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News Europe court allows PKK appeal against EU terror designation to proceed
Europe court allows PKK appeal against EU terror designation to proceed
Katerina Ossenova
January 18, 2007 11:48:00 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held Thursday that the militant Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) can appeal the decision of the Council of the European Union in 2002 to include...

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News Bush pushes legislation to bar discrimination based on genetic testing
Bush pushes legislation to bar discrimination based on genetic testing
Katerina Ossenova
January 18, 2007 11:10:00 am

President Bush Wednesday urged Congress to pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 , promoting genetic testing for disease by making genetic discrimination illegal. In a speech at the National Institutes of Health [official...

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News Fifth US serviceman pleading guilty to Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder
Fifth US serviceman pleading guilty to Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder
Joshua Pantesco
January 18, 2007 08:14:00 am

US Marine Cpl. Trent Thomas is expected to plead guilty during a Thursday court hearing to unpremeditated murder charges stemming from the alleged murder of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania ....

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News UN SG Ban concerned over stalled Hariri tribunal
UN SG Ban concerned over stalled Hariri tribunal
Joshua Pantesco
January 18, 2007 07:51:00 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he is concerned about the status of ongoing discussions between the UN and Lebanon on the proposed UN-supported international tribunal to try suspects accused of assassinating former...

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News Terror watch list to be culled: TSA official
Terror watch list to be culled: TSA official
Joshua Pantesco
January 18, 2007 07:32:00 am

The "no-fly" terrorist watch list now used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is being redrafted and will likely be cut in half, according to testimony given by TSA Administrator Kip Hawley...

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News Maryland Wal-Mart health care law ruling [4th Circuit]
Maryland Wal-Mart health care law ruling [4th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 17, 2007 09:12:00 pm

Retail Industry Leaders Association v. James D. Fielder, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, January 17, 2007 [ruling that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Fund Act requiring Wal-Mart...

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News Federal appeals court rules ERISA trumps Maryland Wal-Mart health care law
Federal appeals court rules ERISA trumps Maryland Wal-Mart health care law
Jaime Jansen
January 17, 2007 08:05:00 pm

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Fund Act [text,...

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News Former Cendant chairman sentenced to 12 years for 1990s accounting fraud
Former Cendant chairman sentenced to 12 years for 1990s accounting fraud
Melissa Bancroft
January 17, 2007 07:19:00 pm

Walter Forbes, former Chairman of Cendant Corp. , the huge New York-based company that owns Ramada, Howard Johnson, Avis, Coldwell Banker and Century 21, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and seven months in prison pursuant to a...

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News Former Croat generals to face Hague war crimes trial in May
Former Croat generals to face Hague war crimes trial in May
Jaime Jansen
January 17, 2007 07:16:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Wednesday that three former Croatian generals will begin their war crimes trial at The Hague in May. Ante Gotovina , Ivan Cermak and...

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European Commission renews call for antitrust charges against Intel
Jaime Jansen
January 17, 2007 06:22:00 pm

European Commission investigators have again asked EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes to formally charge computer chip maker Intel with antitrust violations, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday. In October,...

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