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News Federal judge orders FDA to review limits on over-the-counter sale of ‘morning after’ pill
Federal judge orders FDA to review limits on over-the-counter sale of ‘morning after’ pill
Andrew Gilmore
March 24, 2009 07:57:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York overturned Monday a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to limit the over-the-counter (OTC) availability of...

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News Rwanda Hutu convicted in Netherlands court for 1994 Tutsi killings
Rwanda Hutu convicted in Netherlands court for 1994 Tutsi killings
Andrew Gilmore
March 24, 2009 07:16:00 am

A Dutch court Monday convicted a former Rwandan Hutu for the 1994 killing of two Tutsi mothers and at least four of their children. Joseph Mpambara , who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the killings,...

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News Federal judge denies Army Corps of Engineers motion to dismiss Katrina lawsuit
Federal judge denies Army Corps of Engineers motion to dismiss Katrina lawsuit
Andrew Gilmore
March 21, 2009 12:14:00 pm

A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday denied a motion by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to dismiss a lawsuit brought by...

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News Pakistan high court chief justice retires on eve of Chaudhry reinstatement
Pakistan high court chief justice retires on eve of Chaudhry reinstatement
Andrew Gilmore
March 21, 2009 11:18:00 am

Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan retired Saturday, paving the way for the official reinstatement of his predecessor, deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry . Chaudhry will re-assume the office...

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Innocent prisoners being held at Guantanamo: ex-Powell aide
Andrew Gilmore
March 20, 2009 03:33:00 pm

Chief of staff to former US secretary of state Colin Powell Lawrence Wilkerson criticized US terrorism detention practices Thursday, saying that authorities were holding innocent civilians as terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay ...

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House passes punitive tax on bonuses from bailout companies
Andrew Gilmore
March 20, 2009 12:46:00 pm

The US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would tax bonuses given to employees of companies that received money from government stimulus programs at 90 percent. The bill, which was passed...

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Israel ex-president indicted on rape charges
Andrew Gilmore
March 19, 2009 03:11:00 pm

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav was indicted Thursday on two counts of rape for allegedly assaulting several female employees in the 1990s. The indictment, which was filed in Tel Aviv District Court, charges [Jerusalem...

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Pakistan government appeals high court decision banning ex-PM from political office
Andrew Gilmore
March 19, 2009 02:42:00 pm

The government of Pakistan President Ali Asif Zardari and his Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday, asking the court to review its...

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Sixth Circuit upholds judgment against former El Salvador military commander
Andrew Gilmore
March 18, 2009 08:06:00 am

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld Tuesday a district court decision finding former El Salvador chief military commander Nicolas Carranza liable for murder and torture...

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Russia court refuses request to drop new Khodorkovsky charges
Andrew Gilmore
March 18, 2009 07:07:00 am

A Russian court Tuesday refused a request by defense lawyers to drop new embezzlement and money laundering charges against former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev...

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WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban

On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans. Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.

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