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News Former Klansman faces bail revocation for brother’s pre-trial death threats
Former Klansman faces bail revocation for brother’s pre-trial death threats
Kate Heneroty
August 17, 2005 09:42:00 am

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is seeking to revoke the bail of convicted murderer and former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen because of pre-trial death threats made by his brother. J.D. Killen...

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News Guatemala seeking new jails after prison riots
Guatemala seeking new jails after prison riots
Kate Heneroty
August 17, 2005 09:20:00 am

Following gang riots that left at least 33 prison inmates dead Monday, Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann asked the Guatemalan Congress Tuesday for permission to build new maximum security prisons as part of a new...

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News Russian Supreme Court overturns ban on radical opposition party
Russian Supreme Court overturns ban on radical opposition party
Kate Heneroty
August 17, 2005 08:44:00 am

The Russian Supreme Court overturned a lower Moscow court decision Tuesday, reversing a ban on the National Bolshevik Party . Although the court did not immediately issue an explanation for their ruling,...

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News Michigan court hears arguments on domestic partner benefits
Michigan court hears arguments on domestic partner benefits
Kate Heneroty
August 17, 2005 08:21:00 am

A Michigan court heard arguments from attorneys representing 21 gay couples and Governor Jennifer Granholm Tuesday, who argued that the state's constitution does not prevent local governments and universities from extending benefits to the domestic...

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News Families of UK soldiers in court seeking independent inquiry on Iraq war legality
Families of UK soldiers in court seeking independent inquiry on Iraq war legality
Kate Heneroty
August 17, 2005 07:51:00 am

Seventeen British families who lost relatives in Iraq will go to Britain's High Court Wednesday to demand an independent inquiry into the legality of the Iraq war . The families argue that the nation's Human Rights Act ...

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News Israeli troops begin forced evictions of Gaza settlers
Israeli troops begin forced evictions of Gaza settlers
Kate Heneroty
August 17, 2005 07:28:00 am

The Israeli army began evicting residents of Gaza Wednesday, and despite heavy resistance in some areas, officials believe the evacuation could be complete within 48 hours. Of the 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza strip and four...

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News Erroneous shooting spurs British debate on racial profiling, shoot-to-kill policy
Erroneous shooting spurs British debate on racial profiling, shoot-to-kill policy
Kate Heneroty
July 27, 2005 10:34:00 am

Last week's subway shooting death of a Brazilian man erroneously believed to be a suicide bomber has sparked a debate in Britain over anti-terrorism tactics and racial profiling. Under the Terrorism Act of 2000 , British...

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News 600 suspected militants detained in Pakistan terror crackdown
600 suspected militants detained in Pakistan terror crackdown
Kate Heneroty
July 27, 2005 10:11:00 am

Approximately 600 suspected Islamic militants have been arrested in a week-long, nationwide effort by Pakistani security forces. Pakistan officials say that those arrested include 295 people belonging to banned militant groups and 300 others including clerics, prayer leaders, and...

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News Senate majority leader pushes for August hearings on Roberts
Senate majority leader pushes for August hearings on Roberts
Kate Heneroty
July 27, 2005 09:44:00 am

Republican members of the Senate Judiciary committee and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) have urged committee chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) to begin confirmation hearings on US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts during...

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News US set to unveil 5-nation global warming pact
US set to unveil 5-nation global warming pact
Kate Heneroty
July 27, 2005 09:20:00 am

The US is set to announce a new global warming pact with China, India, Australia, and South Korea on Thursday, diplomats in Vientiane said Wednesday. US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick , who is currently attending the...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots. The riots, the worst in US history to that point, killed as many as 100 people and had to be quelled by troops, some of whom had recently fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn more about the Draft Riots.

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