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News Israel parliament debates draft constitution
Israel parliament debates draft constitution
Krystal MacIntyre
February 13, 2006 02:47:00 pm

Members of the Knesset , Israel's parliament, debated a draft national constitution at a special session Monday but came away sharply split. The Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee presented a 9,000 page report on CD...

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News Pakistani police gas, arrest students protesting Muhammad cartoons
Pakistani police gas, arrest students protesting Muhammad cartoons
Krystal MacIntyre
February 13, 2006 02:46:00 pm

Pakistani police Monday fired tear gas to stop approximately 7,000 students from protesting controversial and allegedly-blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have now been re-published in newspapers in Europe and around the world....

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News Kenya ministers resign over corruption scandals
Kenya ministers resign over corruption scandals
Krystal MacIntyre
February 13, 2006 02:05:00 pm

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Monday accepted the resignations of Education Minister George Saitoti and Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi in a televised announcement in connection with their role in two separate corruption scandals...

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News Greece leading EU lawbreaker in 2005, court statistics show
Greece leading EU lawbreaker in 2005, court statistics show
Krystal MacIntyre
February 13, 2006 01:15:00 pm

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) found that Greece failed to implement or comply with EU directives in twenty cases in 2005, the most of all European Union member states, according to statistics...

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News Japan PM scraps female royal succession plan
Japan PM scraps female royal succession plan
Krystal MacIntyre
February 10, 2006 11:30:00 am

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has decided not to submit a bill to parliament that would allow women to succeed to the throne, Japanese media reported Friday. Koizumi had supported a proposal that would change...

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News Senators propose overhaul of asbestos fund bill
Senators propose overhaul of asbestos fund bill
Krystal MacIntyre
February 10, 2006 10:54:00 am

US Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and 14 other Republican senators have introduced a proposal that would rewrite an asbestos bill to allow asbestos-related lawsuits only under strict medical criteria, rather than establishing a $140 billion fund [JURIST...

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News AWB executive resigns amidst Australia oil-for-food inquiry
AWB executive resigns amidst Australia oil-for-food inquiry
Krystal MacIntyre
February 10, 2006 10:19:00 am

Andrew Lindberg , chief executive of the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) , has stepped down from his position as the Australian judicial inquiry continues its fourth week of investigations into alleged Australian connections to...

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News French judge defends handling of botched pedophilia case at inquiry
French judge defends handling of botched pedophilia case at inquiry
Krystal MacIntyre
February 8, 2006 03:02:00 pm

French Judge Fabrice Burgaud told a parliamentary inquiry Wednesday that he had not acted incorrectly when investigating pedophilia charges in the French town of Outreau. Thirteen people were wrongly convicted of pedophilia and spent 16-39...

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House Republican calls for FISA changes
Krystal MacIntyre
February 8, 2006 01:42:00 pm

US Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence has called for a complete review of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) , which governs the monitoring of...

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Italian Senate supports bill to increase number of women lawmakers
Krystal MacIntyre
February 8, 2006 01:15:00 pm

The Italian Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would increase the number of women elected to parliament. If the bill becomes law, it would require that females make up...

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19th Amendment adopted

On August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was adopted, granting women full suffrage. The Amendment states that "[t]he right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." Learn more about the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment from the National Archives.

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