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News UK court allows blocking of file-sharing site
UK court allows blocking of file-sharing site
Julia Zebley
July 28, 2011 10:19:55 am

The United Kingdom's High Court of Justice ruled on Thursday for the Motion Picture Association (MPAA) , requiring internet provider British Telecom (BT) to block access to a file-sharing website, Newzbin2...

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News Federal appeals court hears arguments on tobacco advertising
Federal appeals court hears arguments on tobacco advertising
Julia Zebley
July 28, 2011 10:00:02 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Discount Tobacco City & Lottery v. USA on cross-appeals from a tobacco advertising decision in January 2010. The...

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News Italy lower house rejects LGBT hate crime prevention bill
Italy lower house rejects LGBT hate crime prevention bill
Erin Bock
July 28, 2011 08:01:39 am

The Italian Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday rejected by a vote of 293 to 250 legislation that would have provided greater penalties for hate crimes committed against homosexuals and transsexuals....

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News Niger establishes anti-corruption agency
Niger establishes anti-corruption agency
Maureen Cosgrove
July 27, 2011 03:29:36 pm

The government of Niger announced on Wednesday that it has established a new agency tasked with combating corruption. The High Authority to Combat Corruption will be comprised of government administration and private sector representatives who...

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News Ivory Coast President says all responsible for post-election violence will be prosecuted
Ivory Coast President says all responsible for post-election violence will be prosecuted
Zach Zagger
July 27, 2011 03:06:59 pm

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Wednesday that all those responsible for war crimes during the country's post-election violence will be prosecuted and brought to justice regardless of their side....

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News Russia court denies parole for ex-Yukos oil executive
Russia court denies parole for ex-Yukos oil executive
Maureen Cosgrove
July 27, 2011 01:50:08 pm

A court in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia on Wednesday denied parole for former Yukos oil executive Platon Lebedev . Lebedev and his former business partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky were convicted in December and...

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News Alabama immigration law challenged in state court
Alabama immigration law challenged in state court
Zach Zagger
July 27, 2011 01:16:58 pm

A group of immigrants in Alabama filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the Montgomery County Circuit Court to challenge the controversial Alabama immigration law as in violation of the state constitution. HB 56, signed into...

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News Rights group urges DRC to arrest war crimes suspect
Rights group urges DRC to arrest war crimes suspect
Maureen Cosgrove
July 27, 2011 12:55:04 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to arrest suspected war criminal Bosco Ntaganda , a Congolese general wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

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News Federal court upholds stem cell research
Federal court upholds stem cell research
Julia Zebley
July 27, 2011 11:42:49 am

The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday dismissed an appeal attempting to overturn April's decision that ended an injunction on federal funding of embryonic stem...

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Indian couple challenges UK immigration law
Maureen Cosgrove
July 27, 2011 11:04:29 am

An Indian couple on Wednesday challenged a UK immigration law that contains an English language speaking requirement. The provision , which was announced in June 2010 by UK Home Secretary Theresa May , requires an immigrant...

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President Carter signed bill restoring US citizenship of Jefferson Davis

On October 17, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill retroactively restoring the US citizenship of Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, US Senator from Mississippi and US Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.

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