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News Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill to speed FOIA compliance
Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill to speed FOIA compliance
Kate Heneroty
September 22, 2006 08:34:00 am

The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved the OPEN Government Act Thursday, a bill that would punish federal agencies that fail to respond to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in...

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News Federal judge says reporters to be jailed for refusing to testify in steroid leak case
Federal judge says reporters to be jailed for refusing to testify in steroid leak case
Kate Heneroty
September 22, 2006 07:58:00 am

Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will be jailed if they continue to refuse to identify the person who leaked secret grand jury testimony from Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and other athletes, regarding an investigation into the now-defunct Bay Area...

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News Indonesia execution of Catholic militants incites rioting
Indonesia execution of Catholic militants incites rioting
Kate Heneroty
September 22, 2006 07:08:00 am

Christian protestors in Indonesia burned cars, government buildings, a prison and Muslim-owned businesses Friday following the executions of three Roman Catholic men convicted in 2001 of leading a Christian militia which killed...

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News Japan cult leader faces hanging after losing appeal in subway gas attack case
Japan cult leader faces hanging after losing appeal in subway gas attack case
Kate Heneroty
September 15, 2006 08:46:00 am

The Supreme Court of Japan rejected a death penalty appeal Friday by former cult leader Shoko Asahara , who was convicted of masterminding the 1995 nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system [MIPT...

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News House passes Mexico border fence bill
House passes Mexico border fence bill
Kate Heneroty
September 15, 2006 08:20:00 am

The US House of Representatives voted 283-138 Thursday for a bill providing for the construction of a 700-mile fence along the US-Mexico border designed to curb illegal immigration . The Secure Fence Act of 2006...

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Colorado worker wins transgender discrimination claim
Kate Heneroty
September 15, 2006 07:44:00 am

The Colorado Division of Civil Rights (CCRD) has ruled that an employer violated the state's anti-discrimination laws when it fired an employee who was preparing to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Intermountain Testing claimed...

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News Ohio congressman to plead guilty in Abramoff corruption probe
Ohio congressman to plead guilty in Abramoff corruption probe
Kate Heneroty
September 15, 2006 07:06:00 am

US Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) is expected to plead guilty to at least one criminal charge stemming from his involvement with lobbyist Jack Abramoff , Republican officials announced Thursday. Ney is expected to admit to...

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News Israel PM denies prisoner exchange deal with Palestinian militants
Israel PM denies prisoner exchange deal with Palestinian militants
Kate Heneroty
September 4, 2006 03:03:00 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied rumors Monday that a deal was underway to trade Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Cpl. Gilad Shalit , an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants since June 25...

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Mexico presidential challenger calls for new constitution
Kate Heneroty
September 4, 2006 02:34:00 pm

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , Mexico's leftist presidential candidate challenging the results of the disputed July 2nd presidential election , has told supporters that he plans to organize a constitutional convention to...

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California legislature approves greenhouse gas restrictions
Kate Heneroty
September 1, 2006 09:45:00 am

California's State Assembly passed the nation's first bill to restrict greenhouse gas emissions Thursday, by a vote of 46-31. The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 grants new authority to the California Air Resources...

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India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster

On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court. Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.

Seventeenth Amendment ratified

On April 8, 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the US Constitution, providing for the election of senators by popular vote rather than selection by state legislatures, was ratified. Learn more about the Seventeenth Amendment.

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