Race based admissions ruled illegal at Michigan Law
Federal Judge Bernard Friedman ruled that the University of Michigan law school's race conscious admissions violate the constitution. He said diversity is not a compelling state interest and that admissions must be race neutral, focusing on individual merit rather than group characteristics. The decision conflicts with a similar ruling for UM undergraduates and may reach the Supreme Court.
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Foot-and-mouth outbreak traced to pigs fed swill in UK
Britain links the foot-and-mouth spread to a northern farm where pigs were fed swill, with possible sources including illegal meat imports or food carried by a passenger. Agriculture Minister Nick Brown announces a swill ban and EU vaccination considerations.
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United States vetoes UN observer force resolution
The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution backing an observer force for Palestine after marathon talks. Acting Ambassador James Cunningham cast the veto, the first by the U S in four years. Negotiators had edged toward a watered-down text calling for an immediate end to six months of Israeli Palestinian clashes that have left over 400 dead.
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Abbott to sell AIDS drugs at cost in Africa
Abbott Laboratories will provide its AIDS medicines Norvir and Kaletra and an HIV diagnostic test in Africa at no profit to improve access for those most affected. Prices in the United States run near $7,000 per patient yearly, with manufacturing costs likely under $1,000 per drug. Miles White, Abbott chair and CEO, called the action a way to expand access.
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Hanssen death-penalty option eyed in spy case
Atty Gen John Ashcroft said the government may push for the death penalty against FBI agent Robert Hanssen accused of spying for Moscow. Legal experts warn the 1994 law on divulging an undercover agent’s identity could pose major hurdles, as Hanssen allegedly informed Moscow in 1985 about KGB officers Sergei Motorin and Valery Martynov.
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