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Reuters
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Tuesday if elected president he would pursue a global ban on nuclear weapons as he sought to pick up ground on his front-running rival, Hillary Clinton.
"Here's what I'll say as president: America..
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Boston Globe
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A proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage was defeated today by a joint session of the Legislature by a vote of 45 to 151, eliminating any chance of getting it on the ballot in November 2008. At least 50 votes were needed to advance the measure...
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BBC News
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A proposed bill to ban the discussion of homosexuality in Polish schools would violate free speech, a human rights group has warned.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) made its warning in an open letter to Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
It also sai..
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Bloomberg
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The U.S. House of Representatives, after installing its new Democratic leadership, is moving quickly to ban lawmakers from flying on corporate jets and accepting gifts and meals from lobbyists...
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Los Angeles Times
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South Dakota voters on Tuesday decisively rejected the toughest abortion ban in the nation, repealing a law that subjected doctors to five years in prison if they terminated a pregnancy for any reason except to prevent the woman's death...
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BBC News
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The US Supreme Court is expected to deliver a ruling shortly that could have a far-reaching effect on gun control laws in the United States.
The nine justices have been considering whether a 32-year-old ban on handguns in Washington DC is unconstitutio..
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Washington Post
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The District will ask the Supreme Court to uphold its strict 30-year handgun ban, setting up what legal experts said could be a test of the Second Amendment with broad ramifications.
The high court has not ruled on the Second Amendment protection of th..
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Alter Net
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The Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban on late abortions without an exception for the health of the mother sends a signal that, in many respects, the court thinks legislators, not doctors, are the ones best positioned to make health decisions.
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Alter Net
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The federal abortion ban is the result of language bought and repeated endlessly by journalists who were sometimes uninformed and sometimes just too lazy to get it right.
[The] partial birth abortion ban is a political scam but [also] a public relation..
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MSNBC
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Republican presidential candidates, who differ on abortion rights, were unanimous Wednesday in their praise for the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
Democratic candidates uniformly deplored the 5-4 ruling in which..
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Breitbart
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The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long- awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.
The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that..
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Guardian Unlimited
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The education secretary Alan Johnson will court controversy today by announcing that he expects head teachers to ban schoolchildren from wearing the full Muslim veil on "safety, security and teaching" grounds.
He will tell headteachers that they will h..
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Associated Press
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A federal appeals court overturned the District of Columbia's long-standing handgun ban Friday, rejecting the city's argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applied only to militias.
In a 2-1 decision, the judges held that the activities..
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Avant News
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said today he will seek a ban on all public displays of habits, the traditional garments worn by monks and nuns, calling them "marks of separation". The move echoes similar trends in France and Canada, where laws are already in..
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