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News UK racial segregation worsening, says former equality commissioner
UK racial segregation worsening, says former equality commissioner
Sara R. Parsowith
September 19, 2005 08:15:00 pm

Lord Ousley, former head of Britain's Commission for Racial Equality and author of a well-known 2001 report documenting race riots in Bradford , suggested Monday that racial segregation in the UK was a serious problem and could...

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News Senate Judiciary Committee chair formally backs Roberts for Chief Justice
Senate Judiciary Committee chair formally backs Roberts for Chief Justice
Sara R. Parsowith
September 19, 2005 07:52:00 pm

US Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) , Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee , told the Senate Monday that he will vote for Judge John Roberts , nominated by President Bush as Chief Justice...

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News FEC sues GOP advocacy group for alleged campaign finance violations
FEC sues GOP advocacy group for alleged campaign finance violations
Sara R. Parsowith
September 19, 2005 07:28:00 pm

The US Federal Election Commission Monday sued pro-Republican political group Club for Growth in US District Court in the District of Columbia to get the group to comply with campaign...

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News Lynndie England to fight Abu Ghraib abuse charges in new trial
Lynndie England to fight Abu Ghraib abuse charges in new trial
Sara R. Parsowith
September 19, 2005 07:06:00 pm

Pfc. Lynndie England goes before a military court again in Fort Hood Texas Tuesday planning to fight seven charges of abusing prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison . Her first...

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News Vatican says legal recognition for unmarrieds threatens Italian families
Vatican says legal recognition for unmarrieds threatens Italian families
Sara R. Parsowith
September 19, 2005 08:36:00 am

Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, president of the Vatican's health department, said Sunday that Italian proposals to give legal status to unmarried couples are a threat to traditional families. A "traditional" family is held by the Vatican to be a...

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UN General Assembly working on terrorism definition for global treaty
Sara R. Parsowith
September 19, 2005 08:19:00 am

UN leaders at the 60th General Assembly session now underway in New York in the aftermath of the 2005 World Summit are pressing for agreement on a definition of terrorism and are calling for a broad international...

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News Australia detainees harming selves in immigration camps, report shows
Australia detainees harming selves in immigration camps, report shows
Sara R. Parsowith
September 19, 2005 08:05:00 am

Approximately 900 detainees held in Australian Department of Immigration detention camps have caused themselves injury during the past three years, according to documents obtained by Macquarie University academic Denise Leith under Australia's Freedom of...

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News Rwanda says UN anti-genocide statement must be backed up with action
Rwanda says UN anti-genocide statement must be backed up with action
Sara R. Parsowith
September 19, 2005 06:56:00 am

Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande told the UN General Assembly Sunday that Rwanda is dissatisfied with United Nations reforms pushed through at the 2005 World Summit last week. The agreement [PDF...

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News Switzerland pushes for new Geneva-based human rights body
Switzerland pushes for new Geneva-based human rights body
Sara R. Parsowith
September 16, 2005 09:41:00 am

Swiss President Samuel Schmid joined other world leaders calling for UN reform Thursday, saying in his address to the UN's 2005 World Summit that the UN must prioritize...

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News Blair spars with rights groups over tougher UK anti-terror laws
Blair spars with rights groups over tougher UK anti-terror laws
Sara R. Parsowith
September 16, 2005 09:17:00 am

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair Friday defended his decision to toughen Britain's anti-terror laws a day after Home Secretary Chatles Clarke released the text of new draft legislation providing for extended detention without trial and making the...

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France abolishes slavery

On February 4, 1794, the legislature of France abolished slavery throughout the territories of the French Republic. The practice was then reinstituted by Napoleon in 1804, before being banned permanently in 1814 after Bonaparte was exiled to Elba. As of 2001, slavery is defined as a "crime against humanity" by French law.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks born

On February 4, 1913, late civil rights activist Rosa Parks—who became famous in 1956 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and go to the back of a Montgomery Alabama bus—was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Learn more about Rosa Parks.

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