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News Merck to pay $58 million in Vioxx deceptive advertising settlement
Merck to pay $58 million in Vioxx deceptive advertising settlement
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 20, 2008 03:01:00 pm

Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Tuesday agreed to pay $58 million to settle lawsuits brought by 29 states and the District of Columbia regarding Merck's allegedly deceptive advertising for the painkiller Vioxx [Merck...

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News Iraqi High Tribunal resumes trial of Saddam-era deputy PM Aziz
Iraqi High Tribunal resumes trial of Saddam-era deputy PM Aziz
Patrick Porter
May 20, 2008 02:46:00 pm

The trial of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and seven co-defendants resumed Tuesday, three weeks after a brief opening session and subsequent adjournment at the Iraqi High Tribunal ...

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News Pakistan governing party seeks constitutional amendment on Supreme Court
Pakistan governing party seeks constitutional amendment on Supreme Court
Devin Montgomery
May 20, 2008 01:42:00 pm

Pakistan's governing Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will propose an amendment to the country's 1973 Constitution to restrict judicial and presidential power, Pakistan's News daily reported Tuesday. The proposed amendment would raise the mandatory retirement age for...

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News Defense lawyers for 9/11 detainees seek to delay arraignments
Defense lawyers for 9/11 detainees seek to delay arraignments
Andrew Gilmore
May 20, 2008 12:36:00 pm

Military defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay detainees allegedly behind the Sept. 11 attacks are attempting to delay their clients' arraignments, currently scheduled for June 5. They allege the US government has interfered...

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News Federal court rules US currency discriminates against the blind
Federal court rules US currency discriminates against the blind
Devin Montgomery
May 20, 2008 11:24:00 am

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Tuesday upheld a district court ruling that the design of US paper currency discriminates against the blind in violation of Section 504 of the...

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News Alleged Lackawanna Six terrorist imprisoned in Yemen
Alleged Lackawanna Six terrorist imprisoned in Yemen
Andrew Gilmore
May 20, 2008 11:06:00 am

Jaber Elbaneh, a Yemeni-American on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists List for alleged participation in acts of international terrorism, was jailed in Yemen Monday after an appeals court upheld his ten-year prison sentence. Elbaneh was...

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News UN rights rapporteur visiting US on intolerance fact-finding mission
UN rights rapporteur visiting US on intolerance fact-finding mission
Andrew Gilmore
May 20, 2008 09:53:00 am

Doudou Diene , the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance, is visiting the US this week to gather first-hand information on issues of race relations ....

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News US paper currency discrimination ruling [DC Circuit]
US paper currency discrimination ruling [DC Circuit]
May 20, 2008 09:11:00 am

American Council of the Blind v. Paulson, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, May 20, 2008 [ruling that the US paper currency discriminates against visually-impaired citizens in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of...

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SEC charges former Time Warner executives for alleged fraud scheme
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 19, 2008 06:13:00 pm

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is pursuing fraud charges against four former Time Warner executives for their alleged involvement in a 2000-2002 plot to defraud investors by inflating advertising revenue, according to Monday reports....

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UK MPs reject proposed ban on hybrid embryo research
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 19, 2008 05:24:00 pm

UK legislators Monday voted 336-176 against a proposed ban on the use of human-animal hybrid embryo stem cells in scientific and medical research. The decision was highly controversial, with many...

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No lynchings reported in US for first time

On December 30, 1952, the Tuskegee Institute reported that 1952 was the first year of no lynchings of African Americans in the United States in the 71 years it had kept records. Learn more about lynching and listen to Billie Holiday's jazz recording of the 1938 protest song Strange Fruit.

USSR established

On December 30, 1922, representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucus approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). During World War II, the USSR would also annex Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova. Learn more about the history of the USSR from the BBC.

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