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News Egypt military court sentences Morsi supporters
Egypt military court sentences Morsi supporters
Peter Snyder
November 17, 2014 12:07:04 pm

An Egyptian military court in the northeastern city of Suez on Monday sentenced 20 supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi to jail terms ranging from one to 25 years. The court convicted [World Bulletin...

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News Pakistan court issues arrest warrants for protest leaders
Pakistan court issues arrest warrants for protest leaders
Peter Snyder
November 13, 2014 12:54:48 pm

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for opposition leader and former cricketer Imran Khan and cleric Tahir ul-Qadri in connection with protests in September. Thousands of protesters led by the two...

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News Bangladesh special tribunal convicts opposition leader of war crimes
Bangladesh special tribunal convicts opposition leader of war crimes
Peter Snyder
November 13, 2014 12:28:13 pm

The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday convicted opposition politician MA Zahid Hossain Khokon to death for his role in killings and other war crimes perpetrated during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War . The...

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News Head of UN mission in DRC welcomes sentencing of militia leader for war crimes
Head of UN mission in DRC welcomes sentencing of militia leader for war crimes
Peter Snyder
November 10, 2014 12:54:53 pm

The head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) Martin Kobler on Sunday commended the sentencing of a former militia commander accused of war crimes. General Jerome...

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News HRW: Chad courts must conduct fair trial of former dictator’s security forces
HRW: Chad courts must conduct fair trial of former dictator’s security forces
Peter Snyder
November 10, 2014 12:25:47 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called for the trial of 26 former state security agents of Chad dictator Hissene Habre to be carried out in a "fair and transparent manner."...

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Egypt rights record criticized before UN body
Peter Snyder
November 6, 2014 01:57:14 pm

Envoys from the US and UK strongly criticized the Egyptian government Wednesday during a session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Remarks by the two nations came during the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review...

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News Libya high court dissolves UN-backed parliament
Libya high court dissolves UN-backed parliament
Peter Snyder
November 6, 2014 01:12:56 pm

Libya's Supreme Court on Thursday declared the UN-backed elected parliament unconstitutional. The ongoing crisis in Libya has created two rival parliaments , one based in the nation's capital Tripoli, and the other, which was declared illegitimate by the...

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Supreme Court declines to rule on Senate filibuster challenge
Peter Snyder
November 3, 2014 12:52:04 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in an appeal challenging the constitutionality of the Senate filibuster . The appeal was brought by four members of the US House of Representatives...

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Israel Cabinet approves law enabling easier conversions to Judaism
Peter Snyder
November 3, 2014 12:06:24 pm

The Cabinet of Israel approved a new law Sunday enabling easier conversion to Judaism. Under the new law , the chief rabbi of each Israeli city would be able to form and lead a conversion court...

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UN SG praises campaign to end female genital mutilation
Peter Snyder
October 30, 2014 01:32:15 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday praised the launch of a global media campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) stating that "nding FGM is part of the UN's unwavering campaign for the health,...

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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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