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News Senators pursuing possible link between US Attorney firing and voter fraud suits
Senators pursuing possible link between US Attorney firing and voter fraud suits
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 8, 2007 04:09:00 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee Monday sent a letter to a former federal prosecutor, asking him to speak with investigators looking into the recent US Attorney firing scandal and a possible link to voter...

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News Proposed Iraq constitutional amendments going to parliament
Proposed Iraq constitutional amendments going to parliament
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 8, 2007 03:51:00 pm

A committee struck to reform Iraq's constitution said Tuesday it planned to have its recommendations ready to go before the Iraqi parliament next week. The 31-member committee, which includes Shiites, Sunni Arabs and ethnic Kurds, must...

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News Germany president denies clemency for former Baader-Meinhof terrorist
Germany president denies clemency for former Baader-Meinhof terrorist
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 7, 2007 07:20:00 pm

German president Horst Koehler has refused to grant a plea for clemency from an imprisoned former terrorist, his office said Monday. Christian Klar , eligible for parole in 2009, was a member of the...

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News DOJ not opposing House immunity for Goodling testimony on firings
DOJ not opposing House immunity for Goodling testimony on firings
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 7, 2007 06:01:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will not try to block Congress's decision to grant immunity to former DOJ official Monica Goodling to testify about the firing of eight US Attorneys , according to...

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News Former Bangladesh PM facing murder charges returns home after exile ended
Former Bangladesh PM facing murder charges returns home after exile ended
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 7, 2007 04:10:00 pm

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed arrived in Bangladesh Monday after the government last week lifted a ban against her returning to the country. When asked if she feared arrest on her return, Hasina...

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News US Iraq commander ‘concerned’ by ethics survey results condoning abuse
US Iraq commander ‘concerned’ by ethics survey results condoning abuse
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 7, 2007 03:34:00 pm

Gen. David Petraeus , the top commanding officer of US troops in Iraq, told a gathering of reporters Monday that he was "greatly concerned" by a survey released by the Pentagon Friday that revealed many...

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News Italy judge rules CIA abduction trial can go forward
Italy judge rules CIA abduction trial can go forward
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 4, 2007 06:54:00 pm

An Italian judge Friday rejected government arguments that Italian prosecutors had overstepped their authority in bringing charges against 26 US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents and two former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition...

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News Ukraine president appoints new Constitutional Court judge as decree ruling looms
Ukraine president appoints new Constitutional Court judge as decree ruling looms
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 4, 2007 04:27:00 pm

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Friday appointed a new judge to the nation's Constitutional Court , the second such appointment in two days. Stepan Havrysh and Vasyl Kostytsky will replace two...

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News Poland gay rally ban violated human rights: ECHR
Poland gay rally ban violated human rights: ECHR
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 3, 2007 04:45:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday ruled that Poland violated the rights of a group of gay rights activists by refusing to authorize a 2005 rally in Warsaw....

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News Ex-Guantanamo detainee released from Morocco custody
Ex-Guantanamo detainee released from Morocco custody
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 3, 2007 04:20:00 pm

A former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was arrested by authorities upon being returned to his home country of Morocco has been released from custody, relatives reported. Criminal charges against Ahmed Errachidi were...

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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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