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News UN rights expert welcomes California safe drinking water law
UN rights expert welcomes California safe drinking water law
Cynthia Miley
September 30, 2012 11:29:17 am

UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation Catarina de Albuquerque on Friday applauded a new California law creating a right to safe drinking water. Assemblymember Mike...

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News Egypt soldiers receive suspended sentences for protests
Egypt soldiers receive suspended sentences for protests
Matthew Pomy
September 30, 2012 10:41:29 am

Egyptian Defence Minister General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Saturday ordered a reduced sentence for a group of military officers who took part in opposition protests in April 2011. There were 22 officers, known as the April 8 Officers, arrested for...

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News Mexico lower house approves labor reform bill
Mexico lower house approves labor reform bill
Matthew Pomy
September 30, 2012 09:52:22 am

Mexico's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill after 14 hours of debate on Saturday that provides for a broad range of reforms to Mexico's labor market. The bill seeks to improve the transparency of Mexico's...

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News US transfers Guantanamo detainee Khadr to Canada
US transfers Guantanamo detainee Khadr to Canada
Jaimie Cremeans
September 29, 2012 06:13:51 pm

Canadian citizen Omar Khadr was transferred to Canada from Guantanamo Bay early Saturday morning to serve out the rest of his prison sentence under the authority of...

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News Federal judge rejects commodity trading regulations
Federal judge rejects commodity trading regulations
Jaimie Cremeans
September 29, 2012 05:10:29 pm

A judge for the US District Court of the District of Columbia on Friday remanded a rule that would have limited positions on derivatives for 28 commodities, saying that the US Commodity Futures Trading...

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News Mexico lower house gives preliminary approval to labor reform bill
Mexico lower house gives preliminary approval to labor reform bill
Max Slater
September 29, 2012 11:08:20 am

Mexico's Chamber of Deputies expressed initial approval Friday for a labor reform bill that seeks to improve the transparency of Mexico's trade unions and make labor regulations more flexible. The bill was a bipartisan effort...

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News Federal Circuit orders lower court to reconsider Samsung injunction
Federal Circuit orders lower court to reconsider Samsung injunction
Max Slater
September 29, 2012 10:04:20 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Friday that the US District Court for the Northern District of California should reconsider an injunction against Samsung in a patent...

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News Switzerland lawmakers reject burqa ban
Switzerland lawmakers reject burqa ban
Michael Haggerson
September 28, 2012 01:22:02 pm

The Swiss Parliament voted 93-87 on Friday against a bill which would ban burqas and other face coverings in public places. Proponents of the bill argued that banning burqas would promote gender...

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News Bank of America settles class action suit over Merrill Lynch acquisition
Bank of America settles class action suit over Merrill Lynch acquisition
Michael Haggerson
September 28, 2012 12:27:23 pm

Bank of America (BOA) announced Friday that it has agreed to pay $2.43 billion to settle a class action lawsuit with investors over its $18.5 billion acquisition of Merrill Lynch in January 2009....

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News Panama legislature passes copyright law with heavy fines for violators
Panama legislature passes copyright law with heavy fines for violators
Dan Taglioli
September 28, 2012 11:02:08 am

The National Assembly of Panama on Wednesday approved a controversial new copyright law that allows authorities to fine infringers without a trial or civil lawsuit. The bill would grant broad...

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Georgia became first US state to ban lynching

On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison. The statute was not particularly effective—read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.

UN Drug Trafficking Convention signed

On December 20, 1988, the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The treaty provides mechanisms for international coordination in preventing the manufacture and distribution of drugs worldwide. Over 170 countries have signed the treaty to date.

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