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81Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts — ] Because federal law confers marital benefits only upon opposite sex marriages, more than 1,100 benefits remain unavailable to married same sex couples in Massachusetts.History Goodridge v. Department of Public Health was brought by Gloria… …
82Accession of Turkey to the European Union — Infobox EU accession bid status = Candidate nation = Turkey national denonym = Turkish chapters opened = 10 chapters closed = 1 national GDP PPP = 941.584 national area total = 783,562 national population = 70,586,256 website =… …
83Affaire d'Outreau — L affaire d Outreau est une affaire pénale d abus sexuel sur mineur, qui débouchera sur une erreur judiciaire. Elle donna lieu à un procès devant la Cour d assises de Saint Omer (Pas de Calais) du 4 mai 2004 au 2 juillet 2004 …
84Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background …
85Ireland — Irelander, n. /uyeur leuhnd/, n. 1. John, 1838 1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888 1918. 2. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin, Hibernia. a large western island of the British …
86Social Protection — ▪ 2006 Introduction With medical costs skyrocketing and government programs scaled back, citizens bore more responsibility for their health care costs; irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling posed challenges for… …
87Irish Civil War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Irish Civil War caption= Free State snipers near Stephen s Green during the Battle of Dublin. date=June 28 1922 ndash; May 24 1923 (executions and deaths continued after May 1923; amnesty declared on November 8… …
88Sovereign immunity — Not to be confused with the principle of public international law that the government of a state is normally not amenable before the courts of another state, see State immunity. Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a legal doctrine by which… …
89United States Congress — For the current Congress, see 112th United States Congress. United States Congress 112th United States Congress …
90William McKinley — This article is about the 25th President of the United States. For other people with the same name, see William McKinley (disambiguation). William McKinley 25th President of the United States In office …
