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News France to take Algerian Guantanamo detainee
France to take Algerian Guantanamo detainee
Andrew Gilmore
May 7, 2009 12:13:00 pm

The French government on Wednesday confirmed that it will accept Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Lakhdar Boumediene after his release from the detention center. Boumediene was the named plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case...

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News Czech Republic senate ratifies EU reform Treaty
Czech Republic senate ratifies EU reform Treaty
Andrew Gilmore
May 7, 2009 11:26:00 am

The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic voted Wednesday to approve the European Union (EU) reform treaty, also known as the Lisbon Treaty , sending the document to Czech President Vaclav Klaus [official...

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News Mumbai terror attack suspect pleads not guilty
Mumbai terror attack suspect pleads not guilty
Andrew Gilmore
May 6, 2009 03:58:00 pm

Alleged Mumbai terror attack suspect Mohammed Ajmal Kasab pleaded not guilty Wednesday in an Indian court to 86 charges stemming from his participation in the November 2008 attack. Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was formally...

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News Iran stays execution of men sentenced to death as teens: report
Iran stays execution of men sentenced to death as teens: report
Andrew Gilmore
May 6, 2009 02:28:00 pm

Iranian authorities issued stays of execution Wednesday for two teens sentenced to death for crimes committed as juveniles. The two individuals facing the death penalty, Amir Khaleqi and Safar Angooti, were scheduled to be executed Wednesday morning...

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News EPA to review Bush administration coal power plant emissions rules
EPA to review Bush administration coal power plant emissions rules
Andrew Gilmore
April 28, 2009 08:48:00 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that it would review three new source review rules that regulate emissions from coal power plants. The announcement comes as the EPA has stepped up its...

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News UK reiterates willingness to consider US request to accept Guantanamo detainees
UK reiterates willingness to consider US request to accept Guantanamo detainees
Andrew Gilmore
April 28, 2009 07:39:00 am

UK Justice Minister Jack Straw said Monday that his country would still be willing to consider a US request to take in terrorism detainees held by at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, if doing...

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News US to take in up to 7 Uighur detainees: report
US to take in up to 7 Uighur detainees: report
Andrew Gilmore
April 25, 2009 08:10:00 pm

The US is planning on accepting into the country up to seven Chinese Uighur Muslims currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, according to the Los Angeles Times...

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News South Africa ANC election majority not enough to change constitution
South Africa ANC election majority not enough to change constitution
Andrew Gilmore
April 25, 2009 06:39:00 pm

The African National Congress (ANC) was formally declared the winner of South African parliamentary elections Saturday, but its win fell short of the two-thirds majority of seats needed to change or amend the country's constitution...

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News DC Circuit again rejects suit by former UK Guantanamo detainees
DC Circuit again rejects suit by former UK Guantanamo detainees
Andrew Gilmore
April 24, 2009 03:50:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected Friday a lawsuit by four UK citizens and former Guantanamo Bay detainees against former US defense secretary Donald...

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News Fiji AG says ousted judges to be replaced next week
Fiji AG says ousted judges to be replaced next week
Andrew Gilmore
April 24, 2009 02:07:00 pm

Fijian Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum said Friday that the government would name new judges to replace those discharged following the suspension of the country's constitution by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo two weeks...

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India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster

On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court. Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.

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