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News UK chief justice: recent reforms have increased burdens on judiciary
UK chief justice: recent reforms have increased burdens on judiciary
Dan Taglioli
August 6, 2012 02:40:25 pm

UK top judge Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Igor Judge on Friday released his three-year report detailing how recent reforms to the judicial system have placed an increased burden on the judiciary that will...

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News Philippines ratifies international treaty for domestic workers rights
Philippines ratifies international treaty for domestic workers rights
Dan Taglioli
August 6, 2012 11:22:19 am

The Domestic Workers Convention (DWC) was ratified by the Philippines on Monday, giving the international treaty its second ratification and paving the way for the convention to enter full force of law. The International Labor Organization (ILO) [official...

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News Former Mongolia president sentenced to four years in prison
Former Mongolia president sentenced to four years in prison
Dan Taglioli
August 3, 2012 03:59:57 pm

Former president of Mongolia Nambar Enkhbayar was convicted Wednesday on graft charges and sentenced to four years in prison. The Sukhbaatar district court also ordered the confiscation of more than 30 million...

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News UN rights experts urge wider acceptance of Roma communities
UN rights experts urge wider acceptance of Roma communities
Dan Taglioli
August 3, 2012 03:39:57 pm

Two independent UN human rights experts noted Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday by calling on the international community to find solutions to the persistent exclusion of Roma denizens from larger society in all countries. "Pharrajimos" is observed...

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News Colombia transfers inmates to solve prison overcrowding problem
Colombia transfers inmates to solve prison overcrowding problem
Dan Taglioli
August 3, 2012 01:14:34 pm

The Colombia Ministry of Justice on Friday announced a new initiative to solve the problem of overcrowding in the nation's prisons. INPEC , Colombia's prison institute, has begun the transfer of 800 inmates [Columbia...

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News Slovakia files charges against accused Nazi arrested in Hungary
Slovakia files charges against accused Nazi arrested in Hungary
Dan Taglioli
August 3, 2012 10:55:27 am

Slovakian authorities on Thursday announced that they have filed new charges against a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest last month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The charges concern facilitating the...

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News Egypt requests release of its last citizen held at Guantanamo
Egypt requests release of its last citizen held at Guantanamo
Dan Taglioli
August 3, 2012 10:01:23 am

The Egyptian government announced Thursday that it has requested the release of the last of its citizens currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Egyptian Tarek al-Sawah, 54, has been held at Guantanamo for 11...

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News Federal appeals court enjoins Arizona abortion law
Federal appeals court enjoins Arizona abortion law
Dan Taglioli
August 2, 2012 03:07:39 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday issued an emergency injunction to block enforcement of a new Arizona abortion regulation that will ban abortions after 20...

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News Apple seeks judicial sanctions against Samsung over evidence disclosure
Apple seeks judicial sanctions against Samsung over evidence disclosure
Dan Taglioli
August 2, 2012 01:52:41 pm

Apple filed a motion in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday requesting that the court sanction Samsung Electronics by ruling in Apple's favor in the ongoing patent...

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Japan prosecutors initiate criminal investigation into Fukushima nuclear disaster
Dan Taglioli
August 2, 2012 12:50:10 pm

Japanese authorities on Wednesday began a criminal investigation into last year's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster . The Fukushima Prosecutor accepted a criminal complaint filed in June by more than 1,300 people against Tokyo Electric Power Company...

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Sewing machine patented

On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines.
Learn more about Elias Howe from the University of Rochester.

Last French execution by guillotine

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine in France.

The French death penalty was formally abolished by President Francois Mitterand in 1981. Learn more about the history of the guillotine.

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