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The Irish government said it is in the process of amending the nation's uncompromising abortion laws after the death of Savita Halappanavar, who died of septicaemia after repeatedly being denied an abortion.

Judge Debra Nelson ruled against George Zimmerman's request for amendments in his $1 million bond in the Trayvon Martin shooting case.Zimmerman, whose bond was earlier revoked and later set to $1 million dollar and required the shooter to wear a 24-hour GPS monitoring device. Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman's head attorney, argued that the purview of the bond raised issues for his client's safety. O'Mara requested that the court remove the GPS and allow Zimmerman to reside outside the county, both of which were denied by Judge Nelson.

A lawsuit over alleged illegal wiretapping should not proceed because it would force disclosure of state secrets in the U.S. anti-terrorism effort, an attorney for the U.S. Justice Department argued in court on Friday.