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News Arizona judge dismisses case against humanitarians aiding illegal immigrants
Arizona judge dismisses case against humanitarians aiding illegal immigrants
Natalie Hrubos
September 3, 2006 02:17:00 pm

A US district judge in Tucson Friday dismissed a controversial case against two humanitarians arrested in July 2005 for aiding illegal immigrants they found in need of emergency medical attention in the Arizona desert. At the time of their...

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News Egypt negotiating release of Israeli soldier held by Hamas
Egypt negotiating release of Israeli soldier held by Hamas
Katerina Ossenova
September 3, 2006 11:32:00 am

Egyptian-mediated negotiations to free an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian Hamas militants are ongoing, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told a Cairo newspaper Saturday. The capture of Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit by...

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News Report shows continued expansion of US government secrecy
Report shows continued expansion of US government secrecy
Katerina Ossenova
September 3, 2006 10:44:00 am

A report released Saturday by OpenTheGovernment.org , a private monitoring group, reveals what it described as further expansion of US government secrecy notwithstanding an increase in the number of classified government documents unsealed in 2005....

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News Myanmar to  resume constitution talks in October
Myanmar to resume constitution talks in October
Katerina Ossenova
September 3, 2006 10:23:00 am

The ruling military junta in Myanmar will resume negotiations for a new constitution in the second week of October, junta spokesman Lt. Gen. Thein Sein announced Saturday. The constitutional convention was suspended on January...

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News Lebanon prosecutor charges six suspects in German train terror plot
Lebanon prosecutor charges six suspects in German train terror plot
Katerina Ossenova
September 3, 2006 09:37:00 am

A Lebanese prosecutor Saturday charged six suspects - four held in Lebanon and two in Germany - with attempted murder after they were arrested in connection with a plot to blow up trains in Germany one month...

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News Death penalty recommended for US soldiers accused of murdering Iraqi detainees
Death penalty recommended for US soldiers accused of murdering Iraqi detainees
Joshua Pantesco
September 2, 2006 03:24:00 pm

A US Army investigator has recommended that four US soldiers face the death penalty if they are convicted on charges of murdering Iraqi detainees according to the Associated Press, which obtained a copy of the report Saturday....

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News Spain amnesty blamed for encouraging wave of illegal immigrants from Africa
Spain amnesty blamed for encouraging wave of illegal immigrants from Africa
Joshua Pantesco
September 2, 2006 02:41:00 pm

EU Justice and Migration Commissioner Franco Frattini has told a Spanish newspaper that Spain contributed to a recent spate of illegal immigration between Africa and Europe by a three-month amnesty program for illegals that it...

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News US military returns Abu Ghraib prison to Iraqis
US military returns Abu Ghraib prison to Iraqis
Joshua Pantesco
September 2, 2006 02:16:00 pm

The US military on Saturday formally relinquished control of the Abu Ghraib prison to the Iraqi government, according to an Iraqi spokesperson, after it was emptied of US detainees last week. The spokesperson said...

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News Federal judge rejects Ohio voter registration rules
Federal judge rejects Ohio voter registration rules
Joshua Pantesco
September 2, 2006 11:43:00 am

A federal judge on Friday issued an order directing Ohio voters to ignore threats of criminal penalties on voter registration forms and instructions , saying that new state registration rules which took effect in May after the February...

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News UN rights council names panel to probe Israeli war conduct
UN rights council names panel to probe Israeli war conduct
Joshua Pantesco
September 2, 2006 11:07:00 am

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday appointed three experts to investigate alleged international law violations by Israel in the ongoing Middle East conflict . The three-person panel was mandated by a resolution [PDF...

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India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster

On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court. Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.

Seventeenth Amendment ratified

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