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News California sues EPA over auto emissions waiver denial
California sues EPA over auto emissions waiver denial
Ryan Olden
January 2, 2008 03:40:00 pm

California filed a lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday challenging the agency's decision to deny the state's request for a waiver that would have allowed it and...

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News Pakistan commisson to probe Bhutto killing unrest prompting election delay
Pakistan commisson to probe Bhutto killing unrest prompting election delay
Ryan Olden
January 2, 2008 03:00:00 pm

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday in a televised address that he was setting up a special commission to investigate widespread violence that broke out in the wake of last week's assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto [JURIST...

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Bhutto husband calls for Hariri-style probe into assassination
Ryan Olden
December 30, 2007 02:53:00 pm

The husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto called Sunday for an international investigation into the circumstances surrounding Bhutto's assassination last week. Asif Ali Zardari urged the United Nations to conduct...

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DC city government seeks en banc rehearing of gun ban case
Ryan Olden
April 9, 2007 08:01:00 pm

The city government of Washington, DC on Monday asked the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals for an en banc rehearing of a case that led to a controversial ruling last month invalidating...

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Federal judge rejects mistrial motion in Conrad Black case
Ryan Olden
April 9, 2007 07:14:00 pm

Judge Amy St. Eve of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied a motion Monday for a mistrial in the prosecution of Canadian-born former media mogul Conrad Black [CBC backgrounder; JURIST...

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Lebanon parliament petitions UN to mandate Hariri tribunal
Ryan Olden
April 3, 2007 08:17:00 pm

The anti-Syrian majority in the Lebanon parliament on Tuesday approved a petition asking UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to create a tribunal to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri...

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US intelligence agents using secret prisons in Ethiopia: AP
Ryan Olden
April 3, 2007 07:23:00 pm

United States intelligence agents from the FBI and the CIA have been using secret prisons in Ethiopia to conduct interrogations, according to AP Tuesday. The report...

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Death penalty repeal bill fails in New Hampshire House
Ryan Olden
March 27, 2007 08:35:00 pm

The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted Tuesday to reject proposed legislation which would have effectively ended the death penalty in the state. Had it passed, the proposed law would have...

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Iowa Senate votes to extend civil rights protections to gays and lesbians
Ryan Olden
March 27, 2007 07:33:00 pm

The Iowa Senate on Tuesday passed SF427 , extending the state's civil rights protections to gay and lesbians. The controversial legislation would officially add gender identity and sexual orientation to the list of groups protected from discrimination...

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Bush tells Congress to accept compromise on White House US Attorney testimony
Ryan Olden
March 20, 2007 07:43:00 pm

US President George W. Bush warned Congressional Democrats Tuesday to accept his compromise to allow top White House aides to testify about the firings of US Attorneys before the Senate Judiciary Committee ....

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UK House of Lords becomes an elected body

On March 7, 2007, Britain's lower house of Parliament, the House of Commons, voted to change the upper chamber, the House of Lords, to an elected body. Previously, appointments to the House of Lords were based on noble birth.

Selma-Montgomery march began with 'Bloody Sunday'

On March 7, 1965, 525 civil rights activists began a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Just outside Selma, heavily armed police and deputies broke up the march with billy clubs and tear gas, injuring 65 people and hospitalizing 17 in a melee that became known as "Bloody Sunday." After federal court protection had been secured, 3,200 marchers started out again on March 21. By the time they reached Montgomery on March 25, their numbers had swelled to 25,000. Learn more about the Selma-to-Montgomery March from the US National Parks Service, which preserves the route as a National Historic Trail.

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