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News Iraqi Interior Ministry general arrested in death squads probe
Iraqi Interior Ministry general arrested in death squads probe
Tatyana Margolin
May 8, 2006 03:54:00 am

In an effort to restore his image and keep his job, Iraqi interior minister Bayan Jabor announced Sunday that a general serving in the ministry has been arrested in connection with kidnappings and death squads . Seventeen others...

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News US urges Nigeria against constitutional amendment extending presidential term limit
US urges Nigeria against constitutional amendment extending presidential term limit
Tatyana Margolin
May 2, 2006 07:47:00 am

The US has urged Nigeria against amending its constitution to allow current President Olusegun Obasanjo to run for a third term in office. In an unusual statement, the US Embassy...

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News Iran denounces US nuclear ‘threats’ as violations of international law
Iran denounces US nuclear ‘threats’ as violations of international law
Tatyana Margolin
May 2, 2006 07:09:00 am

Iran Monday denounced what it called US 'threats' of possible military action against it in connection with its development of nuclear technology as illegal and urged UN action. Iranian ambassador to the UN Javad Zarif [official...

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News Journalist faces retrial for insulting Turkishness
Journalist faces retrial for insulting Turkishness
Tatyana Margolin
May 2, 2006 06:37:00 am

A Turkish appeals court has rejected a prosecutor's recommendation and has ruled that charges still stand against Hrant Dink, a high-profile Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor of the newspaper Agos who has written about the killings of...

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News New Hampshire adopts law to protect first place in primaries
New Hampshire adopts law to protect first place in primaries
Tatyana Margolin
April 28, 2006 06:31:00 am

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a bill Thursday giving the state's Secretary of State flexibility in setting the filing period for presidential candidates, responding to the Democratic Party’s efforts to change the 2008 primary calendar...

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News Belarus opposition leader jailed
Belarus opposition leader jailed
Tatyana Margolin
April 28, 2006 05:02:00 am

Belarus authorities have sentenced Alexander Milinkevich and three other opposition leaders to a fifteen-day jail term for attending an illegal demonstration after arresting them Thursday. At the peaceful rally in Minsk, the...

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News Israel PM order to close security fence gaps around Jerusalem prompts legal wrangle
Israel PM order to close security fence gaps around Jerusalem prompts legal wrangle
Tatyana Margolin
April 27, 2006 08:21:00 am

Israeli activist group Peace Now has condemned Wednesday's directive from Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Omert to top security officials to block the gaps in the controversial security fence [JURIST report; IDF...

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News Moussaoui jury enters fourth day of deliberations
Moussaoui jury enters fourth day of deliberations
Tatyana Margolin
April 27, 2006 05:10:00 am

Jurors in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui head into a fourth day of deliberations Thursday after no verdict was reached Wednesday. The jurors, who have been deliberating now for 16 hours over the...

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News ID cards bill sent back to UK Commons for fourth time as constitutional crisis looms
ID cards bill sent back to UK Commons for fourth time as constitutional crisis looms
Tatyana Margolin
March 21, 2006 06:33:00 am

A classic legislative tug-of-war between the UK House of Lords and House of Commons continued Monday as peers once again sent the controversial Identity Cards Bill back to MPs after a majority...

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News NAACP urges Justice Department to block New Orleans elections under Voting Rights Act
NAACP urges Justice Department to block New Orleans elections under Voting Rights Act
Tatyana Margolin
March 14, 2006 06:56:00 am

The president of the NAACP called on the US Justice Department Monday to block New Orleans mayoral elections currently scheduled for April 22, saying they would be "illegal" because the state of Louisiana "cannot guarantee...

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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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