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News Microsoft withdraws final appeals of EU antitrust ruling
Microsoft withdraws final appeals of EU antitrust ruling
Brett Murphy
October 24, 2007 12:32:00 pm

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it has withdrawn its last two appeals of a European Union antitrust ruling requiring the software giant to share technical information with competitors. The software...

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News Canada bill would reinstate controversial anti-terror measures
Canada bill would reinstate controversial anti-terror measures
Brett Murphy
October 24, 2007 11:52:00 am

The Canadian government introduced a bill Tuesday that would revive two controversial anti-terrorism provisions of the Anti-terrorism Act that expired earlier this year. The bill, brought forward in the Senate, would force anyone with relevant information...

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News HRW condemns Pakistan president for threatening judiciary
HRW condemns Pakistan president for threatening judiciary
Brett Murphy
October 24, 2007 11:10:00 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday slammed Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for threatening and intimidating the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the days leading up to the court's decision on petitions challenging Musharraf's bid...

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News US House committee approves personal online data protection bill
US House committee approves personal online data protection bill
Brett Murphy
October 24, 2007 10:19:00 am

The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs voted Tuesday in favor of the Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 , a bill aimed at preventing US Internet companies from turning over users' personal information to...

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News Spain indicts 22 connected to terrorist recruiting group
Spain indicts 22 connected to terrorist recruiting group
Brett Murphy
October 24, 2007 09:51:00 am

Spanish anti-terror judge Baltasar Garzon issued indictments for 22 people on charges of participating in or collaborating with a terrorist organization that recruits fighters to aid al Qaeda in Iraq, the Spanish National Court...

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News New York appeals court upholds unconstitutionality of state death penalty
New York appeals court upholds unconstitutionality of state death penalty
Brett Murphy
October 24, 2007 09:13:00 am

The highest court in New York state Tuesday narrowly ruled against overturning state precedent holding the state's death penalty law unconstitutional. Urged to create an exception for a man who murdered five people at a Queens Wendy's...

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News Amnesty criticizes Palestinian factions for rights abuses in political violence
Amnesty criticizes Palestinian factions for rights abuses in political violence
Natalie Hrubos
October 24, 2007 08:34:00 am

Amnesty International released a 58-page report Wednesday criticizing the two main Palestinian political factions, Hamas and Fatah , for political violence in the Gaza Strip and West Bank that has destroyed...

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News US terror watch list tops 755,000 names: GAO
US terror watch list tops 755,000 names: GAO
Natalie Hrubos
October 24, 2007 07:57:00 am

The number of names on the US terror watch list has increased to over 755,000, according to a new report by the US Government Accountability Office slated to be the focus...

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News UN urges end to impunity for violence against women
UN urges end to impunity for violence against women
Natalie Hrubos
October 24, 2007 07:10:00 am

The UN Security Council expressed deep concern Tuesday about violence against women which has "remained pervasive despite repeated condemnation of all acts of violence, including killing, maiming, sexual violence, exploitation and abuse in situations...

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Venezuela students protest ‘undemocratic’ proposed constitutional reforms
Lisl Brunner
October 24, 2007 06:37:00 am

Thousands of Venezuelan students on Tuesday protested the proposed constitutional reforms advanced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez which are currently under consideration in the Venezuelan National Assembly . On...

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Referendum makes Italy a Republic

On June 2, 1946, Italians approved a public referendum to change their country from a monarchy into a republic for the first time in the nation's history. The Constitution of Italy later came into force on January 1, 1948.

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