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News Seventh Circuit hears oral arguments on advance fee fraud appeal
Seventh Circuit hears oral arguments on advance fee fraud appeal
Devin Montgomery
September 13, 2008 11:07:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Thursday heard oral arguments in a case brought against four employees of fraudulent job placement companies ISCS and Receiver . The Chicago-based...

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News Fiji ex-PM unable to make statement on treason charges against acting PM
Fiji ex-PM unable to make statement on treason charges against acting PM
Devin Montgomery
September 12, 2008 08:19:00 am

Fiji's former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said Friday that police have failed to take his statement regarding treason allegations he has made against the country's interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama . Earlier this...

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News ICTY finds uncooperative witness guilty of contempt
ICTY finds uncooperative witness guilty of contempt
Devin Montgomery
September 12, 2008 07:16:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found Ljubisa Petkovic guilty of contempt on Thursday for refusing to testify against Serbian war crimes suspect...

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News Iowa AG brings child labor charges against meatpacking plant
Iowa AG brings child labor charges against meatpacking plant
Devin Montgomery
September 11, 2008 03:19:00 pm

Iowa's Attorney General's Office announced on Tuesday that it has filed a complaint against meatpacking company Agriprocessors Inc. and its top officials for 9,311 child labor law violations. The alleged violations...

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News Rights group: China police use torture despite ban
Rights group: China police use torture despite ban
Devin Montgomery
September 11, 2008 12:51:00 pm

Human Rights in China (HRIC) issued a release on Wednesday saying that Chinese police and other officials still employ torture to elicit confessions and intimidate political dissidents despite domestic and international bans. The...

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News Texas settles Medicaid price inflation suit with drug manufacturer
Texas settles Medicaid price inflation suit with drug manufacturer
Devin Montgomery
September 11, 2008 11:16:00 am

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that the state has reached a settlement in a Medicare fraud lawsuit it had brought against drug manufacturer Abbott Laboratories . In the suit [complaint,...

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News Sixth Circuit rules suit against Agency on Aging can continue
Sixth Circuit rules suit against Agency on Aging can continue
Devin Montgomery
September 10, 2008 11:01:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment and dismissal to Michigan's Region VII Area Agency on Aging (Region VII) , instead ruling...

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News Ukraine PM summoned for questioning before prosecutor
Ukraine PM summoned for questioning before prosecutor
Devin Montgomery
September 9, 2008 10:41:00 am

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Monday that she has been summoned to testify before Ukraine's Prosecutor General’s Office on September 11. An official for the office has said that her testimony is being sought...

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News Hearings set for US soldiers charged with death of Iraq detainee
Hearings set for US soldiers charged with death of Iraq detainee
Devin Montgomery
September 5, 2008 09:54:00 am

The hearings for two US soldiers charged in connection with the death of an Iraqi detainee have been scheduled for September 11 and 20, representatives of the US military said on Thursday. Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner...

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Spain panel to consider abortion law changes
Devin Montgomery
September 5, 2008 08:24:00 am

Spain has created a panel of legal and health experts to consider liberalizing the country's current abortion laws, Equality Minister Bibiana Aido told reporters on Thursday. Abortion was legalized...

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Anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died in police custody

On September 12, 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died in police custody after having suffered a massive head injury during interrogation following his arrest. The story of journalist Donald Woods' investigation into the circumstances of Biko's death was the basis of the 1987 film Cry Freedom.

Read an address on Stephen Biko delivered by then-South African President Nelson Mandela on the 20th anniversary of Biko's death in 1997.

Supreme Court unanimously rejects state challenge Brown v. Board of Education

On September 12, 1958, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected a state government challenge to Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka Kansas, which had overturned segregation. In Cooper vs. Aaron, the State Government of Arkansas challenged the authority of the Court to implement desegregation. The Court responded by forcefully re-asserting its authority and the authority of the federal government over the states.

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