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News Federal judge denies motion by Samsung to stay patent infringement damages trial
Federal judge denies motion by Samsung to stay patent infringement damages trial
Nicholas Tomsho
November 26, 2013 11:43:37 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday denied Samsung's request to stay on a trial to determine damages owed as a result of the company's infringement of five...

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News HRW urges Yemen to rescind immunity law for former president
HRW urges Yemen to rescind immunity law for former president
Nicholas Tomsho
November 20, 2013 12:30:30 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday released a statement calling on Yemen's National Dialogue Conference (NDC) to endorse proposed legislation that would strike down a 2012 law providing blanket immunity to...

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News UN Security Council urges continued efforts to fight maritime piracy
UN Security Council urges continued efforts to fight maritime piracy
Nicholas Tomsho
November 19, 2013 01:12:55 pm

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Monday restating its call for member states to take steps against piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia and the Horn of Africa. The resolution [UN News...

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News ACLU: more than 3,200 serving life without parole for nonviolent crimes
ACLU: more than 3,200 serving life without parole for nonviolent crimes
Nicholas Tomsho
November 13, 2013 12:37:19 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) published a study on Wednesday finding that 3,278 Americans are currently serving life sentences without parole for nonviolent offenses. The study, entitled "A Living Death: Life without...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear Oklahoma abortion ultrasound case
Supreme Court declines to hear Oklahoma abortion ultrasound case
Nicholas Tomsho
November 12, 2013 02:28:20 pm

The US Supreme Court denied certiorari on Tuesday in Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems , letting stand an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling striking down a law requiring women to be shown ultrasounds...

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UN rights chief concerned over death sentences for Bangladesh mutineers
Nicholas Tomsho
November 6, 2013 12:49:45 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay , urged the Bangladesh government on Wednesday not to carry out the death sentences of 152 paramilitary soldiers under reports of due process...

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News Europe rights court fines Turkey in 1999 police torture case
Europe rights court fines Turkey in 1999 police torture case
Nicholas Tomsho
November 5, 2013 02:03:04 pm

Turkey was ordered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to pay €20,000 (USD $27,000) in damages to Mesut Deniz for his torture at the hands of police in a judgment released Tuesday. Deniz, a...

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UK Supreme Court supports hospital withholding treatment to dying man
Nicholas Tomsho
October 30, 2013 01:09:49 pm

The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was justified in its decision that withholding certain invasive treatments would be in the best interests of...

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News HRW criticizes treatment of accused Bangladesh mutineers
HRW criticizes treatment of accused Bangladesh mutineers
Nicholas Tomsho
October 29, 2013 02:37:36 pm

Bangladeshi authorities should order a retrial of military personnel involved in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny due to alleged violations of international fair trial standards, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a statement released...

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HRW urges Vietnam to protect human rights in constitutional amendments
Nicholas Tomsho
October 23, 2013 01:04:30 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the National Assembly of Vietnam to bring the country's constitution in line with international human rights standards in a letter sent Monday to Assembly chairman, Nguyen Sinh Hung. The...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US President William McKinley dies after shooting

US President William McKinley died on September 14, 1901, eight days after being shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Czolgosz was executed over McKinley's assassination on October 29, 1901. Read more about William McKinley.

Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I. Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

OPEC founded

On September 14 1960, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq. OPEC was created to promote higher crude oil prices for its members through the restriction of global supply. Learn more about the history of OPEC.

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