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UK Law Lords dismiss challenge to ban on hunting with hounds
Brett Murphy
November 28, 2007 10:25:00 am

The judicial panel of the UK House of Lords, also known as the Law Lords, Wednesday upheld a controversial ban on hunting with hounds under the Hunting Act 2004 . The Lords said that overturning the ban,...

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Ousted Pakistan CJ calls for election boycott
Brett Murphy
November 28, 2007 09:56:00 am

Ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry Tuesday urged Pakistan's political parties and people to boycott parliamentary elections scheduled for January 8, saying that they were comprised by being held under unconstitutional emergency rule and should...

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Greece appeals court dismisses case against former Getty curator
Brett Murphy
November 28, 2007 09:05:00 am

A Greek appeals court Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against former Getty Museum curator Marion True for her alleged involvement in the looting of an ancient gold wreath from Greece. The Los Angeles museum acquired the wreath in...

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News Croatia lawmaker accused of war crimes re-elected to parliament
Croatia lawmaker accused of war crimes re-elected to parliament
Brett Murphy
November 26, 2007 01:11:00 pm

Croatian lawmaker Branimir Glavas , charged with committing war crimes against Serbs during the 1991 Serbo-Croatian war , was re-elected to the Croatian parliament in Sunday's legislative elections, according to election results released Monday....

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News Kenya police kill 8,000 in 5-year crackdown on sect: report
Kenya police kill 8,000 in 5-year crackdown on sect: report
Brett Murphy
November 26, 2007 12:35:00 pm

Some 8,000 Kenyans have been killed over the last five years as a result of a police crackdown on the outlawed Mungiki sect, according to the Oscar Foundation Free Legal Aid Clinic-Kenya (OFFLACK) . In a report [PDF...

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November 26, 2007 12:05:00 pm

Iraqi Kurdish and Shiite lawmakers on Monday criticized the delay in the executions of Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known in Western media as "Chemical Ali," and two others, all of whom are currently being held by...

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Georgian Republic lifting state of emergency this week
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November 14, 2007 12:25:00 pm

The Georgian Republic will end its national state of emergency this Friday, Georgian Speaker of Parliament Nino Burdzhanadze said Wednesday. Burdzhanadze made the announcement on behalf of the government in a televised statement after the...

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Musharraf expects to resign as Pakistan army chief by end November: AP
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November 14, 2007 11:45:00 am

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf told AP Wednesday that he expects to give up his position as army chief by the end of the month. Opposition groups had challenged Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election as president while...

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Iran court summons Argentina officials over accusations on 1994 bombing
Brett Murphy
November 14, 2007 11:22:00 am

Iranian prosecutors issued court summonses Tuesday for five Argentinians accused of falsely implicating an Iranian group with masterminding the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish Community Center . The five accused - former Interior Minister Carlos Corach,...

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November 14, 2007 10:45:00 am

New US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey was installed during a ceremony at the Justice Department Wednesday in front of hundreds of officials and DOJ lawyers. Although officially sworn-in last Friday, Mukasey...

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US suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate

On September 20, 1884, a group of American suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class."
Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party.

The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries, and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.

Catholic Church tries Galileo for heresy

On September 20, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church tried Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was brought before the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith for his assertion that the Earth orbits the Sun. He was sentenced to spend the rest of his life under house arrest.
Read documents from the trial of Galileo.

Suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate

On September 20, 1884, a group of suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class."
Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party.

The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries, and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.

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