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News Europe court rules airline passengers must be compensated for canceled flights
Europe court rules airline passengers must be compensated for canceled flights
Catherine
December 23, 2008 11:39:00 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Monday upheld a law that passengers must be compensated if a flight is canceled without "extraordinary circumstances." The law , passed in 2004...

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News Canada PM appoints new high court judge without parliamentary hearings
Canada PM appoints new high court judge without parliamentary hearings
Catherine
December 23, 2008 07:39:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday appointed a new judge to the Supreme Court of Canada to fill an eight-month vacancy, bypassing public parliamentary hearings established in 2006 and blaming the move...

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News California AG urges state high court to hear same-sex marriage petitions
California AG urges state high court to hear same-sex marriage petitions
Catherine
November 18, 2008 12:29:00 pm

California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday urged the state Supreme Court to review the petitions raised in reference to the recent passage of Proposition 8 [text,...

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News No final decision reached on Guantanamo prisoners: Obama adviser
No final decision reached on Guantanamo prisoners: Obama adviser
Catherine
November 11, 2008 11:45:00 am

Advisers to US President-elect Barack Obama emphasized Monday in the wake of press reports that Obama has not made a decision regarding the future of the military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and its...

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News Hate crime reports drop in 2007, but sexual-orientation bias crimes up: FBI
Hate crime reports drop in 2007, but sexual-orientation bias crimes up: FBI
Catherine
October 28, 2008 12:37:00 pm

Reports of hate crimes dropped approximately one percent in 2007 from the previous year but incidents of sexual-orientation bias crimes increased by six percent, according to the 2007 Hate Crime Statistics released by the US Federal...

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    US judge upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans

    On September 1, 1942, a federal judge in Sacramento, California, US, upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans and Japanese nationals during World War II. Learn more about Japanese-American internment.

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    On September 1, 1951, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States signed ANZUS, a mutual defense accord similar to NATO in Europe. The alliance between the US and New Zealand, however, has been suspended since 1985, after the institution of New Zealand's nuclear-free zone prohibited US nuclear warships from entering New Zealand's ports.

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