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Affichage des articles associés au libellé 2006

VIDEO: Clinton: Court's Contraception Ruling 'disturbing'

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Hillary Rodham Clinton blasted the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision saying some privately held companies with religious objections cannot be forced to offer insurance coverage for certain kinds of birth control. Clinton said, “I disagree with the reasoning as well as the conclusion. ”She said the ruling in the so-called Hobby Lobby case could mean “employers can impose their religious beliefs on their employees” and “deny women the right to contraception.”



VIDEO: Alexander Stubb To Become Finland's Next Prime Minister

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Finland's ruling conservative party elected EU affairs minister Alexander Stubb as its new leader on Saturday, putting him on track to take over as the country's prime minister after incumbent Jyrki Katainen steps down later this month. Stubb won about 60 percent of delegates' votes at a congress of their centre-right National Coalition party, beating Paula Risikko, the minister for health and social services, in a run-off.