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Australia’s Federal Court has upheld a ruling supporting a patent on a breast cancer gene. The federal ruling is a landmark case that likely will set a precedent in patent law as biotechnology companies begin […]
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The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released detainees from immigration detention facilities across the country on Monday, in an effort to better manage the population with looming federal budget cuts. The agency released […]
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A Qatar poet who was jailed for offending the country’s ruler has had his prison sentence reduced from life to 15 years. The poet, Muhammad ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami, denounced the court’s ruling as he was […]
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai issued a statement Monday banning United States Special Forces from provinces where the soldiers were accused of torturing and murdering civilians. Afghanistan’s National Security Council (NSC) had received reports that U.S. […]
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As accusations of IKEA using horsemeat in its meatballs in stores across the globe grow, the furniture mega-store is now pulling the products from shelves in Thailand. After an inspector in the Czech Republic found […]
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A growing number of U.S. expatriates are turning in their passports, after complexities in U.S. tax law continue to become burdensome to Americans living abroad, reports The Local. Expatriates in Switzerland said that while the […]
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The little-known and rarely applied law in Colorado banning adultery is set to come off the books. The outdated law makes adultery illegal, although it doesn’t specify what the criminal penalty is. The law was enacted in […]
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Chinese officials weighed using unmanned surveillance aircraft on foreign soil to bomb a Myanmese drug lord, according to Liu Yuejin, the director of China’s anti-drug bureau. Naw Kham, the ringleader in a large drug trafficking […]
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A Russian travel agency in Pattaya reportedly is selling tickets to boxing matches between prisoners. According to andrew-drummond.com, the agency is working with the Department of Corrections to charge customers large sums of money to […]
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Members of a marijuana task force in Colorado approved recommendations for the state’s regulation of pot tourism. The “Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force” issued recommendations that would allow for tourists from out of state to […]
