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News Trump issues memorandum limiting transgender troops from serving
Trump issues memorandum limiting transgender troops from serving
Kenneth Hall
March 26, 2018 10:25:38 am

US President Donald Trump on Friday directed JSecretary of Defense ames Mattis to ban transgender troops from serving in the military if they require surgery or significant medical treatment. The memorandum revokes the president's August order...

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News Spain Supreme Court judge charges 13 Catalan leaders for rebellion
Spain Supreme Court judge charges 13 Catalan leaders for rebellion
Elizabeth Lowman
March 26, 2018 07:53:47 am

Spanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena charged 13 Catalan leaders for rebellion on Friday. The leaders include Jordi Sànchez, the former president of the Catalan National Assembly, as well as other former...

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News Ratko Mladić appeals war crimes conviction
Ratko Mladić appeals war crimes conviction
Christopher Hsu
March 26, 2018 07:22:28 am

Former Bosnian military leader Ratko Mladić on Thursday appealed his conviction to the UN Mechanism for International Tribunals . Mladić was tried and convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, then sentenced...

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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 March 2018
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 March 2018
JURISTbot
March 24, 2018 12:00:09 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The UK Court of Appeal ruled this week that software is not a good, overruling the lower court opinion. UN human rights experts expressed concern [press...

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News US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 March 2018
US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 March 2018
JURISTbot
March 24, 2018 12:00:04 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Kentucky Senate approved a bill on Thursday that outlaws the use of the dilation and excavation abortion method for patients in their eleventh week of pregnancy...

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News UK appeals court rules electronically transmitted software not a ‘good’
UK appeals court rules electronically transmitted software not a ‘good’
Elizabeth Lowman
March 23, 2018 04:16:04 pm

The UK Court of Appeal ruled this week that software is not a good, overruling the lower court opinion. The issue on appeal was whether the sale of a license to use software counts as a...

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News UN experts concerned about health of jailed China rights lawyer
UN experts concerned about health of jailed China rights lawyer
Austin Koltonowski
March 23, 2018 02:43:22 pm

UN human rights experts expressed concern Friday over the diminishing health of Jiang Tianyong, a prominent human rights lawyer jailed in China for inciting subversion of state power. Jaing's health has dramatically deteriorated in recent months, and the...

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News Kentucky Senate approves abortion restriction bill
Kentucky Senate approves abortion restriction bill
Erik Slobe
March 23, 2018 11:29:13 am

The Kentucky Senate approved a bill on Thursday that outlaws the use of the dilation and excavation abortion method for patients in their eleventh week of pregnancy or later. The method is most commonly used in...

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News Trump signs memorandum calling for tariffs against China
Trump signs memorandum calling for tariffs against China
Erik Slobe
March 23, 2018 10:22:22 am

US President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday calling for the US Trade Representative to develop a list of proposed tariffs against goods from China. The trade representative has 15 days to publish...

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News Wisconsin governor ordered to hold special elections
Wisconsin governor ordered to hold special elections
Lawrenz Fares
March 23, 2018 08:47:49 am

In a ruling from the bench on Thursday, Wisconsin Dane County Circuit Judge Josann Reynolds ordered the state's Governor Scott Walker to call special elections to fill two empty seats which were previously held by...

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Nepalese crown prince kills king and other royal family members

Nepalese Crown Prince Dipendra killed his father, King Birendra, and eight other royal family members on June 1, 2001 in an event which would come to be known as the Nepalese Royal Massacre. Dipendra then shot himself in the head and died three days later. The crown prince's motives are still shrouded in mystery, although speculation continues. Nepal would later become a republic on May 28, 2008. Learn more about the Nepalese Royal Massacre.

Patent Law Treaty signed

On June 1, 2000, the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) was signed in Geneva. The purpose of PLT is to make the patent process easier for the applicant at the international level by streamlining the regional and national patent procedures in member countries. Today, there are 19 contracting states and 59 additional nations have signed PLT. Learn more about the Patent Law Treaty from the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Edison patented electric voting machine

On June 1, 1869, inventor Thomas A. Edison received a patent for an electric voting machine for use by Congress.

Learn more about the history of electronic voting.

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