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News Senate approves health care reform bill
Senate approves health care reform bill
Amelia Mathias
December 24, 2009 11:38:00 am

The US Senate passed a health care reform bill on Thursday in a 60 - 39 vote that split down party lines. The legislation would expand affordable access to health care to...

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News Guantanamo prison may remain open until 2011: reports
Guantanamo prison may remain open until 2011: reports
Amelia Mathias
December 24, 2009 10:07:00 am

The military prison at Guantanamo Bay may have to remain open until 2011 to allow an Illinois prison time to prepare for the arrival of the detainees, according to Wednesday reports . A spokesperson for...

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News France conservative leader to introduce bill to ban burqas in public
France conservative leader to introduce bill to ban burqas in public
Amelia Mathias
December 17, 2009 11:00:00 am

The leader of France's conservative party, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) announced Wednesday that he will introduce legislation banning the burqa in public. Jean-Francois Cope's announcement [Le Figaro report, in...

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News Switzerland bank to pay fines for violating US sanctions against Iran
Switzerland bank to pay fines for violating US sanctions against Iran
Amelia Mathias
December 17, 2009 10:06:00 am

Credit Suisse , Switzerland's second largest bank, agreed Wednesday to pay more than $500 million in fines to both the US government and New York state for violating US sanctions against Iran and other countries....

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News China prosecutors formally charge rights activist with inciting subversion
China prosecutors formally charge rights activist with inciting subversion
Amelia Mathias
December 14, 2009 11:03:00 am

Chinese prosecutors formerly charged prominent rights activist Liu Xiaobo on Saturday with inciting subversion. Liu, who spent two years in prison following the Tiananmen Square uprising, has long challenged China's one-party rule, and co-authored Charter 08 ,...

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News Libya making slow progress on human rights: HRW
Libya making slow progress on human rights: HRW
Amelia Mathias
December 14, 2009 10:01:00 am

Libya is making strides towards greater transparency and acknowledgment of human rights, but still has a long way to go, according to a report published Saturday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The report, entitled...

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News Cambodia genocide court appoints new co-prosecutor
Cambodia genocide court appoints new co-prosecutor
Amelia Mathias
December 2, 2009 10:33:00 am

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) named a new head co-prosecutor Wednesday after the September resignation of Canadian Robert Petit. UK lawyer Andrew Cayley, who will serve alongside a Cambodian...

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News UN rights chief condemns Switzerland minaret ban
UN rights chief condemns Switzerland minaret ban
Amelia Mathias
December 2, 2009 08:59:00 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday condemned Switzerland's ban on building minarets , a type of tower associated with Islamic mosques. The ban, which was approved Sunday with 57.5 percent...

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News Ex-Khmer Rouge leader asks for acquittal at close of trial
Ex-Khmer Rouge leader asks for acquittal at close of trial
Amelia Mathias
November 28, 2009 11:42:00 am

Accused former Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek Eav , more commonly known as "Duch," unexpectedly asked to be released at the close of his trial on Friday. His request before the Extraordinary Chambers in the...

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News Berlusconi corruption trial to resume December 4
Berlusconi corruption trial to resume December 4
Amelia Mathias
November 28, 2009 09:32:00 am

Italian judges announced Friday that the corruption trial of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will resume on December 4. The trial had been temporarily halted after the...

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Justice Louis Brandeis died

On October 5, 1941, US Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis died at the age of 84.

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