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Nokia sues Apple for alleged iPad, iPhone patent infringements
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May 8, 2010 10:04:20 am

Finnish telecommunications company Nokia announced Friday that it has filed a complaint in the US District Court in the Western District for Wisconsin alleging that Apple iPad and iPhone 3G products...

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Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos announced Tuesday that the country has accepted its second Guantanamo Bay detainee. The man, a Yemeni citizen, arrived in Spain Tuesday and will be...

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News Ninth Circuit rules removing headscarf in holding cell does not violate rights
Ninth Circuit rules removing headscarf in holding cell does not violate rights
Carrie Schimizzi
May 4, 2010 10:40:28 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that a Muslim woman's religious rights were not violated by police officers when she was forced to remove her religious headscarf ...

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Ninth Circuit affirms class certification in Walmart gender discrimination case
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April 26, 2010 03:45:50 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed certification of the largest class action lawsuit in US history against Wal-Mart for allegedly discriminating against female employees. The 6-5 en...

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Ninth Circuit affirms class certification in Walmart gender discrimination case
Carrie Schimizzi
April 26, 2010 02:48:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed certification of the largest class action lawsuit in US history against Wal-Mart for allegedly discriminating against female employees. The 6-5 en...

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Egypt court to try Muslim Brotherhood members for money laundering
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April 21, 2010 02:10:00 pm

Five international Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members will be tried in an Egyptian criminal court on charges of money laundering, Attorney General Abdul Magid Mahmoud announced Wednesday. The members, including Muslim Brotherhood...

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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday signed into law the 18th Amendment bill , limiting presidential powers expanded under former military leader Pervez Musharraf . Under the amendment, which...

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April 16, 2010 09:48:00 am

An independent UN commission has blamed the Pakistani government and police forces for the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in its investigatory report released Thursday. According to...

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April 14, 2010 11:55:00 am

The Argentine relatives of Spanish citizens killed during the Spanish Civil War asked an Argentine federal court on Wednesday to open a judicial investigation into human rights violations committed during the early years...

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April 7, 2010 12:03:00 pm

A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Wednesday convicted 29 members of the paramilitary group Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on charges relating to their involvement in last year's border guard mutiny . The military-run court...

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Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution

On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety took power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchmen and women had been executed by guillotine. Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

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