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News Samsung heir Jae-yong found guilty of corruption
Samsung heir Jae-yong found guilty of corruption
Rachel Gerber
August 25, 2017 02:03:54 pm

A South Korean court sentenced billionaire head of Samsung Lee Jae-yong to five years in jail for bribery on Friday. The Seoul Central District Court found that Lee paid former president...

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News India Supreme Court: privacy a fundamental right
India Supreme Court: privacy a fundamental right
Rachel Gerber
August 25, 2017 11:45:30 am

A nine-judge panel of the Supreme Court of India ruled Thursday that privacy is a "constitutionally protected value." The ruling could have drastic consequences for the government—particularly the country's biometric identification program, Aadhaar ....

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News Federal appeals court: nonreligious anti-abortion groups not exempt from contraceptive mandate
Federal appeals court: nonreligious anti-abortion groups not exempt from contraceptive mandate
Rachel Gerber
August 6, 2017 12:13:45 pm

Nonreligious anti-abortion organizations must follow the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraceptive mandate, ruled a split panel in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Friday. The court rejected Real Alternative Inc.'s [advocacy...

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News UN: Congo should take steps to prevent ethnic violence
UN: Congo should take steps to prevent ethnic violence
Rachel Gerber
August 6, 2017 11:16:21 am

Increasing violence in the Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become more ethnic-based, according to a report released Friday by a team of UN human rights investigators. The UN team based their...

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News France court orders government to provide water to Calais refugees
France court orders government to provide water to Calais refugees
Rachel Gerber
August 1, 2017 09:01:13 am

The French government and the Calais region are to furnish water and sanitation to migrants in the area, France's highest administrative court, the Conseil D'Etat ruled Monday. The county has said that it...

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News UK court: Tony Blair not to be prosecuted over Iraq War
UK court: Tony Blair not to be prosecuted over Iraq War
Rachel Gerber
August 1, 2017 08:26:02 am

The UK High Court rejected a "crime of aggression" allegation Monday against former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair by a former Iraq General Abdul Wahed Shannan Al Rabbat. The two justices dismissed the claim as...

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News Federal judge: Trump voting commission data request is allowed
Federal judge: Trump voting commission data request is allowed
Rachel Gerber
July 25, 2017 09:29:47 am

A federal district judge on Monday allowed President Donald Trump's election commission to move forward by dismissing the need for a prior privacy impact assessment before collecting voter data. US District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denied...

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News Iran judiciary chief demands US release prisoners, assets
Iran judiciary chief demands US release prisoners, assets
Rachel Gerber
July 25, 2017 08:08:53 am

Iran's judiciary chief asked the US Monday to release Iranians jailed in the US and to return Iran's assets after President Donald Trump called on the state to release three detained US citizens. Iran's Judiciary...

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News Federal appeals court upholds gag order on FBI surveillance requests
Federal appeals court upholds gag order on FBI surveillance requests
Rachel Gerber
July 18, 2017 10:31:49 am

A US appeals court ruled on Monday that a nondisclosure requirement in the National Security Letters (NSL) law does not conflict with the First Amendment. Therefore the court also concluded that private companies that are issued an...

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News Pakistan opposition parties call for Supreme Court to remove PM
Pakistan opposition parties call for Supreme Court to remove PM
Rachel Gerber
July 18, 2017 08:57:53 am

Opposition parties petitioned the Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday to remove Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office after the joint investigation team's (JIT) report stipulated that there was sufficient proof that the prime minister and his family...

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State Union of Serbia and Montenegro dissolves

On June 3, 2006, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro formerly dissolved with the latter's declaration of independence. After the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2003, Serbia and Montenegro was born as a union of the only nations that had not departed the Yugoslav federation. In 2006, Montenegro became the last nation of the former Yugoslavia to break from Serbia. Read Montenegro's 2007 Constitution.

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On June 3, 1918, the US Supreme Court ruled in Hammer v. Dagenhart that the first federal child labor law, the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, was unconstitutional, falling outside the scope of Congressional authority under the Commerce Clause.

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