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News Dutch government outlines plan to ban burqas in schools
Dutch government outlines plan to ban burqas in schools
Joe Shaulis
September 9, 2008 03:49:00 pm

The government of the Netherlands on Tuesday detailed its plans to ban the burqa in and around all primary schools, including Muslim institutions. In a letter to parliament , Education Minister Ronald Plasterk ...

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News Former Taiwan president cleared on defamation charges in frigate scandal
Former Taiwan president cleared on defamation charges in frigate scandal
Caitlin Price
September 9, 2008 02:44:00 pm

The Taipei District Court on Tuesday cleared former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian of defamation charges stemming from Taiwan's 1991 purchase of six frigates from France. Six retired Taiwanese admirals filed suit against Chen following his...

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News US trade commissioners speak out against DOJ antitrust enforcement policy
US trade commissioners speak out against DOJ antitrust enforcement policy
Joe Shaulis
September 9, 2008 02:38:00 pm

Three of the four sitting US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) members on Monday denounced a report released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) as...

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News Thailand high court ousts PM for accepting payment from cooking show appearance
Thailand high court ousts PM for accepting payment from cooking show appearance
Caitlin Price
September 9, 2008 11:09:00 am

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his cabinet were ousted Tuesday following a guilty verdict from the Constitutional Court of Thailand on the charge that Samak violated the constitution...

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News Ukraine PM summoned for questioning before prosecutor
Ukraine PM summoned for questioning before prosecutor
Devin Montgomery
September 9, 2008 10:41:00 am

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Monday that she has been summoned to testify before Ukraine's Prosecutor General’s Office on September 11. An official for the office has said that her testimony is being sought...

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News Fifth Circuit sends Enron lawsuits back to state court
Fifth Circuit sends Enron lawsuits back to state court
Joe Shaulis
September 9, 2008 10:11:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday revived the possibility of several state-law claims against individuals and entities connected to Enron Corp. by ruling that...

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News Pakistan ambassador to US seeks release of nationals from Guantanamo Bay
Pakistan ambassador to US seeks release of nationals from Guantanamo Bay
Andrew Gilmore
September 9, 2008 08:49:00 am

The Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani , met with US officials on Sunday to discuss the release of six Pakistani citizens currently being held at the US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay ....

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News Serbia parliament ratifies EU association agreement
Serbia parliament ratifies EU association agreement
Joe Shaulis
September 9, 2008 08:19:00 am

The Serbian National Assembly on Tuesday ratified a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) to guide it toward accession to the European Union (EU) [official website; JURIST...

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Russia prosecutors move to ban ‘South Park’ broadcasts
Joe Shaulis
September 8, 2008 12:48:00 pm

The Moscow Prosecutor General's Office filed a motion Monday to ban the US animated series South Park , alleging it violates children's rights under international law. In a press release , the...

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Georgia presents argument against Russia before International Court of Justice
Joe Shaulis
September 8, 2008 10:36:00 am

Attorneys representing the Georgian Republic appeared before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday seeking emergency orders to stop the alleged killing and mass displacement of citizens in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia...

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Biological Weapons Convention goes into force

On March 26, 1975, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. Today, 162 countries have signed the Convention, pledging never "to develop, produce, stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain" biological weapons. Some signatory nations, however, have reserved the right to hold certain biological weapons for "prophylactic" purposes. Learn more about the UN Biological Weapons Convention.

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