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News Germany court rules for Samsung in Apple patent dispute
Germany court rules for Samsung in Apple patent dispute
Sung Un Kim
July 24, 2012 10:21:28 am

A German court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics by upholding a lower court decision that rejected the request by Apple to ban the sale of South Korean company's Galaxy Tab...

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News Bahrain urged to release all prisoners of conscience
Bahrain urged to release all prisoners of conscience
Sung Un Kim
July 23, 2012 03:33:10 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday urged the government of Bahrain to release all prisoners of conscience immediately in the wake of an appeal by human rights activist Nabeel Rajab challenging his three-month...

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News Ukraine court further postpones tax evasion trial of former PM due to health
Ukraine court further postpones tax evasion trial of former PM due to health
Sung Un Kim
July 23, 2012 02:56:10 pm

A Ukraine judge on Monday again postponed the tax evasion trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . Judge Kostyantyn Sadovsky for the court in the city of Kharkiv held that it would...

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News Australia court opens Apple, Samsung patent infringement trial
Australia court opens Apple, Samsung patent infringement trial
Sung Un Kim
July 23, 2012 01:59:21 pm

An Australian federal court on Monday began hearing two patent infringement cases brought by Apple and Samsung Electronics that are anticipated to last for the next three months. Apple has sued Samsung for infringing numerous patents by...

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News Philippines rights commission to investigate mass grave
Philippines rights commission to investigate mass grave
Sung Un Kim
July 23, 2012 10:57:19 am

The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines announced Monday that it will investigate a recently discovered mass grave containing at least 30 suspected victims of the country's military coup in the 1980s. The chairwoman of the...

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News Myanmar minorities victims of sectarian violence: AI
Myanmar minorities victims of sectarian violence: AI
Sung Un Kim
July 20, 2012 02:08:40 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday stated that the violence against minority Rohingyas and other Muslim has increased since a state of emergency was declared in the western Myanmar State Rakhine. Benjamin...

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News Chief Justice allows DNA samples from Maryland suspects
Chief Justice allows DNA samples from Maryland suspects
Sung Un Kim
July 19, 2012 04:01:48 pm

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday temporarily stayed a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling that police could not collect DNA from individuals arrested for violent crimes and burglaries. The appeals...

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News Germany lawmakers to introduce bill protecting religious circumcision
Germany lawmakers to introduce bill protecting religious circumcision
Sung Un Kim
July 19, 2012 03:43:28 pm

The Bundestag , the lower house of the German parliament, is expected to vote on a bill that would protect religious circumcision in Germany. The session came a week...

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News Egypt court delays ruling on parliament, military powers
Egypt court delays ruling on parliament, military powers
Sung Un Kim
July 19, 2012 02:58:53 pm

Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court ruled Thursday that it does not have jurisdiction over two cases related to the decree issued by the newly elected President Mohammed Morsi to reconvene parliament and the constitutional declaration...

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News Tunisia ex-president sentenced in absentia to life for killing protesters
Tunisia ex-president sentenced in absentia to life for killing protesters
Sung Un Kim
July 19, 2012 11:59:23 am

A Tunisian military court on Thursday sentenced the country's former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in absentia to life in prison for his involvement in the killing of 43 protesters during last year's...

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty extended indefinitely

On May 11, 1995, over 170 signatory nations agreed to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) indefinitely. The NPT is an agreement signed by 189 countries to control the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology based on the principles of disarmament, non-proliferation, and the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The treaty was opened for signature in 1968 with a provision for review conferences every five years. During the 1995 review conference in New York City, member countries decided to keep the treaty open indefinitely. Learn more about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from the United Nations.

Massachusetts repealed law banning Christmas

On May 11, 1682, the Massachusetts General Court repealed two laws that had banned the celebration of Christmas and had authorized capital punishment for expelled Quakers returning to the colony. Learn more about the state's ban on Christmas.

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