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* The '''[[Federal Marriage Amendment]]''' to ban [[same-sex marriage]] is blocked in the [[United States Senate]], as a [[cloture]] motion seeking to end debate and force a vote falls twelve votes short of the requisite three-fifths majority. |
* The '''[[Federal Marriage Amendment]]''' to ban [[same-sex marriage]] is blocked in the [[United States Senate]], as a [[cloture]] motion seeking to end debate and force a vote falls twelve votes short of the requisite three-fifths majority. |
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* [[Canada]] recalls its [[ambassador]] to [[Iran]] to protest that country's refusal to allow |
* [[Canada]] recalls its [[ambassador]] to [[Iran]] to protest that country's refusal to allow Canadian observers to attend the trial of an Iranian [[intelligence agent]] charged in the death of '''[[Zahra Kazemi]]''', a [[Montreal]]-based [[photographer]] and [[journalist]]. |
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* The UK government publishes the '''[[Butler Review]]''', which finds "serious flaws" in pre-war [[military espionage|intelligence]] about [[weapons of mass destruction|WMDs]] in [[Iraq]], whilst not placing any individual blame. |
* The UK government publishes the '''[[Butler Review]]''', which finds "serious flaws" in pre-war [[military espionage|intelligence]] about [[weapons of mass destruction|WMDs]] in [[Iraq]], whilst not placing any individual blame. |
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* '''[[Pedro Santana Lopes]]''' becomes the prime minister of [[Portugal]]. |
* '''[[Pedro Santana Lopes]]''' becomes the prime minister of [[Portugal]]. |
Revision as of 05:03, 16 July 2004
- The Federal Marriage Amendment to ban same-sex marriage is blocked in the United States Senate, as a cloture motion seeking to end debate and force a vote falls twelve votes short of the requisite three-fifths majority.
- intelligence agent charged in the death of Zahra Kazemi, a Montreal-based photographer and journalist.
- The UK government publishes the WMDs in Iraq, whilst not placing any individual blame.
- Pedro Santana Lopes becomes the prime minister of Portugal.
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