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News Kenya foreign ministry seeking release of Guantanamo detainee
Kenya foreign ministry seeking release of Guantanamo detainee
Matt Glenn
April 8, 2010 06:52:00 am

The Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared Wednesday that Kenya's government is attempting to secure the release of Kenyan native Mohammed Abdumalik, who is currently detained at Guantanamo Bay . The news was revealed in...

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News Federal judge rules for Islamic charity in NSA wiretapping case
Federal judge rules for Islamic charity in NSA wiretapping case
Matt Glenn
April 1, 2010 08:45:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted partial summary judgment Wednesday in favor of an Islamic charity that claimed the federal government illegally wiretapped its conversations without a...

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Obama proposes energy regulations to increase offshore drilling
Matt Glenn
April 1, 2010 07:43:00 am

US President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced a comprehensive energy plan Wednesday that would introduce regulations to increase offshore drilling while tightening emissions and mileage standards...

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Russia president signs bill extending human cloning ban
Matt Glenn
March 29, 2010 02:26:00 pm

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a bill Monday re-implementing a ban on human cloning in Russia, according to the Kremlin Press Service. The bill, which replaces a previous ban on human cloning that expired...

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UN rights body condemns North Korea violations
Matt Glenn
March 26, 2010 07:50:00 am

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution Thursday condemning North Korea for human rights violations. The resolution decries "grave, widespread and systematic human rights abuses in the Democratic People's Republic of...

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UK parliament panel calls for terror laws review
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March 26, 2010 06:56:00 am

The UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights recommended Thursday that the government review anti-terror laws and policies passed since the 9/11 attacks to make sure they are necessary and...

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Federal judge strikes down Texas city immigrant housing ordinance
Matt Glenn
March 25, 2010 07:20:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a permanent injunction Wednesday against a Texas city ordinance prohibiting illegal immigrants from renting property in the city....

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Obama signs executive order limiting federal abortion funding
Matt Glenn
March 25, 2010 06:09:00 am

US President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday continuing a prohibition on the use of federal funds for abortion except in cases of rape or incest or where a woman's life would be endangered....

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Gambia prosecutors charge 10 over alleged coup plot
Matt Glenn
March 19, 2010 07:26:00 am

Gambian prosecutors on Thursday charged 10 men, including top military officials, with conspiring to overthrow the government of President Yahya Jammeh . The prosecution claims the men procured arms and troops in anticipation of a military...

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March 19, 2010 06:14:00 am

A Guatemalan criminal court ruled Wednesday that former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo can be extradited to the US to face charges of money laundering . Portillo, who was president of Guatemala from...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress approves first Patent Act

On April 10, 1790, Congress approved the US's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the US Patent Board, the precursor to the modern US Patent Office. Read the current US Patent Law from the Cornell University Law School.

Hugo Grotius born

Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, statesman and father of international law was born in Delft, Holland, on April 10, 1583. His best-known work is De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Law of War and Peace), which he published in 1625.

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