The first woman who publicly accused the nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court of a sexual attack spoke at a public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Brett Kavanaugh, the nominee, has strongly denied the charges. Christine Blasey Ford said t

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European Court Bars Deportation of Two Somalis from Britain The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Britain not to deport two Somalis who have been convicted of serious crimes, saying they could face torture or other inhuman treatment if they

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US Supreme Court Considers Gay Marriage A huge crowd both for and against gay marriage swarmed outside the Supreme Court, eager to take part in what may turn out to be a pivotal moment in the struggle for equal rights for gay Americans. At issue is C

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Supreme Court Rules on Three Major Rights Issues From VOA Learning English, this is In the News. The United States Supreme Court made decisions on three major rights cases this week. On Monday the court released a decision on education policy for min

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The Lord of the Rings author was JRR Tolkien. He was a Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford University in England. He died in 1973, aged 81. He signed the movie rights to a company in Hollywood in 1969. This included rights to sell

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Women miners search for diamonds in eastern Zimbabwe's lucrative Marange diamond fields. [Please note that this story has been superseded by later information from Zimbabwe and a portion of it is no longer completely accurate. The Harare Supreme Cour

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IN THE NEWS - Senate Prepares to Consider Supreme Court Nomination By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, July 23, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush this we

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Students at New York's Hunter College express pride in Elena Kagan Adam Phillips | New York 11 May 2010 Photo: Hunter College High School Yearbook Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan in the 1977 yearbook at Manhattan's Hunter College High School. Presi

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For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a definitive ruling on the right of Americans to own guns. A five-to-four majority of the court ruled that individual citizens have the right to own firearms, and in the process it str

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 15 May 2008 The California Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry, overturning a state ban on gay marriage. Mike O'Sullivan reports, California will become the second U.S. state, after Mas

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Californians React to Supreme Court Immigration Ruling The court ruled that three parts of SB 1070, the Arizona law aimed at illegal aliens, were infringements by the state on federal authority over immigration. But it kept in place a controversial p

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PACs Boosted by Supreme Court Ruling The contest for control of the White House is not limited to just the presidential candidates' own campaigns. There are also outside groups that want to affect the results of the election. And in the 2012 presiden

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US Supreme Court to Review Immigration Law Alhassanne Foungounou plays his guitar and sings of liberation on YouTube. Foungounou requested asylum in the United States when his Tuareg protest songs angered the Niger government. But Foungounou returned

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Basketball Court Moves To Broadway This sports arena introduction of basketball Hall-of-Famers Earvin Magic Johnson and Larry Bird sets the stage for a drama about a ferocious rivalry that turned into friendship. After seeing the script, Magic Johnso

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A Thai court has ruled more charges against Russian arms dealer, Victor Bout, should be heard. The ruling will delay steps to extradite Bout to the United States to face charges of conspiracy and support for foreign terrorist organizations. The 43-ye

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In a landmark decision, a court in Australia has given a paralyzed man the right to die by allowing him to refuse food and water. Christian Rossiter has begged to be allowed to die after accidents left him a quadriplegic. Christian Rossiter has said

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A: Why are you in court today? B: I got a ticket, and I would like to fight it. A: Is the officer that pulled you over here today? B: He's here. A: Tell me what happened. B: The officer says that I ran a red light, but I didn't. A: The officer wouldn

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Court rejects'stolen children' claim 澳被偷走的孩子败诉 The policy aimed to civilise Aborigines 当时的政策是为了教化土著居民 An Australian court has rejected a landmark claim for compensation by two Aborigines who claimed they

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Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, known in the West as Chemical Ali, for his role in gassing thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s, has been condemned to death by an Iraqi court for a second time. Al-Majid was convicted for his role in th

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who say the toxic smoke from burn pits made them sick. A group of vets had sued the military contracting giant KBR for damages, but the 4th Circ

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