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News Turkish PM calls for end to headscarf ban in public facilities
Turkish PM calls for end to headscarf ban in public facilities
Jaime Jansen
January 17, 2008 08:44:00 am

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called for the government of Turkey to lift a ban on women wearing headscarves in universities and public offices, urging the government not to wait for a...

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News Congress told CIA interrogation videos destroyed against instructions: Hoekstra
Congress told CIA interrogation videos destroyed against instructions: Hoekstra
Jaime Jansen
January 17, 2008 07:59:00 am

John Rizzo, the acting general counsel of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) , said Wednesday that the former head of the clandestine branch of the CIA Jose Rodriguez ordered the destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of...

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News Homeland Security issues Real ID Act regulations
Homeland Security issues Real ID Act regulations
Jaime Jansen
January 11, 2008 11:30:00 am

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Friday issued a final rule establishing new minimum standards for state-issued identification cards under the Real ID Act . DHS will...

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News Kenya opposition party calls for more protests over disputed election
Kenya opposition party calls for more protests over disputed election
Jaime Jansen
January 11, 2008 10:12:00 am

Kenya's main opposition party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) , Friday called for three days of protests over the disputed re-election of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki . More than 500 people have already died in...

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News Ex-Guantanamo detainee Hicks wants prison closed: father
Ex-Guantanamo detainee Hicks wants prison closed: father
Jaime Jansen
January 11, 2008 09:33:00 am

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks wants the US to close the Cuba-based detention center, Hicks' father told a rally in Australia Friday. Hicks fears that the remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay will...

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News Japan parliament passes anti-terror bill with majority override
Japan parliament passes anti-terror bill with majority override
Jaime Jansen
January 11, 2008 08:45:00 am

Japan's parliament approved new anti-terror legislation Friday that will grant an extension to a Japanese refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) , led by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda [official...

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News Abu Ghraib officer says abuse investigation was incomplete
Abu Ghraib officer says abuse investigation was incomplete
Jaime Jansen
January 11, 2008 08:06:00 am

US Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan , whose conviction relating to the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal was thrown out earlier this week, told AP Thursday that the investigation...

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News DHS readying lawsuits over properties blocking path of US-Mexico border fence
DHS readying lawsuits over properties blocking path of US-Mexico border fence
Jaime Jansen
January 10, 2008 09:25:00 am

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing over 100 court cases against landowners along the US-Mexico border who have refused to allow construction of a 670-mile border fence on their properties, DHS officials said Wednesday....

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News South Korea constitutional court approves fraud probe of president-elect
South Korea constitutional court approves fraud probe of president-elect
Jaime Jansen
January 10, 2008 08:42:00 am

The Constitutional Court of Korea on Thursday approved a special investigation of South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak over fraud allegations relating to stock price-rigging by a former business partner. Lee, who...

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News Ex-CIA official who ordered destruction of interrogation videos wants immunity for testimony
Ex-CIA official who ordered destruction of interrogation videos wants immunity for testimony
Jaime Jansen
January 10, 2008 08:01:00 am

Jose Rodriguez, the former head of the US CIA's clandestine branch who ordered the destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects , has told Congress that he will not testify about the videotapes without a...

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Berlin Airlift ends

The Berlin Airlift, a US-UK effort to circumvent a Soviet blockade of allied-occupied West Berlin, ended on September 30, 1949. After the Soviet Union cut off supply access to West Berlin, the US and UK sent necessities to the enclave by air. The effort ended four months after the Soviet Union ended the Berlin blockade. Learn more about the Berlin Airlift.

22 Nazi leaders convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg

On September 30, 1946, the international military tribunal constituted by the Allied powers in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes committed during World War II.

Merck pulls Vioxx from drug market and faces class actions suit

On September 30, 2004, the pharmaceutical company, Merck, pulled its arthritis drug, Vioxx from the worldwide market, due to strokes and heart attacks in patients, but the move did not stop over 45,000 former users and their families from suing Merck. The plaintiffs, however, have struggled to collect damages awarded to them in successful litigations. Learn more about the plaintiffs in these suits from the New York Times.

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