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News Federal judge allows Apple, Samsung to add products to patent lawsuit
Federal judge allows Apple, Samsung to add products to patent lawsuit
Peter Snyder
November 16, 2012 11:55:27 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Thursday that Apple and Samsung Electronics may each pursue additional patent infringement claims against the other, allowing each company to add...

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UN investigation in DRC reveals mass execution of civilians
Peter Snyder
November 14, 2012 12:43:26 pm

The UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) released a report on Wednesday confirming the arbitrary executions of at least 264 civilians in Masisi Territory and North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...

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Germany court convicts 10 Somali pirates
Peter Snyder
October 19, 2012 12:47:01 pm

The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg on Friday issued sentences for 10 Somalis who were involved in the hijacking the German freighter MS Taipan off the coast of Somalia two years ago. The defendants,...

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Russia PM proposes bill banning tobacco advertising
Peter Snyder
October 16, 2012 11:06:34 am

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday proposed legislation that would ban tobacco advertisements and public smoking and raise taxes on tobacco products. On his video blog Medvedev acknowledged that...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Attica NY prison revolt ended in assault killing 41

On September 13, 1971, National Guardsmen stormed the Attica Correctional Facility in New York state after a four-day standoff with rioting prisoners. This photo, released by New York state authorities, shows Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald in the Attica prison yard after it was retaken. Thirty-two prisoners and nine guards died in the final assault. Learn more about the Attica revolt and the conditions the prisoners were trying to improve in this retrospective.

Khrushchev takes over leadership of USSR

On September 13, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev was appointed General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, taking over leadership of the country after the death of Joseph Stalin. Soon after taking office, Khrushchev exposed many of the crimes of his predecessor. He was later forced from power in 1964, largely in response to his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read an obituary of Nikita Khrushchev from the New York Times.

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