senior members of the political organization last week....

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News Thailand maintaining martial law indefinitely in some provinces: military leader
Thailand maintaining martial law indefinitely in some provinces: military leader
Jaime Jansen
October 8, 2007 07:54:00 am

Martial law will remain in some regions of Thailand indefinitely, General Winai Phattiyakul said Monday, citing unspecified security concerns in border provinces. Winai said that martial law will be lifted in some provinces, but gave no...

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News Iraq government probe concludes ‘deliberate murder’ in Blackwater incident
Iraq government probe concludes ‘deliberate murder’ in Blackwater incident
Jaime Jansen
October 8, 2007 07:02:00 am

Blackwater USA private security guards deliberately shot Iraqi civilians during a September shooting incident , a spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said Sunday after the Iraqi government concluded an investigation into...

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News Bush defends interrogation tactics, denies US tortures detainees
Bush defends interrogation tactics, denies US tortures detainees
Jaime Jansen
October 5, 2007 11:23:00 am

US President George W. Bush Friday defended his administration's interrogation policy, saying that the "government does not torture people" and that it "stick to US law and our international obligations." Bush was responding to Congressional demands for two...

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Spain police arrest Basque political leaders
Jaime Jansen
October 5, 2007 10:53:00 am

Spanish police arrested over 20 senior members of the Batasuna party Thursday on orders from anti-terror judge Baltasar Garzon. The reasons for their arrests have not been released, but many believe the arrests were politically motivated. The...

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News UK education authority allows schools to ban Muslim veils
UK education authority allows schools to ban Muslim veils
Jaime Jansen
October 5, 2007 10:17:00 am

The UK Department of Education and Skills issued updated school uniform guidelines Thursday that allow school heads to ban Muslim veils but stopped short of imposing a government ban on religious dress that...

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News Musharraf signs amnesty agreement for Pakistan ex-PM
Musharraf signs amnesty agreement for Pakistan ex-PM
Jaime Jansen
October 5, 2007 10:14:00 am

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf signed a "reconciliation ordinance" Friday, granting amnesty to former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on corruption charges. The agreement reached between the two political rivals clears...

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News Senate hearings on Mukasey AG nomination could begin mid-October: Leahy
Senate hearings on Mukasey AG nomination could begin mid-October: Leahy
Jaime Jansen
October 5, 2007 10:02:00 am

Senate confirmation hearings for US Attorney General nominee Michael B. Mukasey could begin as early as October 17, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Thursday. Leahy on Tuesday listed what he...

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News Recording labels win first illegal file-sharing suit to go to trial
Recording labels win first illegal file-sharing suit to go to trial
Jaime Jansen
October 5, 2007 09:00:00 am

A federal jury awarded six recording companies $222,000 Thursday in Virgin v. Thomas , the first music file-sharing lawsuit to go to trial, ordering Jammie Thomas to pay for sharing 24 copyrighted songs on the Internet. The recording...

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Eighteenth Amendment came into effect

On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution came into effect as scheduled one year after ratification, marking the beginning of Prohibition. Learn more about Temperance and Prohibition from Professor K. Austin Kerr of the Ohio State University Department of History.

English Parliament bans Roman Catholicism

On January 16, 1581, the English Parliament banned Roman Catholicism throughout the country during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. From that time on, Catholicism declined in England until the Catholic Emancipation of the late 18th century.

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