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WORLD / NEWS Fri Feb 5, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Former President Bill Clinton plans to return to Haiti on Friday to meet with Haitian leaders, visit a clinic and deliver supplies, his foundation said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Dec 12, 2009 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- The Ugandan parliament unanimously passed a bill banning female genital mutilation, a traditional rite that has sparked an international outcry and is practiced in some African and Asian communities... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Aug 21, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- While Hurricane Bill looked less organized early Friday, a tropical storm warning remains in effect for Bermuda... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Aug 20, 2009 @ 9:05am neoform

CNN -- Hurricane Bill weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm as it churned over the Atlantic early Thursday, with forecasters warning that it could regain strength... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Aug 19, 2009 @ 9:02am neoform

CNN -- Bill strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm early Wednesday as it churned far from land with maximum sustained winds near 135 mph... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Aug 18, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Hurricane Bill blew toward land early Tuesday, edging closer to the West Indies with near 100 mph winds and the potential for developing into a major hurricane... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Aug 17, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season, but the storm remains far from land. Claudette was the first tropical storm to hit the U.S. mainland this season, making landfall in the Florida Panhandle early this morning. Claudette has now been downgraded to a tropical depression... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Aug 4, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Former President Bill Clinton landed in North Korea early today to negotiate for the release of two American journalists held there since March, according to the country's state news agency and a CNN source. The women, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, are reporters for Current TV -- a media venture of former Vice President Al Gore... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Nov 6, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

BBC News -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown has committed the UK to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 60% before 2050 to help tackle global warming. The Climate Change Bill will make the UK the first country to put carbon emissions reduction targets into law. An.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 4:54pm neoform

BBC News -- The Zimbabwean parliament has passed a bill to move majority control of foreign-owned companies operating in the country to black Zimbabweans. The goal is to ensure at least a 51% shareholding by indigenous black people in the majority of businesses... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jun 13, 2007 @ 4:33pm neoform

FOX News -- Iran's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic movies. With a 148-5 vote in favor and four abstentions, lawmakers present at the Wednesday sess.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jun 8, 2007 @ 10:58am neoform

BBC News -- Sierra Leone's parliament has passed a child rights bill, which bans under-age weddings but controversially dropped a clause to outlaw female circumcision. The BBC's Umaru Fofana in Sierra Leone says girls as young as 11 are often married off to wealth.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Feb 22, 2007 @ 9:57am neoform

USA Today -- A bill modifying Hungary's penal code could allow pornographic material involving 14- to 17-year-olds to be made and kept for personal use. The Justice Ministry said the draft proposal, presented last month by Hungarian Justice Minister Jozsef Petretei.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jul 24, 2010 @ 3:01pm neoform

CNN -- A new U.S. law aims to ensure that the smart phone glued to your ear is not helping fund wars in Congo and neighboring countries. This week's financial reform bill includes a provision to track the source of minerals used in electronics... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jul 20, 2010 @ 9:03am neoform

CNN -- With the promise of coming AIDS vaccines, former President Bill Clinton urged the world's nations Monday not to give up on funding to prevent a calamity... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jul 19, 2010 @ 3:02pm neoform

CNN -- With the promise of coming AIDS vaccines, former President Bill Clinton urged fellow nations Monday not to give up on funding to prevent a calamity... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jul 14, 2010 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- Hong Kong lawmakers resumed debate Wednesday on a bill that may result in the region's first statutory minimum wage... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jul 6, 2010 @ 3:01pm neoform

CNN -- The French parliament begins debate Tuesday on a bill that would ban women from wearing Islamic veils, such as the burqa, that fully cover the face and body... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Nov 26, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- The fate of Iraq's newly revised election law again hinges on the approval of the country's Sunni Arab vice president, who is under pressure to sign the much-contested plan... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Nov 26, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- In its first major test in parliament, the Socialist government's bill to make it easier to get an abortion in Spain won enough backing Thursday to defeat amendments that would have totally blocked the proposed law... Read More