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Oracle appeals decision on Google’s use of software
Ruben Sindahl
February 12, 2017 11:59:41 am

On Saturday tech company Oracle appealed the decision on their lawsuit over Google's use of their software to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit . Oracle is alleging that Google's Android software violated...

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Democratic Federal Election Commission (FEC) member Ellen Weintraub in a statement on Friday urged President Donald Trump to present evidence of his claims of extensive voter fraud in New Hampshire. Earlier this week Trump...

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February 5, 2017 11:05:43 am

The government of Romania on Saturday repealed a decree enacted earlier in the week that had decriminalized corruption offenses and official misconduct in which the damages were less than €44,000. Since the enactment, protesters had taken to the...

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Saturday denied the Trump administration's motion to reinstate immigration restrictions until the case could be heard by the court. The emergency motion to reinstate...

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January 29, 2017 11:06:12 am

The US District Court for the Western District of Texas continued the suspension of a Texas health department regulation on Friday which would require the burial or cremation of all fetal remains in Texas. The regulation...

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The US District Court for the Eastern District of NY in an emergency ruling Saturday stayed the execution, until further notice, of an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump , which would restrict access to the...

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January 22, 2017 11:58:25 am

The Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday ruled that the South Korean government had broken the law by detaining prostitutes serving American soldiers and forcefully treating them for venereal diseases. The court ordered the government to pay...

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January 22, 2017 11:04:03 am

A Belgian court on Friday ordered the arrest of former Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Tzipi Livni , when she disembarks the plane on her scheduled trip to Belgium. Livni is accused of committing war...

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January 19, 2017 08:15:11 am

Attorneys General from nine states and the District of Columbia filed an objection with the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri on Wednesday to stop a proposed settlement of a class action suit against...

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January 19, 2017 07:45:53 am

The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday refused a request by the prosecutor to issue a warrant of arrest against Jay Y Lee , the chief of South Korea's largest company, Samsung Group. Lee is accused of giving large...

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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers.

American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to twenty-two member states.

Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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