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News Federal judge holds hearing on Arizona abortion funding law
Federal judge holds hearing on Arizona abortion funding law
Jaimie Cremeans
October 6, 2012 03:18:17 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona held a hearing on Friday at the request of Planned Parenthood Arizona (PPA) to determine whether, under an Arizona law prohibiting...

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News California resident sues four Orange County cities over sex offender ordinances
California resident sues four Orange County cities over sex offender ordinances
Jaimie Cremeans
October 6, 2012 02:41:51 pm

A registered sex offender filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of California last week challenging ordinances in four Orange County cities that ban registered sex offenders from city-owned parks, campgrounds and other...

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News Vatican court sentences pope’s former butler to prison for leaking documents
Vatican court sentences pope’s former butler to prison for leaking documents
Max Slater
October 6, 2012 10:22:24 am

A three-judge panel in Vatican City on Saturday sentenced the former butler of Pope Benedict XVI to eighteen months in prison for leaking confidential papal documents. Paolo Gabriele was convicted on charges of theft for stealing confidential...

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News Federal judge imprisons former Texas school district superintendent for test fraud
Federal judge imprisons former Texas school district superintendent for test fraud
Max Slater
October 6, 2012 10:00:20 am

The US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Friday sentenced the ex-superintendent of the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) to three and a half years in prison for manipulating state standardized test scores...

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News Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft patent dispute
Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft patent dispute
Michael Haggerson
October 5, 2012 01:48:36 pm

The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled for Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Google, against Microsoft on Friday. This was the fourth decision in a suit between Motorola and Microsoft to be issued this...

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News UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violates human rights
UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violates human rights
Michael Haggerson
October 5, 2012 01:08:02 pm

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday condemned a draft law that would ban pro-gay "propaganda" in Ukraine. The OHCHR said that the bill...

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News UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for colonial-era torture
UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for colonial-era torture
Dan Taglioli
October 5, 2012 11:36:36 am

The Queen's Bench Division on the High Court of England and Wales ruled Friday that three elderly Kenyans can sue the British government for torture they suffered while in detention under the British Colonial Administration in the...

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News UK court approves extradition of terror suspects to US
UK court approves extradition of terror suspects to US
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 5, 2012 11:30:53 am

The High Court of England and Wales on Friday approved the extradition of five terror suspects to the US. The court's decision comes a week after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) gave its...

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News Federal judge allows Florida to proceed with voter roll purge
Federal judge allows Florida to proceed with voter roll purge
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 5, 2012 10:41:30 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Thursday ruled that the state may move forward with its efforts to remove approximately 180 suspected non-citizens from its voter rolls....

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News Australia High Court upholds tobacco plain-package law
Australia High Court upholds tobacco plain-package law
Dan Taglioli
October 5, 2012 10:21:09 am

The High Court of Australia on Friday published its reasons for dismissing a lawsuit brought by several large international tobacco companies challenging the labeling requirements of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 (TPP Act) ....

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First gay civil union law goes into effect

On October 1, 1989, the Registered Partnership Act went into effect in Denmark. It was the first law in the world that allowed civil unions between homosexual couples. Read a report on the world's first civil unions from the New York Times.

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