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News Argentina ex-president, cabinet members indicted on corruption charges
Argentina ex-president, cabinet members indicted on corruption charges
Sarah Miley
December 23, 2009 02:19:00 pm

Former Argentine president Carlos Menem was indicted by the Federal Court on Tuesday on corruption charges. Menem is charged with overpaying government officials while he was in office from 1989 to...

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News Russia Supreme Court rules arrest of former Yukos oil executive  was illegal
Russia Supreme Court rules arrest of former Yukos oil executive was illegal
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 23, 2009 12:00:00 pm

The Russian Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the 2003 arrest of Platon Lebedev , business partner of former Yukos oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky , was illegal. The court agreed to...

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News Argentina court sentences former judge for ‘Dirty War’ crimes
Argentina court sentences former judge for ‘Dirty War’ crimes
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 23, 2009 11:08:00 am

An Argentine court on Tuesday sentenced former judge Victor Brusa to 21 years in prison for crimes against humanity during the country's 1976-83 "Dirty War" . The Federal Court of Santa Fe found Brusa guilty...

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News South Korea former PM indicted on bribery charges
South Korea former PM indicted on bribery charges
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 23, 2009 10:10:00 am

South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday charged former prime minister Han Myeong-sook with bribery. Han is accused of accepting USD $50,000 from former Korea Express CEO Kwak Young-wook in 2007 in exchange for helping him become president of Korea South-East...

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News Federal appeals court rules against Microsoft in Word patent infringement suit
Federal appeals court rules against Microsoft in Word patent infringement suit
David Manes
December 23, 2009 09:46:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that Microsoft infringed on a patent of Canadian company i4i ...

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News Michigan sues Illinois in Supreme Court over invasive fish species
Michigan sues Illinois in Supreme Court over invasive fish species
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 23, 2009 09:07:00 am

The state of Michigan on Monday filed suit in the US Supreme Court against the state of Illinois seeking to close two waterways that allow invasive Asian carp to reach...

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News Microsoft Word patent infringement ruling [Federal Circuit]
Microsoft Word patent infringement ruling [Federal Circuit]
December 22, 2009 07:30:00 pm

i4i Limited Partnership, et al. v. Microsoft, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, December 22, 2009 [affirming a lower court ruling that Microsoft infringed on a patent of Canadian company i4i with portions of its Word 2007 word-processing...

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News Lithuania parliamentary committee confirms secret CIA prisons
Lithuania parliamentary committee confirms secret CIA prisons
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 22, 2009 01:26:00 pm

The Lithuanian Parliament National Security Committee reported Tuesday that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) established two secret prisons for al Qaeda suspects in the Baltic country. Lawmakers demanded the...

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News China police formally arrest tainted milk scandal activist
China police formally arrest tainted milk scandal activist
Steve Dotterer
December 22, 2009 12:00:00 pm

Beijing police issued a formal arrest warrant Monday for a man who organized a website for parents whose children became ill from drinking tainted milk last year. Zhao Lianhai has been charged with picking...

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News Europe rights court rules Bosnia constitution illegally discriminates
Europe rights court rules Bosnia constitution illegally discriminates
Jaclyn Belczyk
December 22, 2009 11:35:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Bosnia's constitution illegally discriminates against ethnic minorities by not allowing them to run for high political office. The Bosnian Constitution distinguishes between...

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