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FCC chair proposes new ‘net neutrality’ regulations
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 21, 2009 04:16:00 pm

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski on Monday proposed "net neutrality" regulations that would prevent Internet providers from restricting access to particular services. At a speech [text; recorded...

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Jaclyn Belczyk
September 21, 2009 03:22:00 pm

A US military judge on Monday granted the government's request for a 60-day continuance in the trial of five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks . Judge Stephen Henley granted...

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Germany parliament gives final approval to bill for ratifying EU reform treaty
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 21, 2009 08:48:00 am

The German Bundesrat gave final approval to a bill Friday that will allow Germany to ratify the EU reform treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty . Although both houses of Germany's...

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News Former CIA directors urge Obama to suspend interrogation probe
Former CIA directors urge Obama to suspend interrogation probe
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 18, 2009 04:41:00 pm

Seven former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sent a letter to President Barack Obama Friday urging him to suspend Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into allegations of prisoner abuse by CIA...

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DOJ seeks to dismiss Defense of Marriage Act challenge
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 18, 2009 03:46:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . The suit was filed ...

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Spain judge indicts alleged Nazi guards
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September 18, 2009 02:01:00 pm

A Spanish judge on Thursday indicted three alleged former Nazi guards for crimes against humanity and genocide. Judge Ismael Moreno issued arrest warrants for US residents Johann Leprich and Anton Tittjung and Austrian resident Josias Kumpf. The three allegedly...

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Massachusetts House approves bill allowing governor to fill vacant US Senate seat
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 18, 2009 12:06:00 pm

The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 95-58 Thursday in favor of a bill to allow the governor to appoint a temporary replacement for the late Edward Kennedy (D-MA) on the US Senate . The...

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Federal judge orders Pittsburgh to grant permit for G-20 ‘tent city’ demonstration
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 17, 2009 04:17:00 pm

A judge in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania ruled Thursday that the City of Pittsburgh must allow a tent city protest during next week's Group of 20 (G-20) ...

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UK government to review control order system
Jaclyn Belczyk
September 17, 2009 03:28:00 pm

UK Home Secretary Alan Johnson said Wednesday that the government will conduct a review of the control order house arrest system in light of a June Law Lords ruling [judgment, PDF; JURIST...

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FBI director reports on terrorism interrogations at Senate Judiciary hearing
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September 17, 2009 10:47:00 am

FBI Director Robert Mueller addressed the FBI's role in leading the new specialized interrogation group to question top terrorist suspects as well as many other topics in a wide ranging oversight hearing before the...

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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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