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News Microsoft to file anti-competition complaint against Google
Microsoft to file anti-competition complaint against Google
Dan Taglioli
March 31, 2011 03:34:42 pm

Microsoft announced Wednesday it will file a formal complaint with the European Commission (EC) detailing alleged anticompetitive practices by Google . Microsoft claims Google has engaged in "a broadening pattern of conduct...

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News Syria president forms committee to consider ending emergency law
Syria president forms committee to consider ending emergency law
Daniel Makosky
March 31, 2011 02:47:10 pm

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday ordered the formation of a committee that will evaluate possible elimination of the country's 48-year-old state of emergency law. The panel will be composed of legal experts and charged with...

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News Federal appeals court upholds EPA cap on vehicle emissions
Federal appeals court upholds EPA cap on vehicle emissions
Jennie Ryan
March 31, 2011 01:17:16 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday upheld an approval by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of caps on motor vehicle emissions in California. The court held that no...

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News Ohio legislature passes bill limiting state worker collective bargaining
Ohio legislature passes bill limiting state worker collective bargaining
Julia Zebley
March 31, 2011 01:02:41 pm

The Ohio Senate on Thursday passed Senate Bill 5 , which alters Ohio labor law and restricts the collective bargaining abilities of unions for public sector workers. The bill was approved in the Senate by a...

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News Canada high court to review anti-prostitution laws
Canada high court to review anti-prostitution laws
Alexandra Malatesta
March 31, 2011 01:01:39 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada agreed Thursday to review a B.C. Court of Appeal decision allowing a challenge to the country's anti-prostitution laws. The appeals court had set aside a lower court ruling ...

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Federal judge allows suit over Guantanamo prosecutor termination
Daniel Richey
March 31, 2011 12:00:46 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit against the Library of Congress (LOC) filed on behalf of former Guantanamo prosecutor and...

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News Czech Constitutional Court overturns parts of data retention law
Czech Constitutional Court overturns parts of data retention law
Sarah Paulsworth
March 31, 2011 09:49:44 am

The Czech Republic's Constitutional Court on Thursday overturned parts of a controversial data retention law that obligated telecommunications companies to maintain records of their customers' internet and telephone usage. The court...

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News US to seek second term on UN rights council
US to seek second term on UN rights council
Ann Riley
March 31, 2011 08:24:43 am

The US Department of State announced on Wednesday that it would pursue a second term on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) . In continuing its membership, the US intends to further its stand...

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News FTC settles with Google on charges of ‘Buzz’ privacy violations
FTC settles with Google on charges of ‘Buzz’ privacy violations
Ann Riley
March 31, 2011 07:49:49 am

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Wednesday that it has reached a settlement with Google over charges that the Internet giant breached consumer privacy rights and was misleading during the...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on Telecommunications Act, drug labeling
Brian Jackson
March 30, 2011 04:45:01 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases of Isiogu v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. and Talk America Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. [oral...

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WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban

On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans. Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.

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