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News France parliament defeats controversial internet piracy legislation
France parliament defeats controversial internet piracy legislation
Andrew Gilmore
April 9, 2009 02:52:00 pm

The French National Assembly on Thursday defeated a controversial internet piracy bill that would have cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material. Under the bill, which won...

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News Canada court rules RCMP have right to unionize
Canada court rules RCMP have right to unionize
Andrew Gilmore
April 8, 2009 07:47:00 am

Justice Ian MacDonnell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) , Canada's federal police force and the country's largest law enforcement entity, can...

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News DC council votes to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere
DC council votes to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere
Andrew Gilmore
April 8, 2009 06:56:00 am

The Council of the District of Columbia voted Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside of Washington, DC. The bill, proposed by DC Councilman Phil Mendelson , was approved by a 12-0 vote....

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News US immigration judge revokes accused Nazi guard deportation stay
US immigration judge revokes accused Nazi guard deportation stay
Andrew Gilmore
April 7, 2009 07:53:00 am

A US immigration judge on Monday revoked a stay of deportation issued Friday for accused Nazi prison camp guard John Demjanjuk . The stay had been ordered Friday after Demjanjuk filed a motion...

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News Uighur Guantanamo detainees seek Supreme Court review of detention
Uighur Guantanamo detainees seek Supreme Court review of detention
Andrew Gilmore
April 7, 2009 07:07:00 am

A group of 17 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court Monday, asking...

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News Pfizer reaches settlement with Nigeria state in drug testing lawsuit
Pfizer reaches settlement with Nigeria state in drug testing lawsuit
Andrew Gilmore
April 3, 2009 03:09:00 pm

Drug maker Pfizer reached a settlement Friday with the Nigerian state of Kano in a lawsuit over allegedly illegal clinical trials the company conducted in Nigeria in 1996. The national government and the state of Kano filed...

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News France to accept one Guantanamo detainee
France to accept one Guantanamo detainee
Andrew Gilmore
April 3, 2009 02:06:00 pm

French President Nicholas Sarkozy said Friday that his country would accept one Guantanamo Bay detainee in a symbolic effort to aid the closure of the detention center. Sarkozy made the announcement...

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News House passes bill to give FDA tobacco regulating authority
House passes bill to give FDA tobacco regulating authority
Andrew Gilmore
April 2, 2009 04:47:00 pm

The US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would give the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the market for tobacco products. The bill, entitled...

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News Federal judge lets Afghanistan detainees <i>habeas</i> challenges proceed
Federal judge lets Afghanistan detainees habeas challenges proceed
Andrew Gilmore
April 2, 2009 04:08:00 pm

Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that three detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan can proceed with...

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News Pakistan high court suspends decision barring ex-PM Sharif from elected office
Pakistan high court suspends decision barring ex-PM Sharif from elected office
Andrew Gilmore
April 1, 2009 07:53:00 am

The Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended its February decision Tuesday barring former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother from holding elected office, pending the high court's final...

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Montenegrins vote for independence from Serbia

Citizens of Montenegro voted by 55.5-45.5% on May 21, 2006 to secede from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and declare independence. The new country formally declared independence on June 3 of that year. Learn more about the 2006 Montenegro independence referendum.

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