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News California appeals court upholds stem cell research program
California appeals court upholds stem cell research program
Holly Manges Jones
February 27, 2007 07:43:00 am

A California state appeals court ruled Monday that the state's stem cell research program "suffers from no constitutional or other legal infirmity," leading the way for approximately $3 billion in grant money to be...

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News Federal judge refuses to limit NY ferry crash damages
Federal judge refuses to limit NY ferry crash damages
Holly Manges Jones
February 27, 2007 07:08:00 am

A federal judge Monday refused to apply a 1851 maritime law that would have limited the possible damages for victims of the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash to $14.4 million. The city of New...

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News UK terrorist deportation ruling [UK SIAC]
UK terrorist deportation ruling [UK SIAC]
February 26, 2007 10:03:00 pm

Othman and Secretary of State for the Home Department, Special Immigration Appeals Commission, February 26, 2007 ....

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News Five western governors sign agreement to reduce greenhouse gases
Five western governors sign agreement to reduce greenhouse gases
Joe Shaulis
February 26, 2007 09:09:00 pm

The governors of five western US states signed an agreement Monday to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases , a cause of global warming . During the winter meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA)...

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News Kurd party leaders imprisoned in Turkey for distributing Kurdish language material
Kurd party leaders imprisoned in Turkey for distributing Kurdish language material
Caitlin Price
February 26, 2007 08:03:00 pm

Two high-ranking Kurdish politicians were each sentenced to a year and a half in prison Monday by a Turkish court for distributing Kurdish-language party materials praising imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan . Ahmet Turk and Aysel Tugluk,...

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Supreme Court hears arguments in deadly force, tax refund cases
Caitlin Price
February 26, 2007 06:49:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Scott v. Harris , 05-1631 , where the court must decide whether a police officer violated a fleeing...

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News Bosnia presidency member calls for constitutional amendment to unify BiH
Bosnia presidency member calls for constitutional amendment to unify BiH
James M Yoch Jr
February 26, 2007 04:04:00 pm

Bosnian BiH presidency member Haris Silajdzic on Monday called for an amendment to the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) constitution that would end the country's division into ethnic mini-states and create a unified nation. Silajdzic's proposal was...

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News Maryland judge suspends lethal injection reports until death penalty status resolved
Maryland judge suspends lethal injection reports until death penalty status resolved
James M Yoch Jr
February 26, 2007 03:37:00 pm

US District Judge Benson Legg Monday suspended a requirement that the Maryland Attorney General submit proposals for using medical professionals to conduct lethal injections until such time as the controversy over the status of the...

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News Egypt blogger appeals prison sentence for insulting Islam online
Egypt blogger appeals prison sentence for insulting Islam online
James M Yoch Jr
February 26, 2007 03:07:00 pm

Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Monday filed an appeal of his four-year prison sentence on charges of inciting sedition, insulting Islam, harming national unity and insulting the president in remarks he posted on his Internet...

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Supreme Court takes election, special education, sentencing cases
Alexis Unkovic
February 26, 2007 12:26:00 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in four cases . The two consolidated cases, Washington State Grange v. Washington Republican Party (06-713) and State of Washington v. Washington Republican Party...

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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

On April 8, 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the US Constitution, providing for the election of senators by popular vote rather than selection by state legislatures, was ratified. Learn more about the Seventeenth Amendment.

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