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News North Dakota judge blocks abortion law
North Dakota judge blocks abortion law
Kimberly Bennett
August 1, 2013 11:23:50 am

A North Dakota judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction against legislation that would have forced the Red River Clinic in Fargo, North Dakota, to close. The law imposes requirements that any physician performing...

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News Uruguay congress approves bill to regulate sale of marijuana
Uruguay congress approves bill to regulate sale of marijuana
Kimberly Bennett
August 1, 2013 11:01:12 am

The lower house of the Uruguayan Congress on Wednesday approved legislation that would allow the national government to take charge of production and distribution of legal marijuana. The legislation passed by...

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News Federal judge blocks Indiana Planned Parenthood funding restrictions
Federal judge blocks Indiana Planned Parenthood funding restrictions
Kimberly Bennett
July 31, 2013 10:29:56 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on Monday granted a permanent injunction, halting lawmakers from preventing Medicaid recipients from accessing health care services at Planned Parenthood clinics. The case was...

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News UN expert urges Chile to stop using anti-terrorism legislation
UN expert urges Chile to stop using anti-terrorism legislation
Kimberly Bennett
July 31, 2013 10:10:13 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism on Monday urged Chilean authorities to refrain from applying anti-terrorism legislation that directly impacts the Mapuche indigenous peoples. Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson made his first official visit to...

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News Colombia judge orders notary to perform same-sex marriage
Colombia judge orders notary to perform same-sex marriage
Kimberly Bennett
July 29, 2013 10:29:33 am

A Colombian appeals judge on Saturday ordered a notary to marry a same-sex couple, following the couples' appeal after the notary refused to marry them on June 20. In the decision , Judge Campo Elias Cordoba stated that...

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News Myanmar: UN rights expert welcomes latest release of prisoners of conscience
Myanmar: UN rights expert welcomes latest release of prisoners of conscience
Kimberly Bennett
July 29, 2013 09:15:07 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar , Tomas Ojea Quintana, on Monday praised the latest presidential amnesty that resulted in the release of 73 prisoners of conscience. His announcement, however, came...

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News California high court denies request to halt same-sex marriages
California high court denies request to halt same-sex marriages
Kimberly Bennett
July 24, 2013 12:02:03 pm

The California Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the San Diego County clerk's request to halt same-sex marriages in the state, following the US Supreme Court June ruling in Hollingsworth v. Perry . The...

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News Fourth Circuit upholds decision to block parts of South Carolina immigration law
Fourth Circuit upholds decision to block parts of South Carolina immigration law
Kimberly Bennett
July 24, 2013 11:10:02 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's decision to block components of South Carolina's immigration law . Relying on the Supremacy Clause, the court ruled...

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News Jordan court denies bail to Abu Qatada
Jordan court denies bail to Abu Qatada
Kimberly Bennett
July 22, 2013 11:09:12 am

A Jordan military court on Sunday rejected a bail application by radical cleric Abu Qatada , who faces terror charges in Jordan following his deportation from Britain. Abu Qatada was charged on July 7 with...

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Michigan judge rules Detroit bankruptcy filing unconstitutional
Kimberly Bennett
July 22, 2013 10:44:32 am

A judge for Michigan's Ingham County Circuit Court ruled Friday that Detroit's bankruptcy filing is "unconstitutional" and must be withdrawn. Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said that Detroit's bankruptcy filing violates the Michigan Constitution , which...

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Cedar Revolution begins in Lebanon

On March 14, 2005, the Cedar Revolution began in Lebanon after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Led by the March Fourteenth Movement, street protests in the Cedar Revolution led to the resignation of the generally pro-Syrian government of Lebanon and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the country.

Jack Ruby convicted for murder of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald

On March 14, 1964, nightclub owner Jack Ruby was convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, who had presumably assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Ruby was sentenced to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Ruby's conviction in October 1966 and ordered a new trial citing improperly admitted testimony and an improper venue in the original proceeding, but Ruby died before the second trial could be convened. Review a transcript of Jack Ruby's July 1964 testimony before the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President Kennedy. The Assistant Counsel for the Commission doing some of the questioning reported on the transcript is Arlen Specter, who would become a US Senator for Pennsylvania.

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