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France high court upholds oil company liability for 1999 spill
Cynthia Miley
September 25, 2012 12:37:03 pm

The French Court of Cassation on Tuesday upheld a lower court's 2008 decision finding French oil company Total and several other defendants criminally liable for an oil spill that...

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Ninth Circuit dismisses Alaska village claim over greenhouse emissions
Cynthia Miley
September 23, 2012 11:35:33 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed on Friday the dismissal of the Alaskan village of Kivalina's nuisance claims against energy companies for greenhouse emissions it claimed contributed to global warming and...

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Cynthia Miley
September 18, 2012 02:38:01 pm

Lawyers for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday presented Judge Susan Bolton of the US District Court for the District of Arizona with a joint filing suggesting wording for a...

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Twenty-sixth Amendment made US voting age 18

On June 30, 1971, the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, making the legal voting age 18.

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Congo gains independence, Congo crisis begins shortly thereafter

On June 30, 1960, the Congo gained independence from Belgium. Soon afterward, the Congolese military mutinied, touching off the Congo Crisis that would compel UN and Belgian intervention and concluded with the installation of Mobutu Sese Seko as dictator of the country, which was renamed Zaire.

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