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Wisconsin AG asks court to block order halting union bargaining law

Wisconsin AG asks court to block order halting union bargaining law

Jennie Ryan

March 21, 2011 02:58:00 pm

Wisconsin Attorney General JB Van Hollen (R) asked the state's Court of Appeals on Monday to block an order issued last week temporarily halting a legislative measure designed to curb the collective bargaining...

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Peru national first to be arrested under new UK genocide law

Peru national first to be arrested under new UK genocide law

Jennie Ryan

March 17, 2011 01:46:37 pm

A spokesperson for the UK's Metropolitan Police Service on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a 46-year-old Peruvian national on suspicion of crimes against humanity and torture. He is suspected of involvement with the Shining Path , a...

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Obama calls for gun law reforms to minimize violence

Obama calls for gun law reforms to minimize violence

Jennie Ryan

March 14, 2011 03:26:02 pm

US President Barack Obama called Sunday for greater enforcement of gun laws in the wake of the January shootings in Arizona . In an opinion piece published by the Arizona Daily Star, Obama called for...

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US House voted to impeach President Clinton

On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.

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On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which ceded control of Hong Kong to the government of mainland China in 1997. The treaty also ensured that Hong Kong would retain its capitalist and democratic systems for at least 50 year after the transfer of power.