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News Chile high court blocks free distribution of morning-after pill
Chile high court blocks free distribution of morning-after pill
Nick Fiske
April 5, 2008 03:03:00 pm

The Constitutional Court of Chile on Friday blocked a government-sponsored program that distributed emergency contraceptives to women as young as 14 free of charge. The program , approved by the Supreme Court in February, was introduced...

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News Nigeria rebel charged with treason for alleged coup plot
Nigeria rebel charged with treason for alleged coup plot
Nick Fiske
April 5, 2008 12:15:00 pm

The Nigerian Federal High Court on Friday formally charged rebel Henry Okah with treason based on an alleged coup plot. Okah, a member of the militant Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) , was arrested and...

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News US civilian contractor charged under military law for alleged Iraq crime
US civilian contractor charged under military law for alleged Iraq crime
Nick Fiske
April 5, 2008 11:05:00 am

The US military has charged a civilian contractor working with the military in Iraq with aggravated assault, marking the first time the military has charged a civilian since a 2006 amendment to Article II of the Uniform...

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News Hamdan lawyers seek to bar use of statements allegedly obtained by torture
Hamdan lawyers seek to bar use of statements allegedly obtained by torture
Nick Fiske
April 5, 2008 10:11:00 am

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan on Friday asked a military tribunal to bar the use of statements made by Hamdan that were allegedly obtained through the use of torture and requested...

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News Anthrax reporter appeals contempt of court order for not revealing sources
Anthrax reporter appeals contempt of court order for not revealing sources
Nick Fiske
March 29, 2008 12:52:00 pm

Former USA Today reporter Toni Locy on Friday asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse a federal judge's decision to impose sanctions against her for refusing to disclose government sources [RCFP...

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News Malaysia opposition urges release of ethnic Indian protesters held under security law
Malaysia opposition urges release of ethnic Indian protesters held under security law
Nick Fiske
March 29, 2008 11:38:00 am

Malaysia's opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) on Saturday denounced the government's refusal to release five prominent members of the Hindu Rights Action Force, including M. Manoharan who was recently elected to the state legislature. The...

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News Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee describes torture allegations
Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee describes torture allegations
Nick Fiske
March 29, 2008 10:17:00 am

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz , a Turkish citizen born in Germany, detailed his allegations that he was tortured while in US custody in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay in a...

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News Belarus KGB detains journalists, searches for anti-Lukashenko materials
Belarus KGB detains journalists, searches for anti-Lukashenko materials
Nick Fiske
March 27, 2008 06:52:00 pm

The Belarus KGB Thursday detained at least 16 journalists and searched their homes and offices for materials that allegedly libel Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko . The Belarus Deputy Prosecutor General said that the searches...

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Mukasey says DOJ to continue crackdown on political corruption
Nick Fiske
March 27, 2008 05:55:00 pm

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Thursday he would personally ensure that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) does not bow to political pressure as it prosecutes government officials for corruption. In a speech ...

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Taiwan referendums on UN membership fail
Nick Fiske
March 22, 2008 03:19:00 pm

The Taiwanese Central Election Commission said Saturday that two national referendums on whether to proceed with a proposed bid for United Nations (UN) membership have failed. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ,...

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European human cloning treaty signed

On January 12, 1998, nineteen European nations signed a treaty prohibiting human cloning within their jurisdictions. Review the terms of the Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings.

WWII National War Labor Board established

On January 12, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt revived the National War Labor Board (NWLB) for World War II. In order to prevent wartime labor stoppages, the NWLB was set up to arbitrate labor disputes that arose during the war. The NWLB also managed wage controls over the airplane, automobile, shipping, mining, telegraph, and railway industries during the war. The original NWLB was created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I for largely the same purposes. Read Cornell University's collection of NWLB files from both World Wars.

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