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News Acting Israel PM to remove illegal Jewish outposts on West Bank
Acting Israel PM to remove illegal Jewish outposts on West Bank
James M Yoch Jr
January 18, 2006 07:13:00 pm

Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday asked his defense minister to create a plan for removing 24 Jewish settler outposts, deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice , from the Palestinian West Bank....

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News US confirms eight female detainees at Abu Ghraib
US confirms eight female detainees at Abu Ghraib
James M Yoch Jr
January 18, 2006 07:07:00 pm

The US military confirmed Wednesday that it currently holds at least 8 female prisoners as security threats at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad after captors of an American journalist demanded the US free all Iraqi...

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News Bush defends Guantanamo prison camp, courts
Bush defends Guantanamo prison camp, courts
James M Yoch Jr
January 13, 2006 02:16:00 pm

US President George Bush on Friday defended the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay , calling it "a necessary part of protecting the American people". Bush's comments came during a White House press conference with German Chancellor...

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News Gonzales will testify at NSA domestic spying hearings, DOJ confirms
Gonzales will testify at NSA domestic spying hearings, DOJ confirms
James M Yoch Jr
January 13, 2006 02:10:00 pm

A US Department of Justice spokesperson on Friday confirmed that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the NSA domestic surveillance program at the request ...

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News New Jersey governor signs law imposing death penalty moratorium
New Jersey governor signs law imposing death penalty moratorium
James M Yoch Jr
January 13, 2006 01:45:00 pm

New Jersey Gov. Richard J. Codey on Thursday signed several bills, including one which creates a special commission on the death penalty and places a moratorium on capital punishment until at least 60 days...

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Alito wraps up testimony in Supreme Court confirmation hearings
James M Yoch Jr
January 12, 2006 02:39:00 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee completed its questioning of Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito on Thursday, the fourth day of its confirmation hearings for the Third Circuit jurist. Alito, who appears...

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Syria president refuses UN inquiry amid murder accusation
James M Yoch Jr
January 12, 2006 02:02:00 pm

Syrian officials announced Thursday that President Bashar al-Assad would not submit to questioning by the UN probe into the assassination of former Lebanese president Rafik Hariri . Information Minister Mahdi Dahkl-Allah claimed that the refusal...

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News Burundi rights watchdog decries prisoner releases
Burundi rights watchdog decries prisoner releases
James M Yoch Jr
January 12, 2006 01:32:00 pm

Ligue Iteka , a human rights group in Burundi, on Thursday criticized this week's release of 673 political prisoners held for alleged crimes related to Burundi's 12-year civil war . Ligue Iteka director Jean...

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News Tenet Healthcare to pay $215 million to settle shareholder lawsuits
Tenet Healthcare to pay $215 million to settle shareholder lawsuits
James M Yoch Jr
January 12, 2006 01:20:00 pm

Tenet Healthcare , the country's second-largest private hospital chain, on Thursday agreed to a $215 million settlement to end class action shareholder lawsuits alleging that some of the company's officers and directors misled investors about Medicare...

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News DOJ, DOD watchdogs pass up probes of NSA spying program
DOJ, DOD watchdogs pass up probes of NSA spying program
James M Yoch Jr
January 11, 2006 08:30:00 pm

US Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine has forwarded a request to investigate President Bush’s authorization of National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropping on US residents to the Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, citing...

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Massacre of hundreds of Jews ends in Lisbon, Portugal

An anti-Jewish pogrom known as the "Lisbon Massacre" came to an end on April 21, 1506. The killings started as the result of a "New Christian," who was forcibly converted from Judaism as a result of King Manuel I's 1497 Edict of Forced Conversion, questioning a purported miracle at the Church of Saint Dominic. At least 1,000 New Christians were killed as a result of the ensuing riots, spurred on by two friars.  Today a memorial to the massacre victims stands outside of the church. Learn more about the Lisbon Massacre.

Henry VIII becomes King of England

On April 21, 1509, King Henry VII died, leaving his son, Henry VIII, King of England. Henry VIII eventually seceded his nation from the Roman Catholic Church, becoming the first major European nation to do so. Henry then made himself head of the Church of England and dissolved Catholic monasteries throughout the country.

Learn more about Henry VIII.

Maryland Toleration Act established freedom of worship for all Christians

On April 21, 1649, the Maryland Assembly passed the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians. The key section of the act read: And whereas the inforceing of the conscience in matters of Religion hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous Consequence in those commonwealthes where it hath been practised, And for the more quiett and peaceable governement of this Province, and the better to preserve mutuall Love and amity amongst the Inhabitants thereof, Be it Therefore also by the Lord Proprietary with the advise and consent of this Assembly Ordeyned and enacted (except as in this present Act is before Declared and sett forth) that noe person or persons whatsoever within this Province, or the Islands, Ports, Harbors, Creekes, or havens thereunto belonging professing to beleive in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth bee any waies troubled, Molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion nor in the free exercise thereof within this Province or the Islands thereunto belonging nor any way compelled to the beleife or exercise of any other Religion against his or her consent, soe as they be not unfaithfull to the Lord Proprietary, or molest or conspire against the civill Governement established or to bee established in this Province under him or his heires. Learn more about the Maryland Toleration Act.

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