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News Tenet Healthcare settles Medicare fraud case for $900 million
Tenet Healthcare settles Medicare fraud case for $900 million
Joshua Pantesco
June 30, 2006 11:12:00 am

Tenet Healthcare has agreed to pay $900 million to resolve federal allegations of illegal Medicare billing practices. Tenet was charged in 2003 with violating the False Claims Act by...

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News German lower house approves landmark constitutional reform
German lower house approves landmark constitutional reform
Joshua Pantesco
June 30, 2006 11:08:00 am

In a victory for German Chancellor Angela Merkel , a package of constitutional reforms aimed at separating and clarifying the powers of the federal and state governments passed Germany's lower house of parliament in...

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News Federal judge extends order putting Georgia sex-offender law on hold
Federal judge extends order putting Georgia sex-offender law on hold
Jaime Jansen
June 30, 2006 11:05:00 am

A federal judge has extended a temporary restraining order preventing the state of Georgia from fully enforcing a law that restricts where convicted sex offenders can live. The restraining order issued Monday applied only to...

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News Turkish parliament passes new anti-terror legislation
Turkish parliament passes new anti-terror legislation
Jaime Jansen
June 30, 2006 10:25:00 am

The Turkish Grand National Assembly broadened the country's anti-terror laws Thursday by adopting new legislation that delays a suspect's guaranteed access to a lawyer for the first 24 hours of detention and expands...

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News France legislature approves ‘iTunes’ copyright bill
France legislature approves ‘iTunes’ copyright bill
Joshua Pantesco
June 30, 2006 10:23:00 am

The French Senate and National Assembly gave final approval Friday to the so-called "iTunes" copyright legislation , meaning the bill will soon become law assuming the failure of a constitutional challenge filed last week by the...

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News House passes bill to end offshore drilling moratorium
House passes bill to end offshore drilling moratorium
Joshua Pantesco
June 30, 2006 10:14:00 am

The US House of Representatives voted 232-187 Thursday to approve the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act , which "provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf ."...

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News East Timor ex-PM refuses prosecutors’ summons in private militia probe
East Timor ex-PM refuses prosecutors’ summons in private militia probe
Joshua Pantesco
June 30, 2006 10:05:00 am

Former East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri , who resigned on Monday , on Friday refused to respond to a prosecutor's summons to appear for questioning in connection with allegations that he organized and armed a private...

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News UN rights council passes declaration to protect indigenous peoples
UN rights council passes declaration to protect indigenous peoples
Jaime Jansen
June 30, 2006 09:59:00 am

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples , a document which asserts that indigenous peoples worldwide should have the right to restitution...

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News Australia PM still says Hicks should be tried in US after Gitmo tribunals ruling
Australia PM still says Hicks should be tried in US after Gitmo tribunals ruling
Jaime Jansen
June 30, 2006 08:56:00 am

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Friday that he wants Australian-born terror suspect David Hicks to be tried in American courts even after the US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down military...

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Hospitalized ex-Khmer Rouge military chief demands quick trial
Jaime Jansen
June 30, 2006 08:38:00 am

Ta Mok , the former military chief of the Khmer Rouge communist movement in Cambodia who was indicted on crimes against humanity charges in 1999 and has been in detention ...

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France abolishes slavery

On February 4, 1794, the legislature of France abolished slavery throughout the territories of the French Republic. The practice was then reinstituted by Napoleon in 1804, before being banned permanently in 1814 after Bonaparte was exiled to Elba. As of 2001, slavery is defined as a "crime against humanity" by French law.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks born

On February 4, 1913, late civil rights activist Rosa Parks—who became famous in 1956 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and go to the back of a Montgomery Alabama bus—was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Learn more about Rosa Parks.

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