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News Utah House votes down anti-evolution bill
Utah House votes down anti-evolution bill
Krystal MacIntyre
February 28, 2006 11:11:00 am

The Utah House of Representatives Monday voted down a much-watched bill that would have challenged the teaching of evolution in high school science classes in the conservative state. The so-called "Origin of Life" bill as initially presented would...

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News White House rejects request for special counsel investigation of domestic spying
White House rejects request for special counsel investigation of domestic spying
Krystal MacIntyre
February 28, 2006 10:31:00 am

The Bush administration has rejected a request by a group of House Democrats asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate NSA spying on people within the United States. In a letter ...

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News China companies helping WWII victims sue Japan for war crimes
China companies helping WWII victims sue Japan for war crimes
Krystal MacIntyre
February 27, 2006 03:16:00 pm

Several Chinese companies have reportedly donated more than $315,000 to help pay for lawsuits against the Japanese government for war crimes allegedly committed by Japanese troops during their occupation of part of China during World War II....

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News Military judge delays court-martial start for Abu Ghraib dog handlers
Military judge delays court-martial start for Abu Ghraib dog handlers
Krystal MacIntyre
February 27, 2006 02:41:00 pm

US military judge Lt. Col. Paul McConnell Monday delayed the start of a court-martial trial for an army dog handler accused in an Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. The March 8 trial date for Sgt. Santos Cardona has been...

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News Federal judge blocks merit pay system for Pentagon employees
Federal judge blocks merit pay system for Pentagon employees
Krystal MacIntyre
February 27, 2006 02:03:00 pm

A federal judge blocked the Department of Defense Monday from enacting a merit pay system for its government employees. US District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said the proposed National Security Personnel System [official...

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News Red Cross urges Iraqis to respect law as officials order curfews to quell violence
Red Cross urges Iraqis to respect law as officials order curfews to quell violence
Krystal MacIntyre
February 24, 2006 02:09:00 pm

The International Committee of the Red Cross Friday called on individuals and groups in Iraq to comply with international humanitarian law while officials imposed daytime curfews in several Iraqi cities in an attempt to subdue a...

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News FBI memos suggest top military officials endorsed harsh Gitmo interrogations
FBI memos suggest top military officials endorsed harsh Gitmo interrogations
Krystal MacIntyre
February 24, 2006 11:45:00 am

FBI memos released Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act action suggest that senior US military officials, up to and including former Undersecretary of Defense...

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News ICTY rejects Milosevic request for medical treatment in Russia
ICTY rejects Milosevic request for medical treatment in Russia
Krystal MacIntyre
February 24, 2006 11:28:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday rejected a request by former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for provisional release so that he might receive medical treatment...

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News US, UK knew of oil-for-food kickbacks, Australia inquiry told
US, UK knew of oil-for-food kickbacks, Australia inquiry told
Krystal MacIntyre
February 24, 2006 10:04:00 am

The United States and British governments knew about illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq over four years ago, an Australian judicial inquiry into the UN oil-for-food program was told Friday. During Friday's...

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News Pennsylvania school district to pay $1M in intelligent design lawsuit fees
Pennsylvania school district to pay $1M in intelligent design lawsuit fees
Krystal MacIntyre
February 22, 2006 03:32:00 pm

Pennsylvania's Dover Area School District has agreed to pay $1 million in plaintiff's attorneys' fees after a federal district court found that the school district's inclusion of intelligent design theory in its high school biology curriculum was...

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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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