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News Quebec court rules national securites regulator unconstitutional
Quebec court rules national securites regulator unconstitutional
Dan Taglioli
April 1, 2011 01:36:19 pm

The Quebec Court of Appeal , Quebec's highest court, ruled Thursday that the creation of a national securities adviser, as set forth in the proposed Canadian Securities Act , would be unconstitutional. The...

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Microsoft to file anti-competition complaint against Google
Dan Taglioli
March 31, 2011 03:34:42 pm

Microsoft announced Wednesday it will file a formal complaint with the European Commission (EC) detailing alleged anticompetitive practices by Google . Microsoft claims Google has engaged in "a broadening pattern of conduct...

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News Federal appeals court overturns release order for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Federal appeals court overturns release order for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Dan Taglioli
March 30, 2011 12:49:45 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court's decision granting release to Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman. Uthman's 2004 habeas corpus petition...

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Federal judge rejects Google Books settlement
Dan Taglioli
March 23, 2011 11:59:48 am

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday rejected the amended class action settlement agreement between Google and groups of authors and publishers who brought a...

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US Congress introduces legislation to repeal Defense of Marriage Act
Dan Taglioli
March 17, 2011 01:26:12 pm

Congressional Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) , the 1996 federal law that defines marriage as a "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." Companion...

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Utah governor signs package of immigration reform bills
Dan Taglioli
March 16, 2011 12:16:17 pm

Utah Governor Gary Herbert on Tuesday signed into law a package of bills aimed at both reforming the state's immigration laws and challenging the federal government to take action for reform nationally. One of the...

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US Congress passed "starve or sell" bill pressuring Sioux to give up Black Hills

On August 15, 1876, two months after the Battle of Little Big Horn, the US Congress passed a "starve or sell" bill providing that no further appropriations would be made for the subsistence of the Sioux Indian nation unless they gave up the Black Hills, where General George C. Custer had found gold in 1874.
Learn more about the US seizure of the Black Hills and Sioux legal efforts to have the land returned.

Liberia and South Korea established

On August 15, 1824, a group of freed slaves from the United States founded Liberia. South Korea was also established on August 15 in 1948.
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