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News Idaho woman challenges state anti-abortion laws
Idaho woman challenges state anti-abortion laws
Dan Taglioli
August 31, 2011 04:10:41 pm

An Idaho woman has filed suit seeking to prevent prosecution of other women under the state's standing abortion laws. Mother of three Jennie Linn McCormack was prosecuted earlier this year under a 1972 state...

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News DOJ files antitrust suit to block AT&T, T-Mobile merger
DOJ files antitrust suit to block AT&T, T-Mobile merger
Dan Taglioli
August 31, 2011 01:38:18 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block the proposed $39 billion acquisition of cellular carrier T-Mobile USA by telecom giant AT&T . The agency filed suit ...

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News Syria protests lead to deaths of at least 88 detainees: Amnesty report
Syria protests lead to deaths of at least 88 detainees: Amnesty report
Ashley Hileman
August 31, 2011 11:24:34 am

At least 88 individuals have been killed while in custody as a result of their participation in the ongoing protests in Syria, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Wednesday. All of the victims were...

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News Federal judge blocks key provisions of Texas abortion law
Federal judge blocks key provisions of Texas abortion law
Ashley Hileman
August 31, 2011 10:21:42 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Tuesday blocked several provisions of a new Texas law that restricts abortion practices and requires a doctor to...

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News Bolivia high court convicts 7 officials for genocide
Bolivia high court convicts 7 officials for genocide
Julia Zebley
August 31, 2011 08:48:51 am

The Bolivian Supreme Court of Justice on Tuesday convicted seven officials—five military officers and two former cabinet ministers—of committing genocide. The military officials received sentences of 10–15 years while the former cabinet ministers received three-year...

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News Federal appeals court denies benefits for child conceived after father’s death
Federal appeals court denies benefits for child conceived after father’s death
Julia Zebley
August 31, 2011 07:27:50 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that an Iowa girl born two years after her father's death was not entitled to his Social Security benefits. After the death...

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News Vietnam president releases 10,000 prisoners for National Day
Vietnam president releases 10,000 prisoners for National Day
Sarah Posner
August 30, 2011 02:39:57 pm

The president of Vietnam on Monday ordered the release of more than 10,000 prisoners, granting amnesty to commemorate the country's National Day. Although none of the high profile government dissidents was released, the president freed five individuals ...

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News ICC appeals chamber confirms admissibility of Kenya post-election violence cases
ICC appeals chamber confirms admissibility of Kenya post-election violence cases
Hillary Stemple
August 30, 2011 02:08:32 pm

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday rejected an appeal filed by the Kenyan government and confirmed a Pre-Trial Chamber ruling refusing to transfer two cases stemming from 2007 post-election violence...

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News Cambodia genocide tribunal begins fitness hearing
Cambodia genocide tribunal begins fitness hearing
Sarah Posner
August 30, 2011 01:39:01 pm

The UN's Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday began conducting its fitness hearing to prosecute individuals for mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge...

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News UN calls for end to enforced disappearances
UN calls for end to enforced disappearances
Jennie Ryan
August 30, 2011 11:18:02 am

The UN called Tuesday for all states to end the "heinous crime" of enforced or involuntary disappearances . Enforced disappearances refers to the practice of placing people in secret detentions for weeks or months without ever being brought...

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Treaty relinquishing Panama Canal signed

On September 7, 1977, US President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian Chief of Government Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty relinquishing American control over the canal effective in the year 2000.

Boxer Protocol signed, ending Boxer Rebellion in China

On September 7, 1901, the Boxer Protocol was signed between the Qing Dynasty of China on one side and eight Western Powers and Japan on the other. The treaty ended the Boxer Rebellion in China. Among other clauses, it levied an indemnity on China and allowed foreign troops to be stationed in Peking.

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