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Thursday, September 29, 2011
World Watch: Smoke screen
* World: A recently released study found that tobacco companies knew for decades that cigarette smoke contains radioactive and possible carcinogenic particles.
* Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah reportedly overturned a sentence against a woman who was convicted of breaking the country’s law banning female drivers.
* U.S.: According to new government data unemployment claims hit its lowest point in five months and second quarter growth was larger than initially anticipated.
* Kenya: Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta rejected charges of crimes against humanity at a preliminary hearing at the International Criminal Court.
Image – Flickr via user eschipul (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Online Sources- USA TODAY, CBS News, CBC News, BBC News
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