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News Fiji High Court dismisses challenge to 2006 coup
Fiji High Court dismisses challenge to 2006 coup
Devin Montgomery
October 10, 2008 07:45:00 am

Fiji's High Court on Thursday dismissed a legal challenge to the country's 2006 coup, holding that Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo had the authority to name new leaders after former prime minister Laisenia Qarase [BBC...

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News Europe rights court holds Russia responsible for Chechen deaths
Europe rights court holds Russia responsible for Chechen deaths
Leslie Schulman
October 10, 2008 06:51:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued two decisions Thursday finding Russia in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights in cases concerning the deaths or abductions of Russian nationals in Chechnya...

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News Italy Constitutional Court endorses removal of feeding tube from comatose woman
Italy Constitutional Court endorses removal of feeding tube from comatose woman
Eric Firkel
October 10, 2008 02:08:00 am

Italy's Constitutional Court has rejected a parliamentary challenge to a Milan appeals court decision holding that doctors can remove the feeding tube of Eluana Englaro , a young woman...

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News Libya makes first deposit into terrorism compensation fund
Libya makes first deposit into terrorism compensation fund
Eric Firkel
October 10, 2008 12:50:00 am

US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch said Thursday that Libya has made an initial deposit into a US government account as part of a deal to settle claims involving Libyan-linked terrorism in the 1980s. Under the...

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News Bush signs presidential transition order
Bush signs presidential transition order
Leslie Schulman
October 9, 2008 03:41:00 pm

US President George W. Bush issued an executive order on Thursday that creates a Transition Coordinating Council to head up transition efforts of executive agencies and the incoming administration in the months leading up to the...

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News Thailand appeals court drops treason charges against opposition activists
Thailand appeals court drops treason charges against opposition activists
Kiely Lewandowski
October 9, 2008 01:03:00 pm

Thailand's Court of Appeal Thursday reduced insurrection charges against nine People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) activists following this week's violent clashes between police and PAD protesters . The court dismissed treason charges against the...

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News Second Circuit endorses test for special needs educational placement
Second Circuit endorses test for special needs educational placement
Kiely Lewandowski
October 9, 2008 12:11:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Thursday adopted a fact-specific test for determining whether a disabled student has been placed in the 'least restrictive environment' as required by the Individuals with Disabilities...

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News Voters illegally removed from rolls in swing states: NYT
Voters illegally removed from rolls in swing states: NYT
Andrew Gilmore
October 9, 2008 11:37:00 am

Thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from voter rolls against federal voting law, according to a New York Times report published Thursday. The report examined the actions of election officials in...

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News Cambodia genocide court says first trial unlikely until 2009
Cambodia genocide court says first trial unlikely until 2009
Steve Czajkowski
October 9, 2008 11:24:00 am

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Thursday announced that the first trial of a former Khmer Rouge leader is unlikely to take place until next year....

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News Federal judge orders California to give stance on money for prison health care
Federal judge orders California to give stance on money for prison health care
Steve Czajkowski
October 9, 2008 11:11:00 am

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the administration of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to give its position on providing $250 million this year toward the $8 billion needed to reform the state's prison health care system. US...

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South Africa born

On May 31, 1910, the Union of South Africa was created. Exactly fifty-one years later in 1961, the Republic of South Africa was born. Learn more about the history of South Africa from the country's government.

Tulsa race riot began

On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race riot was touched off after a black elevator operator was alleged to have attacked a white woman in an elevator in downtown Tulsa. Armed whites attacked, burned and looted the local black business community of Greenwood in violence that killed more than 300 people and destroyed more than 1200 homes. Learn more about the Tulsa race riot. A special commission set up by the Oklahoma legislature decades afterward submitted this report [PDF] on the riot in 2001.

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