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News US House reauthorizes FISA surveillance law
US House reauthorizes FISA surveillance law
Brandon Gatto
September 13, 2012 03:34:54 pm

The US House of Representatives on Wedneday voted to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008 (FISA) , a highly contested law designed as a national security protection against terrorism and other foreign threats....

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News Sixth Circuit dismisses posthumous citizenship request for convicted Nazi guard
Sixth Circuit dismisses posthumous citizenship request for convicted Nazi guard
Keith Herting
September 13, 2012 02:55:48 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday refused to reconsider a decision to deny a posthumous appeal to restore the citizenship of convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk . Demjanjuk,...

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News UN rights chief condemns 16 nations for activist reprisals
UN rights chief condemns 16 nations for activist reprisals
Brandon Gatto
September 13, 2012 02:51:22 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday told a special session of the Human Rights Council that 16 nations have failed to prevent members of their own governments from intimidating and...

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News US House panel questions China organ transplants from executed inmates
US House panel questions China organ transplants from executed inmates
Rebecca DiLeonardo
September 13, 2012 12:37:28 pm

The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday held a hearing to discuss the Chinese government's practice of harvesting organs from executed inmates. The hearing included testimony by three witnesses supporting allegations that the government...

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News Cambodia genocide tribunal rules Khmer Rouge leader unfit to stand trial
Cambodia genocide tribunal rules Khmer Rouge leader unfit to stand trial
Max Slater
September 13, 2012 11:23:34 am

The trial chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ruled Thursday that the sister-in-law of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot is not mentally competent to stand trial, ordering...

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News Federal judge blocks indefinite detention law
Federal judge blocks indefinite detention law
Maureen Cosgrove
September 13, 2012 09:13:27 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday permanently enjoined a US law that allows authorities to detain certain suspects indefinitely if they are found to have...

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News Missouri legislature overrides birth control bill veto
Missouri legislature overrides birth control bill veto
Maureen Cosgrove
September 13, 2012 08:26:56 am

The Missouri Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to override a veto Governor Jay Nixon of a bill that prohibits mandatory insurance coverage of birth control for anyone with ethical...

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News Military judge denies motion to allow television broadcast of Guantanamo trial
Military judge denies motion to allow television broadcast of Guantanamo trial
Jaimie Cremeans
September 13, 2012 07:47:15 am

A military judge ruled Monday that he lacks authority to allow media to broadcast the trial of accused USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim Nashiri . Al-Nashiri's defense lawyers moved ...

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News Russia PM calls for release of feminist activist rock band
Russia PM calls for release of feminist activist rock band
Jaimie Cremeans
September 13, 2012 06:32:32 am

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called Wednesday for the release of members of the rock band Pussy Riot , saying that time served has been severe enough and that anymore time...

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News Montana Supreme Court finds no constitutional right to medical marijuana use
Montana Supreme Court finds no constitutional right to medical marijuana use
Jerry Votava
September 12, 2012 03:48:54 pm

The Montana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that there is no constitutional right to the cultivation, distribution and use of medical marijuana . The plaintiffs in the case sought to prevent the enactment and...

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