News roundup — September 27, 2012

By Mallory Hendry
Sep 27, 2012 / Share
Canada

UN questions children's rights in Canada, Toronto Star

B.C. municipal leaders vote to lobby Ottawa over the decriminalization of marijuana, The Globe and Mail

South Sudan gangster to be deported after serving time, Winnipeg Sun


United States

Amnesty International calls California's solitary confinement cruel, Reuters

New York appeals court to hear Defense of Marriage Act discriminatory, Reuters


International

EU preparing formal charges against Microsoft, Reuters

European lawmarkers 'Russophobic', Russian official says, Reuters