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News Microsoft, Oracle say US patent system is severely flawed
Microsoft, Oracle say US patent system is severely flawed
Matt Lubniewski
April 25, 2005 12:52:00 pm

Industry leaders including Microsoft and Oracle spoke out on Monday about the need to reform US patent law to curb abusive litigation and protect technological development. The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to meet later today to discuss...

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News Putin praises rule of law in State of the Nation address
Putin praises rule of law in State of the Nation address
Matt Lubniewski
April 25, 2005 12:40:00 pm

Russian president Vladimir Putin stressed the need for a law-based society in his annual State of the Nation address on Monday, and encouraging investors to keep their money in Russia. "Tax authorities have no rights...

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News Arthur Andersen settles with WorldCom investors
Arthur Andersen settles with WorldCom investors
Matt Lubniewski
April 25, 2005 12:29:00 pm

Arthur Andersen , the former accounting giant which lost its licenses in the Enron collapse, announced a settlement on Monday with WorldCom investors who had accused the firm of violating securities laws and failing to protect them from...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Florida subpoenas 17 insurance companies
Corporations and securities brief ~ Florida subpoenas 17 insurance companies
Amit Patel
April 25, 2005 12:29:00 pm

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, Florida's insurance regulation commissioner announced subpoenas have been sent to officials at 17 insurance companies, including units of American International Group Inc. , Chubb Corp., Swiss Re AG [corporate...

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News Armenians commemorate 90th anniversary of mass killings
Armenians commemorate 90th anniversary of mass killings
Matt Lubniewski
April 25, 2005 12:08:00 pm

Armenians around the world have been remembering the massacre of their people ninety years ago by the Ottoman Empire . Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in the Armenian city of Yerevan Sunday to pay...

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News Report on human rights in Afghanistan [UN]
Report on human rights in Afghanistan [UN]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 25, 2005 11:24:00 am

Report of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, M. Cherif Bassiouni, filed March 11 2005 and submitted to the 61st Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, April 21, 2005 [saying that he had...

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News Supreme Court takes death sentence case, other appeals
Supreme Court takes death sentence case, other appeals
Liza Hall
April 25, 2005 11:16:00 am

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear Oregon v. Guzek (docket 04-928), a death sentence case involving a convicted murderer's efforts to bring evidence into his sentencing hearing that would cast doubt on the conviction. A ruling here...

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News Milosevic war crimes trial back on after cardiac scare
Milosevic war crimes trial back on after cardiac scare
Russell Adkins
April 25, 2005 10:31:00 am

Following yet another interruption because of his health problems, the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic resumed Monday at the International Court Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia . Milosevic stayed out of...

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News China draft interpretation of HK law allows limited executive term
China draft interpretation of HK law allows limited executive term
D. Wes Rist
April 25, 2005 09:12:00 am

The Legislative Commission of the National People's Congress of China has presented a draft interpretation of Hong Kong's Basic Law that would permit a new Hong Kong Chief Executive to be elected to the remainder of...

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News UK report on legality of Iraq war altered prior to release to public
UK report on legality of Iraq war altered prior to release to public
D. Wes Rist
April 25, 2005 08:43:00 am

A UK newspaper has disclosed that the legal advice rendered to Prime Minister Tony Blair's government on the eve of the Iraq war included multiple caveats that were not included in a one-page summary supporting the conflict that was...

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Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy

Fascist leader Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy on October 31, 1922 after being appointed by King Victor Emmanuel II. Mussolini came to power after his paramilitary "blackshirts" marched on Rome to take control of the country's government. Italy would be under Mussolini's authoritarian rule until 1943, after which he was arrested and subsequently freed by the Nazis. Mussolini would rule a breakaway republic in Italy's north until his execution by anti-fascist partisans in 1945. Learn more about Benito Mussolini.

Nevada admitted to US after telegraphing Constitution

On October 31, 1864, Congress admitted Nevada as the 36th state in the US. With President Lincoln coming up for re-election and looking for support for his proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Nevadans had moved quickly to meet the legal requirements for statehood, ultimately sending the entire text of the proposed state constitution to Washington by telegraph, creating in the longest—and most expensive—telegram on record to that date.

India PM Indira Gandhi assassinated

On October 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two security guards, precipitating riots throughout the country.

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