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News House committee begins investigation of FDA drug approvals
House committee begins investigation of FDA drug approvals
Deirdre Jurand
July 23, 2008 11:30:00 am

Two members of the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce began an investigation Tuesday into whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed the continued sale of certain drugs...

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News Iraq president rejects draft election law after Kurds boycott
Iraq president rejects draft election law after Kurds boycott
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 23, 2008 11:15:00 am

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and the two other members of the Iraqi Presidency Council refused to sign a provincial election bill on Wednesday, noting that it had been passed by an incomplete parliament....

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News Italy to scale back Roma fingerprinting plan
Italy to scale back Roma fingerprinting plan
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 23, 2008 10:41:00 am

Italy will rework plans to fingerprint the country's Roma minority , altering requirements to only include those who do not have valid identification cards, the country's Interior Ministry announced Tuesday. The decision is seen as a concession...

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News Sudan plans to create domestic courts for war crimes trials
Sudan plans to create domestic courts for war crimes trials
Devin Montgomery
July 23, 2008 08:58:00 am

Sudan plans to create its own internationally-monitored courts to try war crimes suspects from the country's Darfur region , League of Arab States (LAS) official Hisham Yussef said on Tuesday. The International Criminal...

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News Federal court orders Rosenberg grand jury records to be released
Federal court orders Rosenberg grand jury records to be released
Deirdre Jurand
July 23, 2008 08:57:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Tuesday that the government must unseal most of the grand jury testimony from the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...

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News Italy upper house passes law granting immunity to top officials
Italy upper house passes law granting immunity to top officials
Deirdre Jurand
July 23, 2008 08:19:00 am

The Italian Senate on Wednesday announced that it has passed legislation granting Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ...

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News Fifth Circuit denies emergency stay of execution pending civil challenge
Fifth Circuit denies emergency stay of execution pending civil challenge
Nick Fiske
July 23, 2008 07:52:00 am

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday denied an emergency stay for a Mississippi death row inmate challenging the state's lethal injection procedure. The court found that...

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News Third Circuit enjoins enforcement of age verification law for adult websites
Third Circuit enjoins enforcement of age verification law for adult websites
Nick Fiske
July 23, 2008 07:41:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's decision granting a permanent injunction against enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) , a federal...

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News Telecoms push US House to tighten FCC regulations on competition
Telecoms push US House to tighten FCC regulations on competition
Devin Montgomery
July 22, 2008 04:04:00 pm

Executives from several Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and broadband internet service providers urged the US House of Representatives on Tuesday to pass HR 3914 , a bill that would make it harder for companies...

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Canada ombudsman appeals ruling limiting access to government papers
Andrew Gilmore
July 22, 2008 02:25:00 pm

The Canadian Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) announced Monday that it appealed a Federal Court decision in which the Court found that certain notes, records and correspondence generated by government ministers and their staff...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

11th Amendent to US Constitution ratified

On February 7, 1795, the 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution took effect with ratification by North Carolina. Adopted in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court's ruling in Chisholm v. Georgia, the amendment limited the jurisdiction of the federal courts to automatically hear cases brought against a state by the citizens of another state. Learn more about the meaning and history of the 11th Amendment from the National Constitution Center.

Maastricht Treaty signed, creating EU

On February 7, 1992, the Maastricht Treaty was signed by the members of the European Community, creating the European Union. Officially called the Treaty on the European Union, the original Maastricht Treaty went into force on November 1, 1993. The current Maastricht Treaty includes amendments from later EU treaties.

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