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News Houston voters reject Equal Rights Ordinance
Houston voters reject Equal Rights Ordinance
Justin Cosgrove
November 4, 2015 11:14:11 am

Houston voters rejected the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance on Tuesday by a margin of 61 to 39 percent. Ordinance No. 2014-530 , known by its opponents as the "bathroom bill," prohibited discrimination based on sex, race, age, religion, sexual...

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Iraq parliament limits prime minister’s power to reform
Justin Cosgrove
November 2, 2015 11:33:48 am

Iraqi parliament members voted on Monday to prevent Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi from unilaterally passing important reforms without parliament's approval. One anonymous member of parliament stated that this resolution would end the prime minister's...

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News Obama urges criminal justice reforms to reduce sentences for nonviolent drug offenders
Obama urges criminal justice reforms to reduce sentences for nonviolent drug offenders
Justin Cosgrove
October 28, 2015 10:45:17 am

US President Barack Obama made the case for overhauling the nation's sentencing laws on Tuesday in front of top law enforcement officials at the 122nd Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference and Exposition. The president...

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Families of Srebrenica victims file complaint in Europe rights court
Justin Cosgrove
October 26, 2015 10:48:45 am

Lawyers for the families of three Bosnian Muslims killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre on Friday filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) seeking to bring charges against...

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Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.

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On February 15, 1906, the British Labour Party was organized. By the 1920's, Labour had surpassed the Liberal Party to become the primary opposition to the Conservative Party in Great Britain. Today, the government is controlled by Labour, headed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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