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News Uganda police increasingly using torture, killings: HRW
Uganda police increasingly using torture, killings: HRW
Alexandra Malatesta
March 23, 2011 01:44:49 pm

The Ugandan government is responsible for an increase in torture, illegal detention and extrajudicial killing of its citizens, according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . An agency known as the Rapid Response...

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News ECJ legal adviser finds ban on genetically modified crops illegal
ECJ legal adviser finds ban on genetically modified crops illegal
Daniel Makosky
March 23, 2011 01:01:40 pm

European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi on Tuesday issued an opinion declaring that a French ban on cultivating genetically modified (GM) crops is illegal. In 2008, France sought to prohibit production...

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News Federal judge rejects Google Books settlement
Federal judge rejects Google Books settlement
Dan Taglioli
March 23, 2011 11:59:48 am

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday rejected the amended class action settlement agreement between Google and groups of authors and publishers who brought a...

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News Yemen parliament approves emergency laws
Yemen parliament approves emergency laws
Matt Glenn
March 23, 2011 09:11:02 am

The Yemeni Parliament enacted several emergency measures Wednesday at the request of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in an effort to end anti-government protests. The new laws give the government greater power to arrest...

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News South Dakota approves 3-day abortion waiting period
South Dakota approves 3-day abortion waiting period
Julia Zebley
March 23, 2011 08:28:37 am

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed HB 1217 into law on Tuesday, requiring women to seek counseling at a pregnancy center and wait three days before obtaining an abortion ....

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News UN rights office concerned over violence in Bahrain, Syria, Yemen
UN rights office concerned over violence in Bahrain, Syria, Yemen
Julia Zebley
March 23, 2011 07:31:49 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed concern over violence against protesters in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen . Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the OHCHR, held...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on retaliation protection, attorney’s fees
Supreme Court hears arguments on retaliation protection, attorney’s fees
Andrea Bottorff
March 22, 2011 02:49:30 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri on whether state and local government employees may sue their...

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News Germany prosecutor requests 6-year sentence for alleged Nazi guard
Germany prosecutor requests 6-year sentence for alleged Nazi guard
John Paul Putney
March 22, 2011 02:10:57 pm

Germany prosecutors called Tuesday for a six-year sentence in the trial of John Demjanjuk , accused of having helped to murder 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor death camp during his time as a guard there....

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News California court delays implementation of cap-and-trade program
California court delays implementation of cap-and-trade program
Ashley Hileman
March 22, 2011 01:19:34 pm

The San Francisco Superior Court notified parties Monday of a ruling that acts to delay the implementation of a cap-and-trade program by requiring California's Air Resources Board (ARB) to further analyze alternatives. While the court's...

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News Supreme Court rules on anti-retaliation statute language
Supreme Court rules on anti-retaliation statute language
Maureen Cosgrove
March 22, 2011 12:27:07 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 6-2 in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. that the language "filed any complaint" of the Fair Labor Standards Act...

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Attica NY prison revolt ended in assault killing 41

On September 13, 1971, National Guardsmen stormed the Attica Correctional Facility in New York state after a four-day standoff with rioting prisoners. This photo, released by New York state authorities, shows Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald in the Attica prison yard after it was retaken. Thirty-two prisoners and nine guards died in the final assault. Learn more about the Attica revolt and the conditions the prisoners were trying to improve in this retrospective.

Khrushchev takes over leadership of USSR

On September 13, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev was appointed General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, taking over leadership of the country after the death of Joseph Stalin. Soon after taking office, Khrushchev exposed many of the crimes of his predecessor. He was later forced from power in 1964, largely in response to his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read an obituary of Nikita Khrushchev from the New York Times.

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