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Turkey must drop headscarf ban to aid EU entry bid: FM
Turkey needs to lift its ban on women wearing headscarves at universities in order to improve the country's chances of accession into the European Union (EU) , Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Saturday. Turkey's Grand National Assem (More) |
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Fourth Guantanamo Bay detainee faces military commission charges
The US military has charged a Guantanamo Bay detainee with attempted murder and intentionally causing serious bodily harm, the Defense Department said Thursday. Mohammed Jawad , an Afghan national, allegedly threw a grenade at two US soldiers and (More) |
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Israel high court upholds Gaza supply cuts
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Israeli government can continue to cut supplies of fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip , rejecting legal challenges [press release; JURIST report] by human rights groups that the blockade depriv (More) |
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UN SG urges measures to combat use of child soldiers
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday issued a report pushing for the enforcement of sanctions against more than 12 countries who continue to use child soldiers in armed combat. According to the report, child soldiers continue to (More) |
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NATO Genocide in Afghanistan
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that in the name of the "war of terror," NATO forces in Afghanistan are committing genocide by systematically hunting down and destroying the Taliban, a puritanic (More) |
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UN anti-corruption conference opens in Bali
UN Office on Drugs and Crime Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa Monday opened a week-long UN anti-corruption conference in Bali with a plea [text; UN News Centre report] that nations take serious steps to enforce the United Nations Convention a (More) |
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Suharto civil corruption case may continue after death: lawyers
Several prominent Indonesian lawyers told AFP on Monday that a civil corruption case against former Indonesian President Haji Mohammed Suharto [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] could continue after Suharto's death on Sunday. Suharto, who ruled (More) |
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Israeli courts must protect access to medical treatment for Gaza patients
Miri Weingarten [Coordinator oPt Department,Physicians for Human Rights-Israel]: "PHR-Israel has been immersed in the crisis that has engulfed Gaza since the takeover by Hamas in June 2007, and the resultant closing by Israel of all crossing poi (More) |
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Myanmar still arresting political dissidents: Amnesty International
The military government of Myanmar continues to arrest political dissidents despite assurances given by Prime Minister Thein Sein in November that the arrests had stopped and no more would take place, Amnesty International reported Friday. There h (More) |
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Telecommunication companies deserve Congressional protection
Charles Stimson [Senior Legal Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation]: "The Congress should provide appropriate retroactive liability protection for telecommunication companies alleged to have assisted the governm (More) |
World Intellectual Property Organization created
On April 26, 1970, the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) went into force, creating WIPO. WIPO is a United Nations agency that works to promote intellectual property rights in the international community. Today, 184 nations have signed the convention.
Learn more about WIPO.
